Typhloseiulus calabriae (Ragusa & Swirski)

Seiulus calabriae Ragusa & Swirski 1976: 179-182; Kolodochka 1981: 21; Moraes et al. 1986: 230.

Typhlodromus calabriae, Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1983: 1144-1145 .

Typhloseiulus calabriae, Moraes et al. 2004: 373-374 .

This species is mentioned only from few European countries.

Its biology remains totally unknown.

This is the first mention of that species for the Slovenian fauna.

World distribution: Croatia, Greece, Italy, Ukraine.

Specimens examined: 2 ♀♀ in total. Ljubljana, near Hotel Azur (aasl 296 m, lat. 46°02’42”N, long. 14°28’25”E), 2 ♀♀ on Acer pseudoplatanus L. ( Aceraceae), 19/VI/2018.

Remarks The measurements of the adult females collected agree with those provided by Chant and Yoshida-Shaul (1983) and by Doker (2018) in a recent re-description.