Moraeseius papayana (van der Merwe)

Kreiter, Serge, Abo-Shnaf, Reham I. A. & Payet, Rose-My, 2020, Phytoseiid mites of Mayotte Island (Acari: Mesostigmata), Acarologia 60 (3), pp. 622-642 : 633

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https://doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20204391

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scientific name

Moraeseius papayana (van der Merwe)
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Moraeseius papayana (van der Merwe) View in CoL

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) papayana van der Merwe 1965: 57 .

Amblyseius (Proprioseiospsis) papayana, van der Merwe 1968: 161 .

Euseius papayana, Moraes et al. 1986: 46, 2001: 46 , 2004: 78.

Moraeseius papayana, Chant & McMurtry 2005b: 216, 2007: 123 View in CoL .

Moraeseius papayana View in CoL was first placed in the genus Amblyseius View in CoL , then assigned to the genus Euseius View in CoL before being erected as a new genus, Moraeseius View in CoL by Chant and McMurtry (2005b).

It was described from Nelspruit, Transvaal, South Africa on Carica papaya L. This is the first record of this species outside the African continent. The biology of this species is totally unknown.

World distribution: Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa.

Specimens examined: 2 ♀♀ specimens in total. Combani, gîte du Mont Combani (437 m aasl, 12°48 ′ 23 ″ S, 45°9 ′ 17 ″ E), 2 ♀♀ on Carica papaya L. ( Caricaceae ), 25/XI/2018.

Remarks: morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements of our specimens ( Table 5) fit well with those of van der Merwe (1965) in the original description for specimens from South Africa and of Moraes et al. (2001) for specimens from Kenya.

Chant D. A., McMurtry J. A. 2005 b. A review of the subfamily Amblyseiinae Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae) Part VI. The tribe Euseiini n. tribe, subtribes Typhlodromalina n. subtribe, Euseiina n. subtribe, and Ricoseiina n. subtribe. Int. J. Acarol., 31: 187 - 224. doi: 10.1080 / 01647950508684424

Chant D. A., McMurtry J. A. 2007. Illustrated keys and diagnoses for the genera and subgenera of the Phytoseiidae of the world (Acari: Mesostigmata). Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, 219 pp.

Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A. 1986. A catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. References to taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and habitat. EMBRAPA - DDT, Brasilia, Brazil, 353 pp.

Moraes G. J. de, Ueckermann E. A., Oliveira A. R., Yaninek J. S. 2001. Phytoseiidae mites of the genus Euseius (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa. Zootaxa, 3: 1 - 70. doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3.1.1

Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A., Campos C. B. 2004. A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. Zootaxa, 434: 1 - 494. doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa. 434.1.1

van der Merwe G. G. 1965. South African Phytoseiidae (Acarina). I. Nine new species of the genus Amblyseius Berlese. J. Entomol. Soc. South Afr., 28: 57 - 76.

van der Merwe G. G. 1968. A taxonomic study of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari) in South Africa with contributions to the biology of two species. Entomol. Mem. South Africa Dep. Agric. Techn. Serv., 18: 1 - 198.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Mesostigmata

Family

Phytoseiidae

Genus

Moraeseius