Neoseiulus makuwa (Ehara, 1972)

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) makuwa Ehara, 1972: 154 .

Neoseiulus makuwa .— Liao et al., 2020: 270.

Material examined. Japan: one female (HAL 095F296) from Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae), 3 Aug 2006; one female (HAL 095F310) from Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae), 15 Sept 2006.

Thailand: one female (QAR 102H022) from Lactuca sativa (Asteraceae), 20 June 2013.

Previous records. Africa: Cameroon (Zannou et al. 2006). Asia: China (Zhu & Chen 1980), Indonesia (Ehara 2002b), Japan (Ehara 1972), Saudi Arabia (Negm et al. 2012), South Korea (Ryu 1993), Taiwan (Tseng 1983), United Arab Emirates (Negm 2014).

Remarks. The species is distributed in Africa and Asia. Ehara (1972) described this species from melons in Japan. No difference was observed among these specimens and holotype (NSMT-AC13110 from NSMT). Liao et al. (2020) reported a correlation between the species and tetranychid mites, but further experiments are required to determine its biological control potential.