Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) kykladiticus Papadoulis & Emmanouel 1993

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Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) kykladiticus Papadoulis & Emmanouel 1993

Typhlodromus kykladiticus Papadoulis & Emmanouel (1993) (original designation)

Specimens examined — 35 ♀♀ in total. Mussomeli (Caltanissetta) (37°34 ′ 59.19 ″ N,

13°43 ′ 32.32 ″ E, m 803 a.s.l.), 1♀ on Sideritis italica (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet (Lamiaceae)

02 Jul. 1980; Palazzo Adriano (Palermo), (37°40 ′ 18.50 ″ N, 13°22 ′ 23.91 ″ E, m 707 a.s.l.),

6♀♀ on Artemisia arborescens L. ( Asteraceae ) 16 Jul. 2007; S. Stefano di Camastra (Messina),

(38°0 ′ 42.48 ″ N, 14°20 ′ 27.53 ″ E, m 22 a.s.l.), 2♀♀ on Vitis vinifera L. ( Vitaceae ) 14 Oct. 1986;

Selinunte (Trapani), (37°35 ′ 7.30 ″ N, 12°49 ′ 38.26 ″ E, m 5 a.s.l.), 1♀ on Senecio vulgaris

L. ( Asteraceae ) 22 Jul. 1980; Termini Imerese (Palermo), (37°59 ′ 25.02 ″ N, 13°41 ′ 22.68 ″ E,

m 31 a.s.l.), 10♀♀ on Cycas revoluta Thunb. (Cycadaceae) 11 Oct. 1978; Termini Imerese

(Palermo), (37°59 ′ 29.41 ″ N, 13°40 ′ 58.95 ″ E, m 5 a.s.l.), 15♀♀ on Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck

( Rutaceae ) 02 May 1979.

Remarks — As above, also this species was collected in Sicily about a decade before its first description and kept in the Acari colection of our laboratory, labelled as Typhlodromus sp.

The species has been reported up to now only from Greece.