Proprioseiopsis neotropicus (Ehara)

Kreiter, Serge & Douin, Martial, 2021, Phytoseiid mites of the French Guiana (Acari: Mesostigmata), Acarologia 61 (2), pp. 468-478 : 473

Proprioseiopsis neotropicus (Ehara)

Amblyseius neotropicus Ehara 1966: 133 , Moraes & Mesa 1988: 79 ; Moraes et al. 1991: 127. Proprioseiopsis neotropicus, Moraes et al., 1986: 119 ; 2004: 183; Gondim & Moraes, 2001:

81; Zacarias & Moraes, 2001: 582, Ferla & Moraes, 2002 b: 1019, Lofego et al., 2004: 9 ;

Chant & McMurtry 2005a: 15, 2007: 89 ; Feres et al., 2005: 4 ; Guanilo et al., 2008a: 9 ; 2008b:

12.

Proprioseiopsis neotropicus belongs to the belizensis species group. However, the specimens collected differ from other species in this group by having a macroseta on genu I. As the spermatheca of that species is saccular, it belongs to the belizensis species subgroup ( Chant and McMurtry 2005a). Its biology is totally unknown. This is the first record in French Guiana.

World distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Specimens examined: two specimens (2 ♀♀) collected during this study. Île du Salut (3 m aasl, lat. 5°17 ′ 01 ″ N, long. 53°58 ′ 02 ″ W), 2 ♀♀ on an unknown species of Melastomataceae , 2/XI/2001.

Remarks: this species was described in detail by Ehara (1966) and there is no need for it to be redrawn in this paper. Morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements of our two specimens agree well with measurement given in the literature for specimens from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Peru ( Ehara 1966, Moraes and Mesa 1988, Lofego et al. 2004, Guanilo et al. 2008a, b), especially for specimens from Brazil ( Lofego et al. 2004).