Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) muliebris van der Merwe

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) muliebris van der Merwe 1968: 28; Moraes et al. 2004: 337; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 155; Ueckermann et al. 2008: 69.

Amblydromella muliebris, Moraes et al. 1986: 168 .

Amblydromella (Amblydromella) muliebris, Denmark & Welbourn 2002: 308.

This species belongs to the large rhenanus species group (Chant and McMurtry 1994). It was described by van der Merwe (1968) from South Africa and then reported by El-Banhawy and Knapp (2011) from Kenya. The biology of that species is totally unknown. This is the first report of that species from a country outside the Africa continent.

World distribution: Kenya, South Africa.

Specimens examined: a single ♀ during this study. Port-Mathurin, City Center (11 m aasl, lat. 19°40 ′ 53 ″ S, long. 63°25 ′ 17 ″ E), 1 ♀ on Pandanus heterocarpus Balfour (Pandanaceae), 8/XI/2020.