Ueckermannseius parahavu Moraes, Zannou & Oliveira

Kreiter, Serge, Payet, Rose-My, Douin, Martial, Fontaine, Olivier, Jacques, Fillâtre & Bellec, Fabrice Le, 2020, Phytoseiidae of La Réunion Island (Acari: Mesostigmata): three new species and two males described, new synonymies, and new records, Acarologia 60 (1), pp. 111-195 : 167-169

Ueckermannseius parahavu Moraes, Zannou & Oliveira

Ueckermannseius parahavu Moraes, Zannou & Oliveira, in Moraes et al. 2006: 36 , Chant & Mcurtry 2007: 115.

All dorsal setae of this species are short to minute, the setae Z4 are not as long as distance between their base and that of setae S4 and the dorsal shield is smooth except some anterolateral striations. Thus, it belongs to the genus Ueckermannseius ( Chant and McMurtry 2005b) . This species is only known from Ghana ( Moraes et al. 2006) and nothing is known on its biology.

This is the first new record of that species in another location and the first record of the species in La Réunion.

Specimens examined: 2 ♀♀ in total, both measured. Forêt de Bélouve – Gîte (aasl 1500 m, Long 55°33’36” E, Lat 21°6’0” S), 2 ♀♀ on C. borbonica , 28/1/2017.

Remarks: two females have been collected and compared ( Table 27 ) to specimens of Ghana ( Moraes et al. 2006). Measurements of morphological characters of specimen females from La Réunion ( Table 27 ) fit well with those of specimens of Ghana, with slightly shorter setae, especially j3, s4, z4 and the macrosetae of the leg IV. Setae S4 and dorsum length dimensions are however slightly greater from those of specimens of Ghana ( Moraes et al. 2006).