Euseius rhusi (van der Merwe)

Kreiter, Serge, Payet, Rose-My & Azali, Hamza Abdou, 2021, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Mohéli Island (Comoros Archipelago), Acarologia 61 (1), pp. 94-114 : 101-103

Euseius rhusi (van der Merwe)

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) rhusi van der Merwe 1965: 63 .

Euseius rhusi Moraes et al. 1986: 52 .

Typhlodromalus rhusi Moraes et al. 2004b: 203 .

Euseius rhusi Chant & McMurtry 2005a: 215, 2007: 123 .

Species of Euseius are classified as type IV = polliniphagous generalists ( McMurtry and Croft 1997 ; McMurtry et al. 2013). The biology of this species, however, is totally unknown.

World distribution: Burundi, Colombia, Kenya, Mozambique, La Réunion Island, Rwanda, South Africa.

Specimens examined: A single female was collected during this study. Fomboni, University (25 m aasl, 12°17 ′ 3 ″ S, 43°44 ′ 34 ″ E), 1 ♀ on Zyzyphus mauritiana Lamarck (Malvaceae) , 3/XII/2018.

Remarks: this species was described from Amanzimtoti Kwazulu­Natal Province in South Africa on Rhus rehmanniana Engler (Anacardiaceae) ( van der Merwe 1965) and recorded in several countries of Africa (Ueckermann and Loots 1998; Moraes et al. 2006 ; El­Banhawy and Knapp 2011) and La Réunion ( Quilici et al. 2000).

Measurements of the single female ( Table 3) fit well with the measurements from the literature ( Ueckermann and Loots 1988 ; Moraes et al. 2006 ; El­Banhawy and Knapp 2011), with however some slightly shorter dimensions, especially for Z5, and some longer dimensions, especially of j3.

Sub-tribe Typhlodromalina Chant & McMurtry

Typhlodromalina Chant & McMurtry 2005a: 195 .