Typhlodromus ( Amblyseius ) orientalis Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai 1960: 394 Paraphytoseius orientalis , Moraes et al. 1986: 105 2004: 162 Amblyseius ipomeai El-Banhawy 1984: 126 Paraphytoseius multidentatus Swirski & Shechter 1961: 114 Paraphytoseius narayanani Ehara 1967: 67 Phytoseiid mites of Mayotte Island (Acari: Mesostigmata) Kreiter, Serge Abo-Shnaf, Reham I. A. Payet, Rose-My Acarologia 2020 2020-09-08 60 3 622 642 4D8NX (Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai) Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai 1960 [491,1145,740,766] Arachnida Phytoseiidae Paraphytoseius Animalia Mesostigmata 6 627 Arthropoda species orientalis      Typhlodromus( Amblyseius) orientalis Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai 1960: 394.     Paraphytoseius orientalis, Moraes et al.1986: 105,  2004: 162; Chant & McMurtry 2003b: 220, 2007: 53.     Amblyseius ipomeai El-Banhawy 1984: 126(synonymy according to Chant & McMurtry 2003b).     Paraphytoseius multidentatus Swirski & Shechter 1961: 114(synonymy according to Matthysse & Denmark 1981in  Denmark et al.1999).     Paraphytoseius narayanani Ehara 1967: 67(synonymy according to Chant & McMurtry 2003b).    Mayotte(1)  La Réunion Madagascar South Africa Mayotte(1)  La Réunion Madagascar South Africa  Characters Characters (this study) (2) (5) (2) (this study) (2) (5) (2) Dsl 225 225 – 230 260 270 – 285 st1-st140 40 – – Dsw 150 150 170 197 – 200 st2-st249 50 – –  j115 10 – 13 15 15 – 18 st3-st351 53 – –  j330 25 – 33 34 40 – 46 st1-st598 95 –116 – 128  j419 18 – 20 18 26 – 34 st4-st443 40 – 43 – –  j528 25 – 30 28 34 – 40 st5-st535 35 – –  j634 28 – 35 30 40 – 46 Vsl 105 95 – 103 115 112 – 131  J238 33 – 38 35 40 – 46 Vsw ZV2130 125 – 140 –139 – 145  J511 8 – 13 9 11 Vsw anus60 50 ––  r320 23 – 28 30 26 – 34 gv3 – gv315 – – –   R120 23 24 26 – 34 JV528 28 – 33 33 34 – 40  s444 43 – 48 45 54 – 59 StIV43 50 – 53 54 54 – 63  S243 40 – 45 45 46 – 54 Fdl 20 20 19 –  S428 28 – 30 27 31 – 34 No teeth Fd Notvisible 3-4? 2 –  S520 20 – 23 25 25 – 31 Mdl 20 18 – 20 19 –  z238 33 – 37 32 42 – 49 No teeth Md Notvisible 2? 1 –  z438 33 – 35 38 42 – 49 Shaft 13 13 12 –  z516 18 15 20 – 28 Branch 20 – – –  Z136 33 – 40 37 40 – 46 Sources of measurements – Madagascar(Identified as  Amblyseius bibens, but synonymized by Ueckermann & Loots 1988): Blommers (1973);  South Africa:  Z444 40 – 45 42 46 – 54  Ueckermann & Loots (1988); –: not provided.  Z546 45 – 50 50 54 – 59 This species belongs to the  orientalisspecies group ( Chant and McMurtry 2003b), but according to these authors and Moraes et al.(2007), specimens with shorter setae s4, Z4and  Z5, and having a distinctly short, thick, spatulate macroseta on genu I belong to the species  P. orientalis. This species is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical areas in South America, Africa and Asia. It belongs to a genus included in the large polyphagous generalist group named typeIII phytoseiid mites ( McMurtry and Croft 1997; McMurtry et al.2013). Navasero and Navasero (2016)studied the life history of  P. orientalison the broad mite P(.  latus) as prey and reported high predation rates when eggs Pof.  latuswere offered as food, suggesting good potential for the control of this pest. This species was also collected in Mauritius( Kreiter et al.2018a; Ferragut and Baumann 2019; Kreiter and Abo-Shnaf 2020b), La Réunion( Kreiter et al.2020c) and Vietnam(Kreiter et al.2020b).  World distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Burundi, India, Japan, Kenya, La Réunion Island, Madagascar Island, Martinique Island, Mauritius Island, Mozambique, Rwanda.  Specimens examined: 3 ♀♀specimens in total. Coconi, Lycée Agricole ( 189 maasl, 12°50 ′7 ″S, 45°8 ′11 ″E), 3 ♀♀on  Capsicum annuumL. ( Solanaceae), 26/XI/2018.   Remarks: this species was reported by Kreiter et al.(2018a, 2020b, c) and by Ferragut and Baumann (2019)from various places. Morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements fit well with those given by Ferragut and Baumann (2019)and Kreiter et al.(2020b, c). It is described from Asia ( Narayanan et al.1960) and present in Vietnam(Kreiter et al.2020b).  Paraphytoseius orientalisseems to be more common than  P. horriferin Mauritius Island( Kreiter and Abo-Shnaf 2020b), whereas the latter is more abundant in Mayotte Island.