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Neoseiulus californicus McGregor

Description

Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor)

Typhlodromus californicus McGregor, 1954: 89.

Typhlodromus chilenensis Dosse, 1958: 55 (synonym according to Athias-Henriot 1977).

Amblyseius chilenensis.— Gonzalez & Schuster, 1962: 10.

Neoseiulus californicus.— Moraes et al., 1986: 73: 2004: 109; Xu et al., 2013: 332.

Specimens examined. Santiago Region. Municipality of La Pintana, on Aloysia triphylla Palau, July 2002, associated with Tetranychus urticae Koch; on Baccharis salicina Torr. & A. Gray., July 2002, associated with Eriophyidae; on Bidens aurea (Aiton), April 2000, associated with T. urticae; on Convolvulus arvensis L., February 2001, associated with Tetranychus desertorum Banks; on Galega officinalis L., October 2000, associated with Tetranychus desertorum Banks; on Malus domestica Borkh, February 2002, associated with Tydeidae; on Malva nicaensis All., July 2002, associated with Brevipalpus sp.; on Medicago sativa L., March 2002, associated with Tetranychus desertorum Banks; on Poligonum sp., March 2002, associated with Tetranychus desertorum Banks; on Prunus persica L., February 2002, associated with Tydeidae; on Pyrus communis L., February 2002, associated with Panonychus ulmi (Koch) and Oligonychus yothersi (McGregor); on Trifolium sp., March 2002, associated with T. urticae. Municipality of Buin, on Prunus avium (L.), April 1990, associated with Bryobia rubrioculus (Scheuten) and Panonychus ulmi (Koch); on Prunus domestica L., March 1990, associated with Aculus fockeui (Nalepa & Trouessart). Municipality of Renca, on Solanum lycopersicum L., March 2000, associated with Aculops lycopersici (Massee).

Measurements of a collected female: dorsal shield 362 long, 182 maximum width. Setae j 1 22, j 3 32, j 4 21, j 5 21, j 6 25, J 2 30, J 5 12, z 2 35, z 4 37, z 5 22, Z 1 32, Z 4 50, Z 5 70, s 4 40, S 2 37, S 4 37, S 5 32, r 3 25, R 1 22, St IV 52.

Remarks. These measurements are similar to those given by Schuster & Pritchard (1963) for Neoseiulus californicus and to those given in the original description of Neoseiulus (Amblyseius) chilenensis by Gonzalez & Schuster (1962).

Notes

Published as part of Trincado, R. D., Martin, J. P. I., Méndez Rosa, D. D., Lopes, P. C. & De Moraes, G. J., 2018, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Chile, with descriptions of three new species and a redescription of Chileseius camposi, pp. 322-340 in Zootaxa 4482 (2) on pages 328-329, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1440610

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References

  • McGregor, E. A. (1954) Two new mites in the genus Typhlodromus (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Southern California Academy of Science Bulletin, 53, 89 - 92.
  • Dosse, G. (1958) Ubereinege neue Raubmilbenarten. Pflanzenschutzber, 21, 125 - 133.
  • Athias-Henriot, C. (1977) Nouvelles notes sur les Amblyseiini. III. Sur le genre Cydnodromus: Redefinition, composition (Parasitiformes, Phytoseiidae). Entomophaga, 22, 61 - 73. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02372991
  • Gonzalez, R. H. & Schuster, R. O. (1962) Especies de la familia Phytoseiidae en Chile I. (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Boletin Tecnico. Estacion Experimental Agronomica. Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Agronomia, Chile, 16, 1 - 35.
  • Moraes, G. J. de, McMurtry, J. A. & Denmark, H. A. (1986) A Catalog of the Mite Family Phytoseiidae. References to Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Habitat. EMBRAPA - DDT, Brasilia, 353 pp.
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