Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) grewiae Zannou, Moraes & Oliveira, 2008

Kreiter, Serge, Payet, Rose-My & Azali, Hamza Abdou, 2021, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Mohéli Island (Comoros Archipelago), Acarologia 61 (1), pp. 94-114 : 107

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) grewiae Zannou, Moraes & Oliveira

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) grewiae Zannou, Moraes & Oliveira in Ueckermann et al. 2008:

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This species belongs to the singularis species group as setae JV3 are absent and dorsal shield setae are short ( Chant and McMurtry 1994). The biology of that species is totally unknown. It was mentioned only from Kenya ( Ueckermann et al. 2008) only from one female.

World distribution: Kenya, Mayotte Island.

Specimens examined: 5 specimens (2 ♀♀ and 3♂♂) collected during this study. Fomboni, Les­Hauts (60 m aasl, 12°17 ′ 29 ″ S, 43°44 ′ 35 ″ E), 1 ♀ on Annona senegalensis Persoon (Annonaceae) , 2/XII/2018 ; Bangoma, top of the village (42 m aasl, 12°17 ′ 15 ″ S, 43°43 ′ 40 ″ E), 1 ♀ and 3 ♂♂ on Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merrill & Perry, 4/XII/2018.

Remarks: the species was mentioned only once from Kenya and described from only one female specimen ( Ueckermann et al. 2008). Morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements of our specimens ( Table 5) fit well measurements of the original description of Zannou, Moraes & Oliveira in Ueckermann et al. (2008) and with measurements of specimens from Mayotte Island (Kreiter et al. 2020a)