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Phytoseiulus longipes Evans

Description

Phytoseiulus longipes Evans

Phytoseiulus longipes Evans, 1958: 307; Moraes et al., 2004: 167; Chant & McMurtry, 2006a: 20. Amblyseius (Amblyseius) longipes, Tseng, 1976: 108.

Amblyseius (Mesoseiulus) longipes, Van der Merwe, 1968: 172.

Amblyseius (Phytoseiulus) longipes, Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 294. Mesoseiulus longipes, Gonzalez & Schuster, 1962: 18.

Remarks: This species was described from specimens collected in Salisbury, Mashonaland South, Zimbabwe (former Rhodesia), on foxglove (Digitalis purpurea: Plantaginaceae). It was also reported from South Africa (Van der Merwe, 1968). No additional specimens were collected in the present study.

World distribution. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Notes

Published as part of De, Gilberto J., Zannou, Ignace D. & Ueckermann, Eddie A., 2007, Phytoseiid mites of the tribes Afroseiulini, Kampimodromini and Phytoseiulini, and complementary notes on mites of the tribes Euseiini and Neoseiulini (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa, pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 1628 on page 14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179339

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Evans
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Mesostigmata
Family
Phytoseiidae
Genus
Phytoseiulus
Species
longipes
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Evans, G. O. (1958) A new mite of the genus Phytoseiulus Evans (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) from southern Rhodesia. Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa, South Africa, 21, 306 - 308.
  • Moraes, G. J. de, McMurtry, J. A., Denmark, H. A., Campos, C. B. (2004) A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. Zootaxa, New Zealand, 434, 1 - 494.
  • Chant, D. A. & McMurtry, J. A. (2006 a) A review of subfamily Amblyseiinae Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae): Part VIII. The tribes Macroseiini Chant, Denmark and Baker, Phytoseiulini n. tribe, Afroseiulini n. tribe and Indoseiulini Ehara and Amano. International Journal of Acarology, USA, 32 (1), 13 - 25.
  • Tseng, Y. H. (1976) Systematics of the mite family Phytoseiidae from Taiwan, with a revised key to genera of the world (II). Journal of the Agricultural Association of China, New Series, Taiwan, 94, 85 - 128.
  • Van der Merwe, G. G. (1968) A taxonomic study of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari) in South Africa with contributions to the biology of two species. Entomology Memoir, South Africa Department of Agricultural Technical Services, South Africa, 18, 1 - 198.
  • Pritchard, A. E. & Baker, E. W. (1962) Mites of the family Phytoseiidae from Central Africa, with remarks on genera of the world. Hilgardia, USA, 33, 205 - 309.
  • Gonzalez, R. H. & Schuster, R. O. (1962) Especies de la familia Phytoseiidae en Chile I. (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Boletim Tecnico. Estacion Experimental Agronomica. Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Agronomia, Chile, 16, 1 - 35.