Galendromus (Galendromus) floridanus (Muma)

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Galendromus (Galendromus) floridanus (Muma)

Typhlodromus floridanus (original designation) Muma

Galendromus floridanus Muma

Metaseiulus (Galendromus) floridanus Karg

Galendromus (Galendromus) gratus (Chant) , synonymy according to Demite et al. (2020) Galendromus (Galendromus) helveolus (Chant) , synonymy according to Demite et al. (2020)

Material Examined (n = 8; 7 ♀♀, 1 ♂) — 1♀ (28°34 ′ 5.62 ″ N, 81°41 ′ 22.17 ″ W, 24

m, 2 August 2016, Osage, Organic Farm), 1♀ (30°26 ′ 18.19 ″ N, 84°11 ′ 55.83 ″ W, 39 m, 31

July 2016, Navaho, Organic Farm), 1♀ (29°24 ′ 30.77 ″ N, 82°10 ′ 16.13 ″ W, 19 m, 11 August 2016, Choctaw, Organic Farm), 1♀ (30°54 ′ 18.31 ″ N, 82°38 ′ 51.06 ″ W, 46 m, 18 August 2016, Choctaw, Conventional Farm), 1♂ (30°54 ′ 18.31 ″ N, 82°38 ′ 51.06 ″ W, 46 m, 18 August 2016, Choctaw, Conventional Farm), 1♀ (30°54 ′ 18.31 ″ N, 82°38 ′ 51.06 ″ W, 46 m, 18 August 2016, Ouachita, Conventional Farm), 1♀ (28°34 ′ 5.62 ″ N, 81°41 ′ 22.17 ″ W, 24 m, 25 August 2016, Osage, Organic Farm), 1♀ (29°24 ′ 30.77 ″ N, 82°10 ′ 16.13 ″ W, 19 m, 15 July 2016, Choctaw, Organic Farm).

Comments — G. (G.) floridanus was recorded in Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras, Martinique, Panama Venezuela, and USA­ Florida. It was collected from Citrus sp. ( Rutaceae ) and Thespesia populnea L. ( Malvaceae ) ( Demite et al. 2020). In the present study, G. floridanus was collected together with P. latus , Tarsonemus (Tarsonemus) bilobatus Suski , Tarsonemus (Tarsonemus) confusus Ewing ( Trombidiformes : Tarsonemidae ), Eotetranychus carpini (Qudemansi) , Tetranychus schoenei McGregor and Tetranychus urticae Koch ( Trombidiformes : Tetranychidae ).