Phorytocarpais hyalinus (Willmann)

Halliday, R. B., 2005, Predatory mites from crops and pastures in South Africa: potential natural enemies of redlegged earth mite Halotydeus destructor (Acari: Penthaleidae), Zootaxa 1079, pp. 11-64 : 50

Phorytocarpais hyalinus (Willmann)

Eugamasus hyalinus Willmann, 1949: 110 .

Parasitus hyalinus: Micherdzinski, 1969: 529 ; Hyatt, 1980: 277; Karg, 1993a: 469. Phorytocarpais hyalinus: Athias­Henriot, 1980: 24 .

Specimens examined: Site 94­32, 10 females, 5DN.

Phorytocarpais hyalinus is widespread in Europe, where it occurs in compost, agricultural soils, pasture, dung, and leaf litter ( Karg, 1993a). It has also been reported from North and South America, South Africa, Algeria, Morocco, and Mongolia, in a wide variety of habitats ( Athias­Henriot, 1980). It has not been reported from Australia ( Halliday, 1998, 2001b). It is presumed to be a non­specific predator on the basis of analogy with other species of Parasitus , such as P. coleoptratorum (L.) ( Rapp, 1959).