Euseius scutalis (Athias-Henriot)

Tixier, Marie-Stéphane, Baldassar, Andrea, Duso, Carlo & Kreiter, Serge, 2013, Phytoseiidae in European grape (Vitis vinifera L.): bio-ecological aspects and keys to species (Acari: Mesostigmata), Zootaxa 3721 (2), pp. 101-142 : 108-109

Euseius scutalis (Athias-Henriot)

Typhlodromus scutalis Athias-Henriot, 1958: 183 .

Amblyseius scutalis .—Athias-Henriot, 1960a: 297. Amblyseius (Amblyseius) scutalis . — Muma, 1961: 288.

Amblyseius (Typhlodromus) scutalis . — Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 109.

Euseius scutalis .—Moraes et al., 2004: 82; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 123.

Reports on V. vinifera in Europe: Italy, Spain, Turkey.

Reports on V. vinifera in non-European countries: None.

Reports not on V. vinifera: Algeria, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey.

Remarks. It seems to be a Mediterranean species; it has been essentially reported on citrus but it has been frequently observed in many crops in Israel.