Published December 31, 2015 | Version v1
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Euseius fructicolus Gonzalez & Schuster

Description

Euseius fructicolus (Gonzalez & Schuster)

(Figs 11–16)

Specimens examined. 20 specimens from the type locality: Alajuela, Santiago, Chile on Prunus persica, collected in February, 2013.

The characteristics of the females collected in this study are very close to those of the holotype except for the longer r3 and R1. Denmark et al. (1999) considered this species to be a senior synonym of Euseius vivax (Chant & Baker). In this paper, these are considered distinct species, as explained under E. vivax. Euseius fructicolus is most similar to Euseius stipulatus (Athias-Henriot) from which it is distinguished by the shape and size of the spermatheca as mentioned later in this paper in the key to species.

Notes

Published as part of Lopes, Paula C., Mcmurtry, James A. & De Moraes, Gilberto J., 2015, Definition of the concordis species group of the genus Euseius (Acari: Phytoseiidae), with a morphological reassessment of the species included, pp. 174-190 in Zootaxa 4048 (2) on page 183, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4048.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/241225

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Additional details

Biodiversity

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

References

  • 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.