Iphiseius degenerans ( Berlese 1887 ), 1921

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Iphiseius degenerans ( Berlese 1887)

Seiulus degenerans Berlese, 1887: 9 .

Iphiseius degenerans (Berlese) Berlese, 1921: 95 .

Amblyseius (Iphiseius) degenerans (Berlese) Muma, 1961: 288 .

Iphiseius (Iphiseius) degenerans (Berlese) Prichard and Baker, 1962: 299 .

Iphiseius degenerans Moraes et al., 2004: 92 ; Chant and McMurtry, 2007: 123.

Distribution — Algeria, Benin, Brazil, Burundi, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, China (Hong-Kong), Congo, Egypt, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Madeira Islands, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Nigeria, Portugal, Rwanda, South-Africa, Tanzania, Turkey, Yemen, Zaire and Zimbabwe (Demite et al. 2016).

Material examined — Sfax: Cap Bon: Beni Kalled (36°36’44.77"N, 10°31’30.72"E), April 2010, 7 ♀♀ and 2 ♂♂ , and June 2011, 3 ♀♀.

Note — this species has a wide distribution in Africa and around the Mediterranean Sea on a great variety of plants ( McMurtry 1977; Papaioannou et al. 1994; Swirski and Amitai 1997; Grissa-Lebdi 2003; Sahraoui et al. 2012). It is used for the biological control of the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) ( Vantornhout et al. 2005) and spider mites in greenhouses ( Vantornhout et al. 2004).