Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) rhenanoides Athias-Henriot, 1960

Kreiter, Serge, Douin, Martial & Tixier, Marie Stephane, 2021, New records of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Madeira Island, Acarologia 61 (2), pp. 217-240 : 227-229

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) rhenanoides Athias-Henriot

Typhlodromus rhenanoides Athias­Henriot 1960b: 85 .

Neoseiulus rhenanoides, Schuster & Pritchard 1963: 205 .

Anthoseius rhenanoides, Charlet & McMurtry 1977: 186 .

Characters Madeira Island (1) Canary Island (10) Characters Madeira Island (1) Canary Island (10)

(this study) (this study)

Dsl 380 381 (340 – 420) st1-st1 59 –

Dsw 208 183 (170 – 200) st2-st2 65 –

j1 Not visible 31 (30 – 36) st3-st3 78 –

j3 40 41 (39 – 46 st1-st3 80 –

j4 22 23 (20 – 25) st4-st4 81 –

j5 22 23 (22 – 25) Gensl 138 110 (90 – 129)* j6 30 31 (28 – 33) Gensw st5 66 54 (48 – 60)*

J2 38 35 (30 – 41) st5 – st5 60 –

J5 38 35 (31 – 41) Gensw post. corn. 70 73 (66 – 77)

z2 20 20 (15 – 24) Lisl 29 29 (24 – 30)

z3 38 39 (36 – 45) Lisw 5 6 (5 – 7)*

z4 36 34 (27 – 38) sisl 10 –

z5 22 22 (20 – 25) Vsl 130 128 (108 – 138) Z1 35 33 (28 – 40) Vsw ZV2 97 90 (83 – 99)

Z4 70 62 (54 – 68) Vsw anus 88 –

Z5 88 82 (72 – 90) gv3 – gv3 60 57 (51 – 59)

s4 45 47 (42 – 50) JV5 65 –

s6 47 50 (47 – 53) SgeIV 35 34 (30 – 37)

S2 53 52 (48 – 54) StiIV 32 31 (27 – 35)

S4 46 41 (34 – 50) StIV 60 55 (49 – 62)

S5 34 31 (28 – 35) Scl 20 –

r3 35 33 (30 - 35) Scw 8 –

R1 34 31 (27 – 35) Fdl 36 –

No teeth Fd 6 6

Mdl 35 –

No teeth Md 2 2

* In bold right column: additional measurements from Kanouh et al. (2012).

Sources of measurements – Canary Island: Ferragut & Pena-Estevez (2003); –: not provided.

Characters Madeira Island ( 1) Kenya (1) Holotype South Africa 1 (6) South Africa 2 (7)

(this study)

Dsl 295 260 302 304 (300 – 313) 309 (289 – 323)

Dsw 150 130 148 165 (165 – 180) 171 (148 – 184)

j1 20 12 21 24 (22 – 25) 20 (16 – 22)

j3 26 25 23 27 (27 – 30) 26 (22 – 31)

j4 20 16 16 20 (19 – 22) 19 (15 – 25)

j5 22 18 18 20 (19 – 22) 20 (16 – 28)

j6 25 26 25 25 (24 – 25) 24 (17 – 31)

J2 30 30 28 32 (30 – 33) 30 (26 – 42)

J5 11 8 10 13 11 (10 – 15)

z2 22 23 20 24 (22 – 25) 22 (17 – 28)

z3 28 25 20 27 (27 – 30) 26 (20 – 33)

z4 28 35 26 27 (27 – 30) 28 (24 – 35)

z5 23 23 20 24 (22 – 25) 22 (19 – 27)

Z4 38 40 41 43 (42 – 46) 39 (30 – 44)

Z5 50 48 52 56 (56 – 60) 50 (45 – 58)

s4 30 28 28 32 (30 – 33) 30 (24 – 36)

s6 33 25 31 34 (34 – 36) 33 (24 – 39)

S2 35 35 33 38 (37 – 39) 35 (28 – 41)

S4 35 30 33 40 (9 – 41) 36 (28 – 44)

S5 35 26 35 40 (9 – 41) 34 (30 – 37)

r3 28 25 23 30 (28 – 31) 27 (24 – 31)

