Phytoseiidae in European grape (Vitis vinifera L.): bio-ecological aspects and keys to species (Acari: Mesostigmata)
Tixier, Marie-Stéphane
Baldassar, Andrea
Duso, Carlo
Kreiter, Serge
Zootaxa
2013
3721
2
101
142
4HP6W
Athias-Henriot
Athias-Henriot
[151,626,1694,1720]
Arachnida
Phytoseiidae
Phytoseiulus
Animalia
Mesostigmata
11
112
Arthropoda
species
persimilis
Phytoseiulus riegeli.—Dosse, 1958: 48. Typhlodromus persimilis.—Hirschmann, 1962: 75. Phytoseiulus( Phytoseiulus) persimilis.—Wainstein, 1962: 17. Phytoseiulus tardi(Lombardini). —Kennett & Caltagiorne, 1968: 571. Phytoseiulus persimilis.—Chant, 1959: 109; Moraes et al., 2004: 169; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 53. Reports on V. viniferain Europe: Greece, Italy, Spain. Reports on V. viniferain non-European countries: Australia. Reports not on V. vinifera: Algeria, Australia, Canary Islands, Chile, Cuba, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Reunion Island, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, USA, Venezuela.
Remarks.This species has been reported on a wide range of plants, essentially on herbaceous plants. It is reared and sold by several biofactories in the world. It is a very efficient natural enemy of Tetranychus urticaeKochespecially in greenhouses.