Neoseiulus tunus (De Leon)

Gonçalves, Dinarte, Cunha, Uemerson Silva Da, Bampi, Paula Maria, Moraes, Gilberto José De & Ferla, Noeli Juarez, 2015, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Araucaria Forest of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with new records and descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 4032 (5), pp. 569-581 : 575

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.5.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:74E84B0F-6824-4076-9383-A83367DC254D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4652873
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A887DD-FE0C-FFFE-FF09-FC196667BE15
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Neoseiulus tunus (De Leon)
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Neoseiulus tunus (De Leon) View in CoL

Typhlodromips tunus De Leon, 1967: 29 ; Denmark & Muma, 1973: 253. Amblyseius tunus . — Feres & Moraes, 1998: 126; Demite et al., 2015.

Specimens examined. SÃO FRANCISCO DE PAULA: 19 specimens on Myrcia divaricata Lam. , Myrcia retorta Cambess. , Ilex paraguariensis St Hil. View in CoL , Poutheria salicifolia Spreng., Calitranthes sp., July 2014.

Previous records in Rio Grande do Sul. Capitão, Sério, Carazinho and Guaporé ( Ferla & Moraes, 1998, 2002; Bento Gonçalves ( Johann et al., 2009; Klock et al., 2011); Ilópolis and Putinga ( Gonçalves et al., 2013).

Comments. This species is common in pesticide-free apple orchards in Rio Grande do Sul ( Ferla & Moraes, 1998). It was also recently collected on yerba mate ( Ilex paraguariensis St Hil ) in Rio Grande do Sul by Gonçalves et al. (2013).