Neoseiulus bicaudus (Wainstein)

Tixier, Marie-Stéphane, Baldassar, Andrea, Duso, Carlo & Kreiter, Serge, 2013, Phytoseiidae in European grape (Vitis vinifera L.): bio-ecological aspects and keys to species (Acari: Mesostigmata), Zootaxa 3721 (2), pp. 101-142 : 111

Neoseiulus bicaudus (Wainstein)

Amblyseius bicaudus Wainstein, 1962: 146 .

Typhlodromus bicaudus .—Hirshmann, 1962: 250.

Neoseiulus bicaudus . — Moraes et al., 1986: 72; Moraes et al., 2004: 108; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 25.

Reports on V. vinifera in Europe: France.

Reports on V. vinifera in non-European countries: None.

Reports not on V. vinifera: Armenia, Caucasus Region, France, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Montenegro, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, USA.

Remarks. This species mainly reported from Europe is rarely found in crops and has been sometimes observed in the natural vegetation surrounding vineyards (Tixier et al., 2000).