Antennoseius boskopensis Ryke

Halliday, R. B., 2005, Predatory mites from crops and pastures in South Africa: potential natural enemies of redlegged earth mite Halotydeus destructor (Acari: Penthaleidae), Zootaxa 1079, pp. 11-64 : 20

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.170355
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3504908
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scientific name	Antennoseius boskopensis Ryke
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Antennoseius boskopensis Ryke View in CoL

Antennoseius boskopensis Ryke, 1962a: 660 View in CoL .

Specimens examined: Site 9413, 2 females, 1 male.

Antennoseius boskopensis was described from humus in South Africa ( Ryke, 1962a) and has apparently not been collected since. It is now reported from 3 specimens from clover pasture containing grass and capeweed at Plettenberg Bay. Little is known of the biology of Antennoseius except that A. janus Lindquist and Walter fed on nematodes, Collembola , and mites in laboratory culture (Lindquist & Walter, 1989). A. boskopensis is presumed to be predatory by analogy with that species.