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Euseius fructicolus Gonzalez & Schuster

Description

Euseius fructicolus (González & Schuster)

Amblyseius fructicolus González & Schuster, 1962: 12.

Euseius fructicolus (González & Schuster) Moraes et al., 2004: 69.

Senior synonym of Euseius vivax (Chant & Baker), according to Denmark et al. (1999).

Specimens examined. Thirteen females, two males, three deutonymphs and one protonymph on Rubus sp.; eleven females and one deutonymph on Nothofagus obliqua (Mirbel) Oersted "Pellín" (Fagaceae); two females on Eucryphia cordifolia; Tinquilco Lake near Pucón (Chile); 39º 10'09" S, 71º 43'33" W; 814 m asl; 6 January 2013. Six females on Chusquea sp. and two females and one deutonymph on N. dombeyi "Coihue ". Tinquilco Lake near Pucón (Chile); 39º 09'09" S, 71º 43'34" W; 910 m asl; 6 January 2013.

Comments. This species has previously been reported from most of the countries in the Neotropical Region.

The measurements of the specimens collected fit those holotype provided by González & Schuster. Two of the females have seta r3 inserted on dorsal shield.

Notes

Published as part of Ferragut, Francisco & Navia, Denise, 2015, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, pp. 525-550 in Zootaxa 3990 (4) on pages 542-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/240688

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Phytoseiidae
Genus
Euseius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Gonzalez & Schuster
Species
fructicolus
Taxon rank
species

References

  • 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, 16, 1 - 35.
  • 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.
  • Denmark, H. A., Evans, G. A., Aguilar, H., Vargas, C. & Ochoa, R. (1999) Phytoseiidae of Central America (Acari: Mesostigmata). Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, Michigan, 125 pp.