Typhlodrominae, Scheuten, 1857

Sahraoui, H., Lebdi Grissa, K., Kreiter, S., Douin, M. & Tixier, M. - S., 2012, Phytoseiid Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) Of Tunisian Citrus Orchards: Catalogue, Biogeography And Key For Identification, Acarologia 52 (4), pp. 433-452 : 441-442

Sub-Family Typhlodrominae

16. Paraseiulus talbii Athias-Henriot

Typhlodromus talbii Athias-Henriot 1960b: 75 . Paraseiulus subsoleiger Wainstein 1962a: 139 . Typhlodromus subsoleiger (Wainstein) Hirshmann 1962: 12 . Paraseiulus talbii (Athias-Henriot) Chant and Mc- Murtry 2007: 143.

Distribution — Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Cyprus, Caucasus region, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Iran, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.

Specimens examined — INAT (Tunis): June – 3♀ on Citrus sp. ; Takelsa ( Cap Bon ): July – 1♀ on F. carica , August – 1♀ on P. persica ; Alia (Bizerte): June – 2♀ and 1♂ on Citrus sp. , May – 2♀ on Cupressus sp. This is the first record of this species in Tunisia .

17. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) athenas Swirski and Ragusa

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) athenas Swirski and Ragusa 1976: 111 .

Distribution — Greece, Israel, Italy, Morocco.

Previous records from Tunisia — Gafsa: March 2004 and March 2007 on O. europea ; Segdoud: November 2005, October 2006 and October 2007 on Ph. dactylifera ; April 2006 on S. melongena ( Kreiter et al. 2010) .

Additional records from Tunisia — Takelsa (Cap Bon): July – 17♀ on Cupressus sp. ; INAT (Tunis): June – 11♀ and 2♀ on Citrus sp. ; Testour (BØja): May – 2♀ on P. granatum ; Hammamet (Cap Bon): July – 1♀ on Cupressus sp .

18. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) foenilis Oudemans

Typhlodromus foenilis Oudemans 1930: 70 ; senior synonym of Typhlodromus cryptus Athias-Henriot 1960b: 89 . Anthoseius (Amblydromellus) foenilis (Oudemans) Andre 1986: 111 . Amblydromella foenilis (Oudemans) Moraes et al. 1986: 173 . Anthoseius foenilis (Oudemans) Evans and Edland 1998: 41- 62 . Amblydromella (Aphanoseia) foenilis (Oudemans) Denmark and Welbourn 2002: 308. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) foenilis (Oudemans) Moraes et al. 2004: 323 ; Chant and McMurtry 2007: 152.

Distribution — Azerbaijan, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy and Norway.

Previous records from Tunisia — Degache: May 2005 on P. granatum ; Cap Bon: June 2005 on Citrus sp.

Additional records from Tunisia — Takelsa (Cap Bon): July and August – 27♀ on Cupressus sp. ; August – 3♀ on Tamarix sp. ; June – 1♀ on H. murinum ; INAT (Tunis): June – 2♀ and 2♀ on Citrus sp. ; Bouargoub (Cap Bon): April – 1♀ on A. rhomboidea ; July – 3♀ and 2♀ on Cupressus sp. Alia (Bizerte): June and July – 39♀ and 9♀ on Cupressus sp. ; March – 2♀ on N. oleander .

19. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) rhenanoides Athias-Henriot

Typhlodromus rhenanoides Athias-Henriot 1960b: 85 . Neoseiulus rhenanoides (Athias-Henriot) Schuster and Pritchard 1963: 205 . Anthoseius rhenanoides (Athias-Henriot) Charlet and McMurtry 1977: 186 . Amblydromella rhenanoides (Athias-Henriot) Moraes et al. 1986: 174 . Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) rhenanoides (Athias-Henriot) Chant and McMurtry 2007: 155 .

Distribution — Algeria, Canary Islands, France, Hawaii, Italy, Les Saintes, Morocco, Spain and USA (California).

Previous records from Tunisia — Cap Bon region: November 1994 and October 1995 on Citrus sp. ; Chekmo oasis (South): June 2005 on Tamarix sp.

Additional records from Tunisia — Takelsa (Cap Bon): October , December , Fubruary and July – 9♀ and 3♂ on Citrus sp. ; July, August – 71♀ and 15♂ on Cupressus sp. ; August – 8♀ on Tamarix sp. ; August – 3♀ on Malva sp. ; June – 4♀ on S. nigrum ., August – 7♀ on Rubus sp. ; March – 3♀ and 2♂ on M. annua ; March – 1♀ on A. rhomboidea ; Morneg (Tunis): April – 1♀ on H. helix ; April – 1♀ on U. dioica; April – 10♀ and 1♂ on Chenopodium murale ; August – 4♀ on Cupressus sp. ; Hammamet (Cap Bon): July – 7♀ on Cupressus sp. ; Alia (Bizerte): March, April, August – 26♀ and 6♂ on Citrus sp. ; April, June – 1♀ and 3♂ on A. rhomboidea ; July, August – 43♀ on Cupressus sp. ; June – 9♀ on Malva sp. ; March – 3♀ on M. annua ; August – 1♀ on C. canadensis ; August – 4♀ on A. retroflexus .

20. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) recki Wainstein

Typhlodromus recki Wainstein 1958: 203 . Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) recki Wainstein ; Chant 1959: 62. Typhlodromella recki (Wainstein) Muma 1961: 299 . Typhlodromus (Neoseiulus) recki (Wainstein) Ehara 1966: 18 . Anthoseius (Amblydromellus) recki (Wainstein) Kolodochka 1980: 39 . Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) recki (Wainstein) Moraes et al. 2004: 344 ; Chant and McMurtry 2007: 155.

Distribution — Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Caucasus region, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Moldova, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.

Previous records from Tunisia — several vineyards in Cap Bon region, V. vinifera, July 1995 .

Additional records from Tunisia — Alia (Bizerte): March – 6♀ on C. canadensis .

21. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) pegazzani Ragusa and Swirski

Typhlodromus pegazzani Ragusa and Swirski 1978: 218 . Anthoseius pegazzani (Ragusa and Swirski) Rivany and Swirski 1980: 177 . Amblydromella pegazzani (Ragusa and Swirski) Moraes et al. 1986: 169 . Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) pegazzani (Ragusa and Swirski) Chant and McMurtry 2007: 155 .

Distribution — Greece and Italy.

Specimens examined — Sidi Thabet (Tunis): June – 5♀ and 4♂ on Citrus sp. (traps); Mornag ( Tunis): June – 1♀ Citrus sp. (traps). This is the first record of this species in Tunisia .

22. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) yasminae Faraji