Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) microbullatus van der Merwe, 1968

Kreiter, Serge, Payet, Rose-My & Azali, Hamza Abdou, 2021, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Anjouan Island (Comoros Archipelago), Acarologia 61 (1), pp. 62-83 : 77

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) microbullatus van der Merwe

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) microbullatus van der Merwe 1968: 33 ; Moraes et al. . 2004b: 338; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 155 ; Ueckermann et al. 2008: 67 .

Amblydromella microbullata, Moraes et al. . 1986: 167.

Amblydromella (Aphanoseia) microbullata , Denmark & Welbourn 2002: 308.

This species also belongs to the rhenanus species group ( Chant and McMurtry 1994). It is biology is totally unknown. It was mentioned from Madagascar, Mozambique and South Africa ( Ueckermann et al. 2008).

World distribution: Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa.

Specimens examined: two specimens (2 ♀♀) collected during this study. Dindi, inside the village (567 m aasl, 12°12 ′ 56 ″ S, 44°27 ′ 02 ″ E), 2 ♀♀ on Lantana camara L. ( Verbenaceae ), 29/XI/2018.

Remarks: Morphological and morphometric characters of our specimens fit well with those of specimens from South Africa in van der Merwe (1968) and Ueckermann et al. (2008) and those of specimens from Mayotte Island ( Kreiter et al. 2020a).