R1 28 25 27 30 (28 – 31) 27 (23 – 34)

st1 – st1 45 – – – –

st2 – st2 48 – 50 56 (56 – 58) 49 (44 – 52)

st3 – st3 59 – – – –

st1 – st3 59 – 55 76 (74 – 80) 57 (54 – 62)

st4 – st4 70 – – – –

Gensl 103 – – – –

st5 – st5 49 – 51 58 (56 – 60) 49 (43 – 54)

Gensw st5 53 – – – –

Gensw post. corn. 58 50 – – –

Lisl 23 – – – –

Lisw 4 – – – –

sisl 8 – – – –

Vsl 98 83 109 98 (97 – 100) 103 (94 – 111)

Vsw ZV2 76 58 74 76 (74 – 80) 78 (73 – 85)

Vsw anus 68 – 72 – 75 (70 – 83)

gv3 – gv3 18 – – – –

JV5 38 46 – 39 (37 – 40) –

StIV 23 50? 23 25 – 26 24 (22 – 26)

Scl 16 16 11 9 11 (10 – 13)

Scw 8 9 – 8

Fdl 23 – – 31 21 (20 – 22)

No teeth Fd not visible 4 – 4 4

Mdl 23 – – 34 24 (21 – 25)

No teeth Md not visible 3 – 2 2

Sources of measurements – Kenya: El-Banhawy & Knapp (2011); South Africa 1: van der Merwe (1968); Holotype & South Africa 2:

Ueckermann et al. (2008); –: not provided.

Amblydromella rhenanoides, Moraes et al. 1986: 174 .

Amblydromella (Aphanoseia) rhenanoides , Denmark & Welbourn 2002: 308. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) rhenanoides, Moraes et al. 2004: 347 , Chant & McMurtry 2007:

155.

This species belongs to the rhenanus species group ( Chant and McMurtry 1994).

It is mainly reported from the Mediterranean basin. It has been recorded on many uncultivated plants and sometimes on some orchards such as peach, plum, olive, citrus and vineyards ( Ragusa 1977, 2006, Papaioannou – Souliotis et al. 1994, Ragusa and Tsolakis 2001).

Its biology is totally unknown and nothing is known with regard to its ability to control pests. This species was reported from Morocco by McMurtry & Bonfour (1989) on Cupressus sp. and then by Tixier et al. (2016). It is also present in Spain ( Ferragut et al. 2010) and in Portugal ( Espinha 1995) and was already mentioned by Papadoulis and Kapaxidi (2011) from Madeira Island.

Specimens examined: six specimens (3 ♀♀ and 3 imm.) collected during this study. Pico das Urzes, in the bush (1172 m aasl, 32°44 ′ 3 ″ N, 17°3 ′ 43 ″ W), 1 ♀ on Rubus grandifolius Lowe (Rosaceae) , 19/V/2019 ; Risco (1040 m aasl, 32°47 ′ 56 ″ N, 17°11 ′ 8 ″ W), 2 ♀♀ and

1 imm. on Erica madeirensis (Ericaceae) and 2 imm. on Prunus pumila L. ( Rosaceae ), 23/V/2019.

World distribution: Algeria, Canary Islands, France, Greece, Hawaii, Italy, Les Saintes, Madeira Islands, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, USA.

Remarks: morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements of our specimens fit well measurements of Tixier et al. (2016, 2019).

Characters Grande Comore Island (1) Characters Grande Comore Island (1)

(this study) (this study)

Dsl 230 R1 23

Dsw 120 st1-st1 38

j1 15 st2-st2 46

j3 23 st3-st3 46

j4 14 st1-st5 99

j5 18 st4-st4 40

j6 18 st5-st5 31

J2 22 Vsl 95

J5 10 Vsw ZV2 118

z2 18 Vsw anus 63

z3 19 gv3 - gv3 13

z4 24 JV5 18

z5 18 SgeIV 20

Z4 23 Fdl 20

Z5 33 No teeth Fd Not visible

s4 25 Mdl 20

s6 25 No teeth Md Not visible

S2 28 Shaft 18

S4 26 Branch 6

S5 28

r3 24

This species was drawn and described but no measurements are available in the literature.