Neoseiulus bicaudus ( Wainstein, 1962 )

Farazmand, Azadeh, Jalaeian, Mahdi, Kamali, Hashem, Saboori, Alireza, Tixier, MarieStéphane & Kreiter, Serge, 2023, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) in four provinces of Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 12 (1), pp. 21-58 : 25-26

Neoseiulus bicaudus ( Wainstein, 1962)

Amblyseius bicaudus Wainstein, 1962: 146 .

Typhlodromus bicaudus, Hirshmann 1962: 250 .

Neoseiulus bicaudus, Moraes et al. 1986: 72, 2004: 108 ; Chant & McMurtry 2003: 23; 2007: 25. Neoseiulus hirotae ( Ehara, 1985) : 119 (synonymy according to Ehara & Amano 2004).

Specimens examined – seven ♀♀ and one ♂. Guilan Province: 1 ♀, Rasht (3 m aasl, 49° 35′ 33′′ E, lat. 37° 16′ 50.87′′ N), on Rubus idaeus L. ( Rosaceae ), 28.VII.2020. Sistan and Balouchestan Province: 2 ♀♀, Konarak City, Zar Abad (18 m aasl, 59° 19′ 42′′ E, lat. 25°41′ 11′′ N), on Mangifera indica L. ( Anacardiaceae ), 14.IV.2018; 1 ♀, Zabol city Balakhaneh village (483 m aasl, 61° 30′ 13′′ E, lat. 31° 03′ 08′′ N), on Morus sp. (Moraceae) , 10.V.2018; 2 ♀♀, Chabahar city, Pasabandar (25 m aasl, 61° 25′ 42′′ E, lat. 25° 05′ 45′′ N), on Capparis decidua (Forsskål) Edgeworth (Capparaceae) , 20.V.2018; 1 ♀, Taftan Mountain (2083 m aasl, 61° 00′ 11′′ E, lat. 28° 33′ 37′′ N), from unknown weeds, 15.X.2018; 1 ♂, Mirjaveh city (1562 m aasl, 61°14′ 01′′ E, 28° 47′ 03′′ N), on Rosa damascena Miller (Rosaceae) , 9.II.2019.

World distribution – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Canada, Caucasus Region, Chile, Egypt, France,

Georgia, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Mexico, Moldovia, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, USA. Precise distribution in Iran is documented in Kazemi et al. (2022).

Remarks – Rubus idaeus is a new host plant recorded for this mite. This species is already recorded from several Provinces but it is the first record of this species for Sistan and Baluchestan Province. Measurements of the specimens here observed agree very with measurements given by Rahmani et al. (2010) and with redescription by Kolodochka (2018). The examined specimens have seven pairs of dorsal solenostomes (gd2 present), 6 or 7 large teeth on fixed digit of chelicera, smooth J5 and serrated JV5 setae which allow to distinguish them from Neoseiulus micmac (Chant & Hansell) ( Kolodochka 2018) .