Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) moraesi Kreiter & Ueckermannn

Kreiter, Serge, Payet, Rose-My & Azali, Hamza Abdou, 2021, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Mohéli Island (Comoros Archipelago), Acarologia 61 (1), pp. 94-114 : 109-110

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) moraesi Kreiter & Ueckermannn

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) moraesi Kreiter & Ueckermann in Kreiter et al. 2002: 338.

The biology of this species found in La Réunion Island by Kreiter et al. (2002) on various host plants ( Kreiter et al. 2002) and then in French Caribbean Islands ( Mailloux et al. 2010 ; Kreiter et al. 2013) remains unknown.

World distribution: La Réunion Island.

Specimens examined: three specimens (3 ♀♀) collected during this study. Bandar­Es­

Characters Mohéli (2) Africa (3) Anjouan Holotype Characters Mohéli (2) Africa (3) Anjouan Holotype (this study) Island (2) (this study) Island (2)

Dsl 308 290 (285 – 295) 325 295 Gensl 103 – 105 – 110 –

Dsw 200 – 205 206 (200 – 215) 180 190 Gensw st5 58 – 60 55 (53 – 57) Not visible 55

j1 27 – 30 26 (25 – 27) 20 – Gensw post. corn. 68 – 75 – Not visible –

j3 40 – 43 43 (40 – 45) 38 48 st5 – st5 54 – 55 – Not visible –

j4 28 40 (37 – 41) 25 44 Lisl 23 – 28 – 30 –

j5 25 – 26 40 (36 – 44) 30 43 Lisw 3 – 4 –

j6 40 55 (50 – 59) 33 57 sisl 10 – 11 –

J2 45 – 47 53 (50 – 55) 40 56 Vsl 95 – 113 102 (98 – 104) 100 97

J5 8 – 9 10 8 9 Vsw ZV2 78 – 80 89 (84 – 96) 90 85

r3 38 – 40 40 (38 – 43) 40 44 Vsw anus 68 – 79 – 68 –

R1 45 59 (58 – 60) 45 60 gv3 – gv3 38 – 39 – – –

s4 55 – 60 61 (60 – 62) 58 63 JV5 65 – 67 – 63 –

s6 53 – 55 65 (65 – 66) 55 67 SgeIII 18 – 20 22 (21 – 22) 19 20

S2 63 – 65 69 (68 – 71) 60 71 StiIII 18 – 19 18 (17 – 19) 18 19

S4 63 – 65 70 (70 – 71) 65 71 SgeIV 28 – 30 32 (31 – 32) 29 32

S5 20 – 22 22 (19 – 24) 22 17 StiIV 24 – 25 22 (21 – 24) 22 23

z2 25 – 28 24 (23 – 25) 25 23 StIV 40 – 47 40 (37 – 42) 45 43

z3 44 – 47 51 (50 – 51) 45 53 Scl 7 14 (11 – 17) 10 –

z4 45 56 (54 – 57) 48 58 Scw – – 8 –

z5 28 – 30 38 (35 – 40) 29 38 Fdl 23 – 25 24 23 –

Z4 60 63 (62 – 64) 60 62 No teeth Fd Not visible 2 Not visible –

Z5 65 – 67 64 (63 – 66) 66 63 Mdl 28 27 26 –

st1-st1 50 – 50 – No teeth Md Not visible 1 Not visible –

st2-st2 48 – 50 55 (54 – 56) 53 50 Sources of measurements – Africa (DR Congo 1♀, Nigeria 1♀, Uganda 1♀) & Holotype: Ueckermann et al. (2008); Anjouan Island: Kreiter et al. (2021); –: not provided.

st3-st3 60 – 65 –

st1-st3 58 55 (52 – 57) 55 59

st4-st4 60 – 68 – 70 –

Salam, Les Abous Inn (23 m aasl, 12°17 ′ 37 ″ S, 43°45 ′ 27 ″ E), 1 ♀ on Punica granatum L. ( Lythraceae ), 4/XII/2018 /

Remarks: several species are found both in La Réunion Island (in the Indian Ocean) and in the West Indies, probably because of reciprocal introductions certainly a long time ago with slave­trade and commercial exchanges between the two areas or because of introduction of plants from Antilles into La Réunion coming from the same African countries than slaves. The measurements and description of the specimens collected fit very well those given by Kreiter et al. (2002) for the original description and measurements of specimens from La Réunion ( Kreiter et al. 2020d) and Rodrigues Islands (Kreiter and Abo­Shnaf 2020a).