Phytoseius intermedius Evans & Macfarlane

Kreiter, Serge & Abo-Shnaf, Reham I. A., 2020, Phytoseiid mites of Rodrigues Island (Acari: Mesostigmata), Acarologia 60 (2), pp. 449-468 : 461-462

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https://doi.org/ 10.24349/acarologia/20204376

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4545433

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scientific name

Phytoseius intermedius Evans & Macfarlane
status

 

Phytoseius intermedius Evans & Macfarlane View in CoL

Phytoseius (Dubininellus) intermedius Evans & Macfarlane 1962: 587 View in CoL ; Denmark 1966: 70; Gupta 1977: 636.

Phytoseius (Phytoseius) intermedius, Ehara 1972: 170, 1975: 27 View in CoL ; Prasad 1974: 171; Blommers 1976: 82; Moraes et al. 1986: 222, 2004: 242; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 129.

Phytoseius (Phytoseius) yira Pritchard & Baker 1962: 227 View in CoL (synonymy according to Denmark 1966).

This species belongs to the horridus species group as setae J2 and R1 are absent ( Chant and McMurtry 1994). It was recorded in several countries of Asia, Africa, Madagascar ( Demite et al. 2020) and was known from La Réunion ( Quilici et al. 2000; Demite et al. 2020).

The biology of this species remains totally unknown. This is the most numerous species of Phytoseius in this study.

Specimens examined: 13 ♀♀ in total. Port-Mathurin, City Center (11 m aasl, lat. 19°40 ′ 53 ″ S, long. 63°25 ′ 17 ″ E), 1 ♀ on Cordia dichotoma Forster (Boraginaceae) , 3 ♀♀ on Ziziphus mauritiana L. ( Rhamnaceae ), 8/XI/2018; Anse aux Anglais (2 m aasl, lat. 19°40 ′ 33 ″ S, long. 63°26 ′ 05 ″ E), 6 ♀♀ on C. dichotoma , 11/XI/2018; Port Sud-Est, Sea Front (2 m aasl, lat. 19°44 ′ 36 ″ S, long. 63°25 ′ 17 ″ E), 3 ♀♀ on Cordia myxa L. ( Boraginaceae ), 11/XI/2018.

Remarks: measurement values of morphological characters of specimens from Rodrigues and specimens from neighbouring countries are very close, especially for specimens from La Réunion ( Kreiter et al. 2020c).

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Chant D. A., McMurtry J. A. 2007. Illustrated keys and diagnoses for the genera and subgenera of the Phytoseiidae of the world (Acari: Mesostigmata). Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, 219 pp.

Demite P. R., Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A., Castilho R. C. 2020. Phytoseiidae Database. Available from: www. lea. esalq. usp. br / phytoseiidae (last access 20 / 03 / 2020).

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Ehara S. 1975. List and keys to Phytoseiidae of Japan. In: Yasumatsu, K. and Mori, H. (Eds.), JIBP Synthesis, 7, Approaches to biological control, University of Tokyo Press, Japan: 25 - 37.

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Kreiter S., Payet R. - M., Douin M., Fontaine O., Fillatre J., Le Bellec F. 2020 c. Phytoseiidae of La Reunion Island (Acari: Mesostigmata): three new species and two males described, new synonymies, and new records. Acarologia 60 (1): 111 - 195. doi: 10.24349 / acarologia / 20204361

Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A. 1986. A catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. References to taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and habitat. EMBRAPA - DDT, Brasilia, Brazil, 353 pp.

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Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Mesostigmata

Family

Phytoseiidae

SubFamily

Phytoseiinae

Genus

Phytoseius