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Phytoseius rex

Description

Phytoseius rex de Leon

Phytoseius rex de Leon, 1967: 12.

Phytoseius (Phytoseius) rex, Denmark & Muma, 1975: 295; Kreiter & Moraes, 1997: 380; Moraes et al., 2004: 253.

Notes

This species is endemic to the Caribbean area: Guadeloupe, Guyana, La Desirade, Les Saintes, Marie­Galante, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Saint­Martin, Trinidad. The measurements of the adult females collected agree with those of Kreiter & Moraes (1997).

Other

Published as part of Kreiter, Serge, Tixier, Marie-Stéphane & Etienne, Jean, 2006, New records of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from the French Antilles, with description of Neoseiulus cecileae sp. nov., pp. 1-27 in Zootaxa 1294 on page 20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.173514

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Phytoseiidae
Genus
Phytoseius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
rex
Taxon rank
species

References

  • de Leon, D. (1967) Some mites of the Caribbean Area. Part I. Acarina on plants in Trinidad, West Indies. Allen Press, Lawrence, Kansas, 66 p.
  • Denmark, H. A. & Muma, M. H. (1975) The Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) of Puerto Rico. Journal of the Agricultural University of Puerto Rico, 59, 279 - 304.
  • Kreiter, S. & de Moraes, G. J. (1997) Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Guadeloupe and Martinique. Florida Entomologist, 80, 376 - 382.
  • Moraes, G. J. de, McMurtry, J. A., Denmark, H. A. & Campos, C. B. (2004) A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. Zootaxa, 434, 1 - 494.