Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) rhenanus ( Oudemans, 1905 )

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Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) rhenanus ( Oudemans, 1905)

Seiulus rhenanus Oudemans, 1905: 78 .

Typhlodromella rhenana .—Evans & Momen, 1988: 210.

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) rhenanus .— Papadoulis et al., 2009: 127.

Material examined. USA: one female ( HAL 095G065) from Thymus vulgaris (Lamiaceae) , 2 Nov 2006.

Netherlands: one female ( HAL 098B507) from Rosmarinus officinalis (Lamiaceae) , 2 Oct 2009; one female ( HAL 100B067) from R. officinalis (Lamiaceae) , 19 May 2011; six females ( HAL 101B182) from R. officinalis (Lamiaceae) , 30 Mar 2012.

Previous records. Africa: Algeria ( Athias-Henriot 1957b), Tunisia ( Kreiter et al. 2002). Asia:Azerbaijan ( Gadzhiev & Abbasova 1965), Cyprus ( Georghiou 1959), India ( Narayanan & Ghai 1961) , Iran ( Khalil-Manesh 1973), Israel ( Swirski & Amitai 1961), Kazakhstan ( Andreeva 1966), Syria ( Barbar 2013), Turkey ( Çobanoðlu 1989a). Europe: Belarus ( Sidlyarevich 1966), Belgium ( Nesbitt 1951), Denmark ( Hansen & Johnsen 1986), England ( Nesbitt 1951), Finland ( Tuovinen & Rokx 1991), France ( Nesbitt 1951), Germany ( Oudemans 1905 a), Greece ( Papadoulis et al. 2009), Hungary ( Kropczynska & Jenser 1968), Italy ( Gunthart 1960), Latvia ( Salmane & Petrova 2002), Moldova ( Kolodochka 1980 b), Montengro ( Mijuskovic & Tomasevic 1975), Netherlands ( Miedema 1987), Norway ( Edland 1987), Poland ( Suski 1961), Portugal (Carmona 1962), Russia ( Beglyarov 1957), Serbia ( Radivojević & Petanović 1984), Slovakia ( Fend’a 2010), Slovenia ( Bohinc & Trdan 2013), Spain ( Iraola et al. 1997), Sweden ( Steeghs et al. 1993), Switzerland ( Gunthart 1960), Ukraine ( Kolodochka 1974). North America: Canada ( Nesbitt 1951), USA ( Nesbitt 1951). South America: Brazil ( Diehl et al. 2012);

Remarks. The species is distributed worldwide, except in Oceania. Chant (1959) reported the species after Oudemans (1905) described it. Subsequent researchers provided conflicting opinions on the species status. Evans & Momen (1988) examined the type materials of the species and related species and provided a detailed redescription.