Proprioseiopsis okanagensis (Chant)

Kreiter, Serge, Amiri, Karima, Douin, Martial, Bohinc, Tanja, Trdan, Stanislav & Tixier, Marie-Stéphane, 2020, Phytoseiid mites of Slovenia (Acari: Mesostigmata): new records and first description of the male ofAmblyseius microorientalis, Acarologia 60 (2), pp. 203-242 : 221-222

Proprioseiopsis okanagensis (Chant)

Typhlodromus okanagensis Chant 1957: 293 .

Proprioseiopsis okanagensis, Chant & McMurtry 2005a: 15 : 2007: 89.

Proprioseiopsis levis Wainstein 1960: 686 (synonymy according to Karg 1971 b).

Oppositely to the case of the previous species, P. okanagensis belongs to the belizensis species group of the genus Proprioseiopsis having macrosetae on genu I and to the belizensis species subgroup having a calyx of the spermatheca bell-shaped. The biology of that species is totally unknown.

This is the first report of that species from Slovenia.

World distribution: Austria, Azerbaijan, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greenland, Latvia, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, USA.

Specimens examined: A single ♀ during the two years-study. Juršinci, Gabrnik 55 (aasl 301 m, lat. 46°28’43”N, long. 15°58’2”E), 1 ♀ on Prunus cerasus L. ( Rosaceae ), 20/VI/2019.

Remarks: The measurements of the adult female collected agree with those provided by Chant (1957) in the original description.