Proprioseiopsis mexicanus (Garman)

Amblyseiopsis mexicanus Garman, 1958: 75 .

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) mexicanus .—Chant, 1959: 92.

Amblyseiulus mexicanus .—Muma, 1961: 278.

Typhlodromus mexicanus .—Hirschmann, 1962: 5.

Amblyseius mexicanus .—Moraes & McMurtry, 1983: 134.

Proprioseiopsis (Patinoseius) mexicanus .—Karg, 1989: 209.

Proprioseiopsis mexicanus .—Moraes et al., 1986: 118; 2004b: 181; 2007: 17; Chant & McMurtry, 2005a: 13; 2007: 89; Guanilo et al., 2008b: 11; Lofego et al., 2009: 54.

Specimen examined. Pariquera-Açu, October 2002, 1 female on Plantago australis Lam.

Previous records. Brazil [Bahia, Maranhão, Pernambuco, Piauí and São Paulo (Moraes et al., 2004b)]; Australia, Colombia, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hawaii, New Zealand, Panama and USA (Moraes et al., 2004b); Ghana (Moraes et al., 2006); Peru (Guanilo et al., 2008) and Mexico (Denmark & Evans, 2011).

Remarks. The measurements of the single female collected fit the measurements of the holotype and of specimens from northeastern Brazil, both provided by Moraes & McMurtry (1983), as well as the measurements provided by Lofego et al. (2009) for specimens from the State of São Paulo.