Proprioseiopsis ovatus (Garman)

Kreiter, Serge & Douin, Martial, 2021, Phytoseiid mites of the French Guiana (Acari: Mesostigmata), Acarologia 61 (2), pp. 468-478 : 473-475

Proprioseiopsis ovatus (Garman)

Amblyseiopsis ovatus Garman 1958: 78 .

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) ovatus, Chant 1959: 90 .

Amblyseiulus ovatus, Muma 1961: 278 .

Typhlodromus ovatus, Hirschmann 1962: 2 .

Proprioseiopsis (Proprioseiopsis) ovatus, Karg 1989: 208 .

Proprioseiopsis ovatus, Moraes et al. 1986: 121, 2004: 184 ; Chant & McMurtry 2005a: 15,

2007: 89.

Proprioseiopsis cannaensis ( Muma 1962: 4) (synonymy according to Denmark & Evans 2011). Proprioseiopsis peltatus (van der Merwe: 1968: 119) (synonymy according to Tseng 1983). Proprioseiopsis hudsonianus ( Chant & Hansell 1971: 723) (synonymy according to Denmark

& Evans 2011).

Proprioseiopsis parapeltatus ( Wu & Chou, 1981: 274) (synonymy according to Tseng 1983). Proprioseiopsis antonelli Congdon 2002: 15 (synonymy according to Denmark & Evans 2011).

As reported for the previous species, P. ovatus belongs to the belizensis species group and to the belizensis species subgroup ( Chant and McMurtry 2005a). This species is known from Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante and Martinique ( Kreiter and Moraes 1997 ; Moraes et al. 2000 ; Mailloux et al. 2010 ; Kreiter et al. 2013, 2018c). It was found in large numbers only in a previous study in Guadeloupe, also in the Caribbean region ( Mailloux et al. 2010) and in a recent study in La Réunion ( Kreiter et al. 2020d). In other habitats, it seems to be rare. Similar to P. mexicanus , P. ovatus seems to be abundant on weeds and other low vegetation ( Mailloux et al. 2010). Denmark and Evans (2011) indicated that this species is associated with Oligonychus pratensis (Banks) and Brevipalpus spp. It was also found in association with Tetranychus evansi Baker and Pritchard ( Furtado et al. 2014) , but it was mentioned as poor predator of that species by these authors. Despite this information, the biology P of. ovatus remains unknown. This is the first record in French Guiana.

World distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Hawaii, Honduras, Japan, Malaysia, Martinique Island, Mozambique, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, La Réunion Island, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Venezuela.

Specimens examined: A single ♀ collected during this study. Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Chemin de Mana (20 m aasl, lat. 5°29 ′ 18 ″ N, long. 52°35 ′ 00 ″ W), 1 ♀ on Etlingera eliator (Jack) Smith (Zingiberaceae) , 27/X/2001.

Remarks: morphological and morphometric characteristics and all measurements of our single specimen fit well those given Kreiter et al. (2020d) and other measurements of the literature mentioned by these authors ( van der Merwe 1968, Blommers 1976, Moraes and McMurtry 1983, Moraes et al. 2004 a, Moraes et al. 2007a, Oliveira et al. 2012, Kreiter et al. 2018c, Kreiter et al. 2020d) for specimens from La Réunion and other parts of the world.