Biodiversity Literature Repository
Published May 11, 2020 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Proprioseiopsis mexicanus

Creators

  • 1. Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Agricultural Research Centre (ARC), 7 Nadi El-Seid Street, Dokii, 12611 Giza, Egypt.

Description

Proprioseiopsis mexicanus (Garman)

Amblyseiopsis mexicanus Garman 1958: 75.

Proprioseiopsis mexicanus, Muma & Denmark 1970: 48; Denmark & Muma 1973: 237;

Moraes et al. 1986: 118, 2004: 181; Kreiter & Moraes 1997: 379; Chant & McMurtry 2005a: 13, 2007: 89.

Amblyseius mexicanus, Moraes & McMurtry 1983: 134.

Proprioseiopsis tropicanus (Garman 1958): 77 (Synonymy according to Denmark & Evans 2011).

Proprioseiopsis asetus (Chant 1959): 80 (Synonymy according to Denmark & Evans 2011).

Proprioseiopsis putmani (Chant 1959): 91 (Synonymy according to Denmark & Evans 2011).

Proprioseiopsis clausae (Muma 1962): 20 (Synonymy according to Denmark & Evans 2011).

Proprioseiopsis temperellus (Denmark & Muma 1967): 171 (Synonymy according to Denmark & Evans 2011).

Proprioseiopsis amotus (Zack 1969): 72 (Synonymy according to Denmark & Evans 2011).

Proprioseiopsis versutus (Zack 1969): 74 (Synonymy according to Denmark & Evans 2011).

Proprioseiopsis kogi (Chant & Hansell 1971): 713 (Synonymy according to Denmark & Evans 2011).

Proprioseiopsis tulearensis (Blommers 1976): 100 (Synonymy according to Denmark & Evans 2011).

This species belongs to the belizensis species group as genu I have no macrosetae. As the spermatheca of that species has a short calyx, cup-shaped, it belongs to the asetus species subgroup (Chant and McMurtry 2005a).

This species is known from all Islands of French West Indies (Kreiter and Moraes 1997; Moraes et al. 2000; Kreiter et al. 2006, 2018c; Mailloux et al. 2010), but it was found only in very large numbers during a previous study on companion plants in Guadeloupe (Mailloux et al. 2010) and in a study on La Réunion (Le Bellec, unpub. data). This species seems to be very abundant on weeds in the lower vegetation. Phytoseiid mites of the genus Proprioseiopsis had been found mainly in ground surface, humus, litter, soil, moss or on grass (Muma and Denmark 1970; McMurtry et al. 2015).

Proprioseiopsis mexicanus population increased when fed T. urticae eggs (Megevand et al. 1993) and seems to be a good predator of thrips (Kreiter, unpub. data). It is one of the prevailing phytoseiid species on citrus orchards in Alabama (Fadamiro et al. 2009). Denmark and Evans (2011) mentioned that the species can be reared on T. urticae and Oligonychus pratensis (Banks) and is associated with Bryobia praetiosa Koch, Bryobia spp. and P. ulmi. It was also found in association with Tetranychus evansi Baker and Pritchard (Furtado et al. 2014), but mentioned as a poor predator of that species. The biology of this species is however almost unknown.

Proprioseiopsis mexicanus was already recorded in the Indian Ocean by Quilici et al. (2000) and Kreiter et al. (2020c).

World distribution: This species is distributed in many countries of the world, mainly in tropical areas.

Specimens examined: 2 ♀♀ in total. Citronelle, Plant Protection Service (388 m aasl, lat. 19°42 ′ 02 ″ S, long. 63°25 ′ 17 ″ E), 2 ♀♀ on Prunus persica (L.) Batsch (Rosaceae), 16/XI/2020.

Remarks: measurement values of female specimens from Rodrigues fit well with all those indicated in Kreiter et al. (2018c, 2020c) for various countries.

Notes

Published as part of Kreiter, Serge & Abo-Shnaf, Reham I. A., 2020, Phytoseiid mites of Rodrigues Island (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 449-468 in Acarologia 60 (2) on pages 458-459, DOI: 10.24349/acarologia/20204376, http://zenodo.org/record/4488033

Files

Files (4.1 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:23f2442fa439ae833cdff7ccd0ea3e99
4.1 kB Download

System files (35.2 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:67a4d8a5f7988a4760d139da28e90c5d
35.2 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/767187FEFFBFFF96FE4C9ED7FBFC4AFA

Is part of
Journal article: 10.24349/acarologia/20204376 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/4488033 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/8A48FF86FFB5FF9DFFA79C3BFF844B15 (URL)
Is source of
https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/767187FEFFBFFF96FE4C9ED7FBFC4AFA (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/177323789 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/8256/taxon/767187FEFFBFFF96FE4C9ED7FBFC4AFA.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Phytoseiidae
Genus
Proprioseiopsis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Garman
Species
mexicanus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Proprioseiopsis mexicanus (Garman, 1958) sec. Kreiter & Abo-Shnaf, 2020

