Phytoseius woodburyi De, 1965

Kreiter, S., Mailloux, J., Tixier, M. - S., Le Bellec, F., Douin, M., Guichou, S. & Etienne, J., 2013, New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata), Acarologia 53 (3), pp. 285-303 : 299

Phytoseius woodburyi De Leon

Phytoseius woodburyi De Leon, 1965: 130 ; De Leon, 1967: 12; Prasad, 1968: 1461; Denmark and Muma, 1975: 295; Denmark and Muma, 1978: 15; Moraes et al., 1991: 133; Kreiter and Moraes, 1997; 380; Moraes et al., 2000: 260.

The biology of this species remains unknown.

Previous Records: Brazil, Colombia, French Antilles (Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Martinique) ( Moraes et al., 2000), Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad ( Moraes et al., 2004b).

Specimens examined — Guadeloupe, Basse- Terre, Volcan La SoufriŁre , 16°02’45.19”N, 61°31’55.65”W, alt. 1300 m, 6 ♀ on Centropogon cornutus, Kreiter coll., 21 June 2008 ; Vieux-Habitants , Station CIRAD de Le Bouchu, 16°03’N, 61°45’W, alt. 21 m, 1 ♀ on Erythrina sp. and 1 ♀ on Psidium guajava, Kreiter and Rault coll., 19 December 2008 ; Les Saintes, Terre de Bas , L’Etang, 15°51’N, 61°37’W, alt. 239 m, 18 ♀ on Cordia alliodora, Kreiter coll., 2 January 2009 ; Martinique, Lamentin, 14°39’N, 60°58’W, alt. 46 m, 1 ♀ on Psidium guajava, Kreiter coll., 15 November 2010 ; Case-Pilote, 14°39’N, 61°07’W, alt. 176 m, 1 ♀ on Psidium guajava, Kreiter coll., 22 November 2010.

Remarks — the measurements and description of the specimens collected fit very well those given by Kreiter and Moraes (1997).