Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) capparidis van der Merwe, 1968

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Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) capparidis van der Merwe

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) capparidis van der Merwe 1968: 26 , Ueckermann & Loots 1988:

16, Moraes et al. 2004: 315, Chant & McMurtry 2007: 152, Ueckermann et al. 2008: 25, El­Banhawy & Knapp 2011: 53.

Amblydromella capparidis, Moraes et al. 1986: 157 .

Amblydromella (Aphanoseia) capparidis , Denmark & Welbourn 2002: 308.

This species belongs to the bergi species group ( Chant and McMurtry 1994). The biology of that species is totally unknown. This is the first report of this species outside the African continent.

World distribution: Kenya, South Africa.

Specimens examined: two specimens (1 ♀ and 1 ♂) collected during this study. Funchal,

Botanical garden (350 m aasl, 32°39 ′ 46 ″ N, 16°53 ′ 38 ″ W), 1 ♀ on Thumbergia grandiflora

Roxburgh ( Acanthaceae ), 14/V/2019 ; Monte, Botanical garden of Monte Palace (943 m aasl,

32°40 ′ 27 ″ N, 16°54 ′ 10 ″ W), 1 ♂ on Fuchsia boliviana Carrière (Onagraceae) , 16/V/2019.

Remarks: morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements of our specimens ( Table 3) fit well with measurements of the original description and other measurements of the literature, especially with those for specimens of South Africa ( van der Merwe 1968,

Ueckermann et al. 2008). The male of this species is apparently already known and mentioned in the paper of El­Banhawy et al. (2011) but it was not illustrated. Therefore, we do not describe and only measurements of the male specimen are given here ( Table 4).