Neoseiulella carmeli ( Rivnay & Swirski 1980 )

Tsolakis, Haralabos & Ragusa, Salvatore, 2020, New records of phytoseiid mites from Italy, with description of a new species and a redescription of other two (Parasitiformes, Phytoseiidae), Acarologia 60 (4), pp. 735-752 : 741-742

Neoseiulella carmeli ( Rivnay & Swirski 1980)

Typhloctonus carmeli Rivnay & Swirski (1980) (original designation)

Typhlodromus carmeli Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1989)

Neoseiulella (Typhloctona) carmeli Denmark & Rather (1996)

Specimens examined — 36 ♀♀, 7 ♂♂ and 1 immature in total. All specimens were collected in the island of Pantelleria at the following places: Aeroporto (36°49 ′ 11.31 ″ N,

11°58 ′ 21.80 ″ E, m 158 a.s.l.), 4♀♀ and 1♂ on Vitis vinifera L. ( Vitaceae ) 29 May 1994;

Characters Sicily * Wainstein 1972 Faraji et al. Characters Sicily * Wainstein 1972 Faraji et al. O.D. (2007) O.D. (2007)

j1 25 16 25 N. setae Genu I 10 - 10

j3 46 47 53 N. setae Genu II 8 07-août 8

j4 6 5 5 N. setae Genu III 7 - 7

j5 4 5 5 N. setae Genu IV 7 - 7

j6 10 11 9 Apex of peritreme j1 j1 j1

J5 10 - 9 Peritreme length 215 - -

z2 41 23 35 Solenostomes (gd) 1,2,4,5,6,8, 9 n. 7?

z4 55 56 59 Dorsal shield (Ds) length 386 365 436

z5 5 5 5 Ds W. (j6) 263 255 266

s4 66 74 77 VAS n. of setae 3 3 3

Z1 16 18 21 VAS length 136 - 148

S2 32 31 45 VAS width (ZV2) 139 - 135

S4 14 10 18 gv3 yes yes yes

S5 14 15 18 gv3 -gv3 51 - -

Z4 64 65 71 JV2 -JV2 79 - -

Z5 64 58 72 Anterior inguinal sigillum length 16 - 17

r3 26 25 29 Posterior inguinal Sigillum length 34 - 32

R1 29 20 21 Calyx Length 18 - 21 with atrium

JV5 43 - 51 Calyx Width (distal) 17 - -

Dm 1 no 1 Atrium 6 - -

Df 4 plus apical more than 3 3 plus apical Major duct 61 - -

Dm length 30 - 30 * Measurements referred to the mean of two specimens

Sge IV 49 55 55

Sti IV 37 47 45

StIV 72 85 82

Contrada (C.da) Bue Marino (36°49 ′ 28.14 ″ N, 11°58 ′ 43.75 ″ E, m 77 a.s.l.), 1♀ on Capparis spinosa L. ( Capparaceae ) 28 May 1994; C.da Campobello (36°49 ′ 17.36 ″ N, 11°59 ′ 2.72 ″

E, m 51 a.s.l.), 1♀ on Mioporum spp. ( Scrophulariaceae ) 29 May 1994; C.da Cannachi

(36°48 ′ 0.44 ″ N, 11°57 ′ 58.34 ″ E, m 230 a.s.l.), 1♀ on Parietaria spp. (Urticaceae) 28 May

1994; C.da Khufura (36°47 ′ 56.14 ″ N, 11°58 ′ 17.79 ″ E, m 241 a.s.l.), 2♀♀ on Malus domestica Borkh. (Rosaceae) 28 May 1994; C.da Scirafi (36°47 ′ 40.40 ″ N, 11°57 ′ 6.86 ″ E, m 149

a.s.l.), 20♀♀, 2♂♂ and 1 immature on Tamarix spp. (Tamaricaceae) 04 Oct. 1994; C.da Suachi (36°47 ′ 52.54 ″ N, 11°56 ′ 7.24 ″ E, m 13 a.s.l.), 1♀ on Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. (Solanaceae) 04 Oct. 1994; C.da Tracino (36°46 ′ 38.79 ″ N, 11°59 ′ 52.82 ″ E, m 738 a.s.l.) 1♀

on Quercus ilex L. ( Fagaceae ) 05 Oct. 1994; Calami (36°47 ′ 11.69 ″ N, 11°57 ′ 1.82 ″ E, m

63 a.s.l.), 1♀ on Vitis vinifera L. ( Vitaceae ) 04 Oct. 1994; Cuddia Attalora (36°47 ′ 14.44 ″

N, 11°59 ′ 44.78 ″ E, m 574 a.s.l.), 2♀♀ on Mentha spp. (Lamiaceae) 05 Oct. 1994; Cuddia Attalora (36°47 ′ 12.98 ″ N, 12°0 ′ 8.61 ″ E, m 648 a.s.l.), 1♀ and 2♂♂ on Lavandula stoechas

L. ( Lamiaceae ) 05 Oct. 1994; Lago di Venere (36°48 ′ 59.93 ″ N, 11°59 ′ 0.05 ″ E, m 17 a.s.l.) ,

1♀ on Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. ( Poaceae ) 29 May 1994; Lago di Venere (36°48 ′ 56.95 ″ N, 11°59 ′ 21.25 ″ E, m 5 a.s.l.), 1♂ on Capparis spinosa L. ( Capparaceae ) 29 May 1994; Pineta Montagna grande (36°47 ′ 43.75 ″ N, 11°59 ′ 8.92 ″ E, m 346 a.s.l.), 1♂ on Pistacia lentiscus L. ( Anacardiaceae ) 28 May 1994.

Remarks — Neoseiulella carmeli has been reported up to now only from Israel ( Rivnay and Swirski 1980; Swirski and Amitai 1997). The species in the island of Pantelleria was wide spread both on cultivated and wild plants. The island is nearer to the African continent than to Sicily, where we never found this species in more than 50 years of constant surveys.