Neoseiulus paspalivorus De Leon

Kreiter, Serge, Payet, Rose-My, Douin, Martial, Fontaine, Olivier, Jacques, Fillâtre & Bellec, Fabrice Le, 2020, Phytoseiidae of La Réunion Island (Acari: Mesostigmata): three new species and two males described, new synonymies, and new records, Acarologia 60 (1), pp. 111-195 : 129

Neoseiulus paspalivorus De Leon

Typhlodromus paspalivorus De Leon, 1957: 143 .

Amblyseius paspalivorus, Schicha 1981b: 210 .

Neoseiulus paspalivorus, Muma & Denmark 1970: 110 ; Moraes et al. 1986: 92; Chant & McMurtry 2003a: 27; Moraes et al. 2004b: 137.

Like N. baraki and N. lula , N. paspalivorus belongs to the paspalivorus species group (see above) ( Chant and McMurtry 2003a).

N. paspalivorus was found only on coconut and on fruits, in association with A. guerreronis ( Moraes et al. 2004b) . This species is a promising candidate for the biological control of the coconut eriophyid ( Lawson-Balagbo et al. 2008).

This is the first record of this species for La Réunion Island.

Specimens examined: 15 ♀♀ + 3 ♂♂ in total, 8 ♀♀ measured + 3 ♂♂ measured. Saint- Pierre – Bassin-Plat CIRAD Research Station (aasl 153 m, Long 55°29’18” E, Lat 21°19’25” S), 1 ♀ on D. ramularis , 6 ♀♀ on M. repens + 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ + 1 ♂ on Cynodon dactylon (L.), 1 ♀ on Acanthospermum hispidum DC., 1 ♀ on L. leucocephala , 20/2/2017; 3 ♀♀ in plots CC and HM, 3/04/2017 .

Remarks: measurements of characters of the eight female and 3 male specimens ( Table 8 ) fit well those obtained for populations of other countries, with only slight variations.