Phytoseius punicae Chinniah & Mohanasundaram, 2001

Kreiter, Serge, Payet, Rose-My, Douin, Martial, Fontaine, Olivier, Jacques, Fillâtre & Bellec, Fabrice Le, 2020, Phytoseiidae of La Réunion Island (Acari: Mesostigmata): three new species and two males described, new synonymies, and new records, Acarologia 60 (1), pp. 111-195 : 177-179

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https://doi.org/ 10.24349/acarologia/20204361

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5055968

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scientific name

Phytoseius punicae Chinniah & Mohanasundaram
status

 

Phytoseius punicae Chinniah & Mohanasundaram View in CoL

Phytoseius punicae Chinniah & Mohanasundaram, 2001: 526 View in CoL .

This species belongs to the plumifer species group as setae J2 and R1 are present ( Chant and McMurtry 1994).

This species was recorded in India, in Tamil Nadu state ( Demite et al. 2019). Its biology is totally unknown.

This is the first record of this species in La Réunion Island.

Specimens examined: A single ♀ in total, measured. Le Tampon – Bras de Pontho, Aldo Grace farm (aasl 661 m, Long 55°29’48” E, Lat 21°14’33” S), 1 ♀ on D. incanum , 21/2/2017.

Remarks: measurement values of morphological characters ( Table 34 View Table 34 ) were compared to those obtained for specimens of India, the only country in which Phytoseius punicae was recorded and specimens measured. Values of measurements are very close except for seta j3, z3 and st1-st3 length of sternal shield that are smaller compared to specimens of India. Macrosetae StIV is however longer in the single specimen of La Réunion Island.

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Chinniah C., Mohanasundaram M. 2001. Five new predatory mites (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) from Kerala, India. Entomon, 26 (1): 65 - 77.

Demite P. R., Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A., Castilho R. C. 2019. Phytoseiidae Database. Available from: www. lea. esalq. usp. br / phytoseiidae (last access 01 / 08 / 2019).

Denmark H. A. 1966. Revision of the genus Phytoseius Ribaga, 1904 (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Fla Dep. Agric. Bul., 6: 1 - 105.

Ehara S. 1972. Some phytoseiid mites from Japan, with descriptions of thirteen new species (Acarina: Mesotigmata). Mushi, 46 (12): 137 - 173.

Ueckermann E. A., Zannou I. D., Moraes G. J. de, Oliveira A. R. de, Hanna R., Yaninek J. S. 2007. Phytoseiidd mites of the subfamily Phytoseiinae (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa. Zootaxa, 1658: 1 - 20. doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1658.1.1

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Mesostigmata

Family

Phytoseiidae

Genus

Phytoseius