Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans)

ZahidiK, Abdelaziz, Akchour, Abdellah, K, Serge Kreiter, TixierK, Marie-Stéphane, MsandaK, Fouad & MousadikK, Abdelhamid El, 2023, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Central West Morocco: new records and key to females of all recorded Moroccan species, Acarologia 63 (3), pp. 691-724 : 695-696

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scientific name

Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans)
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Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans) View in CoL

Typhlodromus cucumeris Oudemans 1930: 69 .

Amblyseius cucumeris, Athias-Henriot 1957a 336.

Amblyseius (Typhlodromopsis) cucumeris, De Leon 1959 a .

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) cucumeris, Chant 1959: 78 .

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) cucumeris, Wainstein 1962 .

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) cucumeris, Westerboer & Bernhard 1963 .

Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) cucumeris, De Leon 1965: 23 .

Neoseiulus cucumeris, Moraes et al. 1986: 76 View in CoL , 2004a: 115 ; Chant & McMurtry 2003: 21, 2007: 25.

Neoseiulus thripsi ( McGill 1939) View in CoL : 310 (Synonymy according to Chant 1959).

Neoseiulus bellinus ( Womersley 1954) View in CoL : 177 (Synonymy according to Athias-Henriot 1960a).

World distribution — Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Azores, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Canary Islands, Caucasus Region, Chile, Cyprus, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, and USA.

Previous records from Morocco — This species has been reported in Morocco by McMurtry and Bounfour (1989). In addition, some females were collected on Juncus articulatus

L. ( Juncaceae ) at Larache, on Lavandula dentata L. ( Lamiaceae ) at Gorges of Zegzel ( Tixier et al. 2016).

Specimens examined — 3 ♀♀ collected at Taoufiqui 1 domain on citrus leaves in June 2018.

Remarks — Measurements and description of the adult females collected agree with those provided by Beard (1999) and Schicha (1976) for specimens from Australia. This species is commercialised and used in greenhouses to control phytophagous mites and thrips ( Messelink et al. 2006). It seems able to control Tetranychus urticae Kock and Phytonemus pallidus (Banks) in field-grown strawberry ( Fitzgerald et al. 2008). It was also known to feed on tarsonemid mites (Tuovinen and Lindquist 2010), eggs of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) on vegetables (cucumber, sweet pepper, tomato) in laboratory conditions as reported by Kim et al. (2008).

Athias-Henriot C. 1957 a. Phytoseiidae et Aceosejidae (Acarina, Gamasida) d'Algerie. I. Genres Blattisocius Keegan, Iphiseius Berlese, Amblyseius Berlese, Phytoseius Ribaga, Phytoseiulus Evans. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord, 48: 319 - 352.

Athias-Henriot C. 1960 a. Nouveaux Amblyseius d'Algerie (Parasitiformes, Phytoseiidae). Acarologia, 2: 288 - 299.

Beard J. J. 1999. Taxonomy and bological control: Neoseiulus cucumeris (Acari: Phytoseiidae), a case study. Austral. J. Entomol., 38: 51 - 59. https: // doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1440 - 6055.1999.00096. x

Chant D. A. 1959. Phytoseiid mites (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Part I. Bionomics of seven species in southeastern England. Part II. A taxonomic review of the family Phytoseiidae, with descriptions of 38 new species. Can. Entomol., 91: 1 - 166. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / entm 9112 fv

Chant D. A., McMurtry J. A. 2003. A review of the subfamily Amblyseiinae Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae): Part I. Neoseiulini new tribe. Int. J. Acarol., 29: 3 - 46. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 01647950308684319

Chant D. A., McMurtry J. A. 2007. Illustrated keys and diagnoses for the genera and subgenera of the Phytoseiidae of the world (Acari: Mesostigmata). Indira Publishing House, Pub Michigan: 220 pp.

De Leon D. 1959. Seven new Tyhphlodromus from Mexico with collection notes on three other species (Acatina: Phytoseiidae). Fl. Entomol., 42: 113 - 121. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3492606

De Leon D. 1965. A note on Neoseiulus Hughes 1948 and new synonymy (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash., 67: 23.

Fitzgerald J., Xu X. M., Pepper N., Easterbrook M., Solomon M. 2008. The spatial and temporal distribution of predatory and phytophagous mites in field-grown strawberry in the UK. Exp. Appl. Acarol., 44: 293 - 306. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10493 - 008 - 9151 - 0

Kim H. - Y., Lee Y. - H., Kim J. - H., KimY. - H. 2008. Comparison on the capability of four predatory mites to prey on the eggs of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Kor. J. Appl. Entomol., 47: 429 - 433. https: // doi. org / 10.5656 / KSAE. 2008.47.4.429

McGill E. J. 1939. The gamasid mite (Typhlodromus thripsi n. sp.) a predator of Thrips tabaci Lind. Ann. Appl. Biol. 26: 309 - 317. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1744 - 7348.1939. tb 06973. x

McMurtry J. A., Bounfour M. 1989. Phytoseiid mites of Morocco, with descriptions of two new species and notes on the genera Kuzinellus, Typhloctonus and Typhlodromus (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Acarologia, 30: 13 - 24.

Messelink G. J., Van Steenpaal S. E. F., Ramakers P. M. J. 2006. Evaluation of phytoseiid predators for control of western flower thrips on greenhouse cucumber. BioControl, 51: 753 - 768. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10526 - 006 - 9013 - 9

Moraes G. J., McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A. 1986. A catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. References to Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Habitat. Embrapa ed. and Pub., Brasilia, 353 pp.

Moraes G. J de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A., Campos C. B. 2004 a. A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. Zootaxa, 434: 1 - 494. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 434.1.1

Oudemans A. C. 1930. Acarologische Aanteekeningen. CII. Entomol. Ber., 8: 69 - 74.

Schicha E. 1976. The undescribed male of Amblyseius belinus (Womersley), and females of the latter and A. cucumeris (Oudemans) redescribed (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Z. Ang. Zool., 63: 333 - 42.

Tixier M. - S., Allam L., Douin M., Kreiter S., 2016. Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Morocco: new records, descriptions of five new species, re-descriptions of two species, and key for identification. Zootaxa, 4067: 501 - 551. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4067.5.1

Wainstein B. A. 1962. Revision du genre Typhlodromus Scheuten, 1857 et systematique de la famille des Phytoseiidae (Berlese 1916) (Acarina: Parasitiformes). Acarologia, 4: 5 - 30.

Westerboer I., Bernhard F. 1963. Die Familie Phytoseiidae Berlese 1916. In: Stammer H. (ed. from Kreiter et al. 2010). Beitrage Zur Systematik und Okologie Mitteleuropaischer Acarina. Band II, Mesostigmata I, Germany: 451 - 791.

Womersley H. 1954. Species of the subfamily Phytoseiinae (Acarina: Laelaptidae) from Australia. Austral. J. Zool., 2: 169 - 191. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / ZO 9540169

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Mesostigmata

Family

Phytoseiidae

Genus

Neoseiulus