References

  • Garman P. 1958. New species belonging to the genera Amblyseius and Amblyseiopsis with keys
  • Muma M. H., Denmark H. A. 1970. Phytoseiidae of Florida. Arthropods of Florida and neighbouring land areas, 6. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, USA, 150 pp.
  • Denmark H. A., Muma M. H. 1973. Phytoseiid mites of Brazil (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Rev. Bras. Biol., 33 (2): 235 - 276.
  • 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, Brazil, 353 pp.
  • 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. doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa. 434.1.1
  • Kreiter S., Moraes G. J. de 1997. Phytoseiidae mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Guadeloupe and Martinique. Fla Entomol., 80 (3): 376 - 382. doi: 10.2307 / 3495770
  • Chant D. A., McMurtry J. A. 2005 a. A review of the subfamily Amblyseiina Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae): Part V. Tribe Amblyseiini, subtribe Proprioseiopsina Chant and McMurtry. Intern. J. Acarol., 31 (1): 3 - 22. doi: 10.1080 / 01647950508684412
  • Chant D. A., McMurtry J. A. 2007. Illustrated keys and diagnoses for the genera and subgenera of the Phytoseiidae of the world (Acari: Mesostigmata). Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, 219 pp.
  • Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A. 1983. Phytoseiid mites (Acarina) of northeastern Brazil with descriptions
  • Denmark H. A., Evans G. A. 2011. Phytoseiidae of North America and Hawaii (Acari: Mesostigmata). Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, USA, 451 pp.
  • Chant D. A. 1959. Phytoseiid mites (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Part I. Bionomics of seven species in southeastern England. Part II. A taxonomic review of the family Phytoseiidae, with descriptions of thirty-eight new species. Can. Entomol., 61 (12): 1 - 166. doi: 10.4039 / entm 9112 fv
  • Muma M. H. 1962. New Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) from Florida. Fla Entomol., 45: 1 - 10. doi: 10.2307 / 3492897
  • Denmark H. A., Muma M. H. 1967. Six new Phytoseiidae from Florida (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Fla Entomol., 50: 169 - 180. doi: 10.2307 / 3493298
  • Zack R. E. 1969. Seven new species and records of phytoseiid mites from Missouri (Acarina: Phtyoseiidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc., 42 (1), 68 - 80.
  • Chant D. A., Hansell R. I. C. 1971. The genus Amblyseius (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) in Canada and Alaska. Can. J. Zool., 49 (5): 703 - 758. doi: 10.1139 / z 71 - 110
  • Blommers L. 1976. Some Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) from Madagascar, with descrip-
  • Moraes G. J. de, Kreiter S., Lofego A. C. 2000. Plant mites (Acari) of the French Antilles. 3. Phytoseiidae (Gamasida). Acarologia, 40 (3): 237 - 264.
  • Kreiter S., Tixier M. - S., Etienne J. 2006. New records of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata)
  • Kreiter S., Zriki Z., Ryckewaert P., Pancarte C., Douin M., Tixier M. - S. 2018 c. New phytoseiid mites
  • Mailloux J., Le Bellec F., Kreiter S., Tixier M. - S., Dubois P. 2010. Influence of ground cover management
  • McMurtry J. A., Sourassou N. F., Demite P. R. 2015. The Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) as Biological Control Agents. Prospects for Biological Control of Plant Feeding Mites and Other Harmful Organisms: 133 - 149. doi: 10.1007 / 978 - 3 - 319 - 15042 - 0 _ 5
  • Megevand B., Klay A., Gnanvossou D., Paraiso G. 1993. Maintenance and mass rearing of phytoseiid predators of the cassava green mite. Exp. Appl. Acarol., 17: 115 - 128.
  • Fadamiro H. Y., Xiao Y., Hargroder T., Nesbitt M., Childers C. C. 2009. Diversity and seasonal abundance of predacious mites in Alabama Satsuma citrus. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am., 102 (4): 617 - 628. doi: 10.1603 / 008.102.0406
  • Furtado I. P., Moraes G. J. de, Kreiter S., Flechtmann C. H. W., Tixier M. - S., Knapp M. 2014. Plant inhabiting phytoseiid predators of Midwestern Brazil, with emphasis on those associated with the tomato red spider mite, Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Phytoseiidae, Tetranychidae). Acarologia, 54 (4): 425 - 431. doi: 10.1051 / acarologia / 20142138
  • Quilici S., Ueckermann E. A., Kreiter S., Vayssieres J. - F. 2000. Phytoseiidae (Acari) of La Reunion Island. Acarologia, 41 (1 - 2): 97 - 108.
  • Kreiter S., Payet R. - M., Douin M., Fontaine O., Fillatre J., Le Bellec F. 2020 c. Phytoseiidae of La Reunion Island (Acari: Mesostigmata): three new species and two males described, new synonymies, and new records. Acarologia 60 (1): 111 - 195. doi: 10.24349 / acarologia / 20204361