Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot

Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot, 1957: 347; Moraes et al., 2004: 169; Chant & McMurtry, 2006a: 20. Phytoseiulus (Phytoseiulus) persimilis, Wainstein, 1962: 17 .

Typhlodromus persimilis, Hirschmann, 1962: 4 .

Phytoseiulus riegeli Dosse, 1958: 48 (synonymy, Chant 1959; Kennett & Caltagirone 1968). Amblyseius tardi Lombardini, 1959: 166 (synonymy Kennett & Caltagirone 1968).

Remarks. This species was described from specimens collected in Staoueli, Alger, Algeria, on Rosa sp. ( Rosaceae). It was also reported from South Africa (Meyer, 1981). No additional specimens were collected in the present study.

World distribution. Algeria, Australia, Canary Islands, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, New Caledonia, Netherlands, Peru, Reunion Island, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, USA (introduced) and Venezuela.