Proprioseiopsis cf. lineatus ( Wu & Lan, 1991 )

Farazmand, Azadeh, Jalaeian, Mahdi, Kamali, Hashem, Saboori, Alireza, Tixier, MarieStéphane & Kreiter, Serge, 2023, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) in four provinces of Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 12 (1), pp. 21-58 : 34

Proprioseiopsis cf. lineatus ( Wu & Lan, 1991)

Amblyseius lineatus Wu & Lan, 1991: 316 .

Amblyseius (Proprioseiopsis) lineatus, Wu et al. 2009: 179 .

Proprioseiopsis lineatus, Moraes et al. 2004: 180 ; Chant & McMurtry 2005a: 15, 2007: 89; Liao et al. 2021: 648.

Specimen examined – one ♀ collected and measured. Sistan and Baluchestan Province – one ♀, Konarak city, Kahir (29 m aasl, 60° 07′ 53′′ E, 25° 35′ 24′′ N), from leaves of Citrus limon (L.) Burman ( Rutaceae ), 17.IV.2018.

World distribution – China.

Remarks – This is the first record of P. lineatus outside China and the first record for Iran. Morphological characters are closed to those published in the original description by Wu and Lan (1991). All measurements fit quite well with previously published measurements except for some shorter (JV5, Sti IV, StIV) and some longer setae (z4, r3, s4, S5) published ( Table 5 ). However, we have collected only one individual and previous measurements were also made on probably few specimens. It means that the overall variability remains almost totally unknown.