Paraphytoseius orientalis (Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai)

Kreiter, Serge, Fontaine, Olivier & Payet, Rose-My, 2018, New records of Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Mauritius, Acarologia 58 (4), pp. 773-785 : 774-776

Paraphytoseius orientalis (Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai)

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) orientalis Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai, 1960: 394 .

Paraphytoseius orientalis Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 220 ; Moraes et al., 2004: 162. Paraphytoseius ipomeai El-Banhawy, 1984: 126 (synonym according to Chant & McMurtry 2003).

Paraphytoseius multidentatus Swirski & Shechter, 1961: 114 ; McMurtry & Moraes, 1984: 27; Moraes et al., 1986: 104 (synonymy according to Chant & McMurtry 2003).

Paraphytoseius narayanami Ehara & Ghai in Ehara, 1967: 77 (synonym according to Chant & McMurtry 2003).

Paraphytoseius parabilis Chaudhri, 1967: 266 (synonym according to Matthysse & Denmark 1981).

Paraphytoseius santurcensis De Leon, 1965: 130 (synonym according to Chant & McMurtry 2003).

Paraphytoseius seychellensis Schicha & Corpuz-Raros, 1985: 71 (synonym according to Chant

& McMurtry 2003).

Specimens examined — Chamouny (20°28’55.99”S, 57°27’58.00”E, alt. 128 m), 1? on an unknown host plant, 21-IX-2017.

Previous Records — Widely distributed in all the tropical area of Africa, South America and South-East Asia.

Remarks — Measurements of most setae of the single female collected ( Table 1 ) agree with measurements provided in the literature, except for the longer r3, R1, ventrianal shield,

and macrosetae of telotarsus IV. It also has shorter JV5 and Scw than reported for Kenyan specimens. This species belongs to a genus included in the great polyphagous generalist group named type III among phytoseiid mites ( McMurtry and Croft 1997; McMurtry et al. 2013).

Navasero and Navasero (2016) have studied the life history of P. orientalis on the broad mite as prey [ Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) ]. The authors reported high predation rates of this predator on eggs of that prey, suggesting its potential for the control of this pest.