Scapulaseius okinawanus (Ehara)

Kreiter, Serge, Bopp, Marie-Charlotte, Douin, Martial, Nguyen, Duc Tung & Wyckhuys, Kris, 2020, Phytoseiidae of Vietnam (Acari: Mesostigmata) with description of a new species, Acarologia 60 (1), pp. 75-110 : 84-86

Scapulaseius okinawanus (Ehara)

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) okinawanus Ehara 1967: 72 ; Ehara & Bhandhulfack 1977: 58. Amblyseius okinawanus, Lo 1970: 56 .

Neoseiulus okinawanus, Moraes et al. 1986: 91 .

Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) okinawanus, Ehara & Amano 1998: 37 ; Ehara & Amano 2002: 321. Amblyseius okinawanus, Jung et al. 2003: 189 .

Typhlodromips okinawanus, Moraes et al. 1986: 137 ; 2004a: 220.

Scapulaseius okinawanus, Chant & McMurtry 2005b: 335 ; 2007: 67.

Specimens examined: Muoi, in PM1 plot (aasl 66 m, lat. 21°54’ N, long. 104°38’ E), 2 ♂♂ on an unknown host plant, 17/V/2017; in P9 plot (aasl 66 m, lat. 21°54’46” N, long. 104°38’18” E), 2 ♀♀ on Crassocephalum crepidioides (Asteraceae) , 17/V/2017; in P15 plot (aasl 66 m, lat. 21°54’56” N, long. 104°38’46” E), 1 ♀ on Rubus alceifolius (Rosaceae) , 17/V/2017; in P11 plot (aasl 66 m, lat. 21°54’30” N, long. 104°38’14” E), 3 ♀♀ on Xanthium strumarium (Asteraceae) , 26/VII/2017.

Remarks: The biology of S. okinawanus remains totally unknown.

This is the first mention of this species in Vietnam.

Measurements of specimens collected during this study are provided in table 6 for females and males and compared with measurements obtained from specimens collected in other countries of Asia. Measurements obtained agree well with most of those previously obtained, except setae j6, J2, and z5, and macrosetae SgeI and SgeII in female specimens and shorter setae of the j-J, S series and Z1 of male specimens.