Phytoseius rex De Leon

Phytoseius rex De Leon, 1967: 12.

Phytoseius (Phytoseius) rex . — Denmark & Muma, 1975: 295; Kreiter & Moraes, 1997: 380. Phytoseius rex .— Moraes et al., 2000: 260; Kreiter et al., 2006: 20.

Specimens examined. Las Galeras (Peninsula de Samaná), 3-X-2008, four females and four males on Solanum sp. ( Solanaceae); one male on Waltheria indica L. ( Malvaceae).

Remarks. This species has previously been recorded from Guadeloupe, Guyana, La Desirade, Les Saintes, Marie Galante, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Saint Martin and Trinidad-Tobago. The measurements of the specimens collected are very similar to the holotype and those reported by Kreiter & Moraes (1997) from mites collected in Guadeloupe.