Euseius hima (Pritchard & Baker)

Kreiter, Serge & Abo-Shnaf, Reham I. A., 2020, New records of phytoseiid mites from Mauritius Island (Acari: Mesostigmata, Acarologia 60 (3), pp. 520-545 : 535

Euseius hima (Pritchard & Baker)

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) hima Pritchard & Baker 1962: 257 ; Blommers 1976: 89.

Euseius hima, Moraes et al. 1986: 46, 2004: 71 ; Quilici et al. 2000: 99; Chant & McMurtry 2005b: 215, 2007: 121.

This species was recorded from several countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, but also from Madagascar, India ( Demite et al. 2020) and La Réunion ( Quilici et al. 2000; Kreiter et al. 2020c). All details of collections were provided in those papers. Its biology remains totally unknown. This is the first report of E. hima from Mauritius.

World distribution: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, La Réunion Island, Madagascar Island.

Specimens examined: 4 ♀♀ and 1 ♂ in total. Morne-Brabant (aasl 249 m, lat. 20°22 ′ 05 ″ S, long. 57°29 ′ 31 ″ E), 4 ♀♀ and 1 ♂ on Lantana camara L. ( Verbenaceae ), 5/XI/2018.

Remarks: measurements of specimens collected and identified were published only in Kreiter et al. (2020c). Morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements of our specimens fit well measurements in Kreiter et al. (2020c).