Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) hartlandrowei Evans, 1958

Kreiter, Serge, Payet, Rose-My & Azali, Hamza Abdou, 2021, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Mohéli Island (Comoros Archipelago), Acarologia 61 (1), pp. 94-114 : 108

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) hartlandrowei Evans

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) hartlandrowei Evans, 1958: 580­581 ; Chant 1959: 60. Clavidromus hartlandrowei, Muma, 1961: 296 .

Typhlodromus (Neoseiulus) hartlandrowei, Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 222 .

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) hartlandrowei, Moraes et al. 2004b: 328 ; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 155 ; Ueckermann et al. 2008: 50 .

This species belongs to the bergi species group ( Chant and McMurtry 1994). The biology of that species is totally unknown. This is the first mention of that species outside the African continent.

World distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Uganda.

Specimens examined: two specimens (2 ♀) collected during this study. Fomboni, University (25 m aasl, 12°17 ′ 3 ″ S, 43°44 ′ 34 ″ E), 1 ♀ on Persea americana Miller (Lauraceae) , 4/XII/2018 ; Bangoma, top of the village (42 m aasl, 12°17 ′ 15 ″ S, 43°43 ′ 40 ″ E), 1 ♀ on Anacardium occidentale L. ( Anacardiaceae ) 4/XII/2020.

Remarks: morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements of our specimens ( Table 6) fit well with measurements of the original description given by Evans (1958), those given by Ueckermann et al. (2008) concerning specimens from Africa and those of specimens from Anjouan Island ( Kreiter et al. 2021).