Euseius citrifolius

Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 3700 (3), pp. 301-347 : 320-321

Euseius citrifolius Denmark & Muma

Euseius citrifolius Denmark & Muma, 1970: 222; Moraes & McMurtry, 1983: 138; Moraes et al., 1986: 38; 1991: 131; 2004b: 64; Feres & Moraes, 1998: 127; Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001: 74; Zacarias & Moraes, 2001: 580; Noronha & Moraes, 2002: 1114; Lofego et al., 2004: 4; 2009: 43; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 215; 2007: 120; Guanilo et al., 2008a: 11; 2008b: 11.

Specimens examined. Itu, August 2002, 1 female on Rhododendron sp. and 1 female on Trichilia clausseni C.DC.; Piracicaba, July 2002, 2 females on Casearia sylvestris Sw. and Piracicaba, August 2002, 2 females on Carica papaya L

Previous records. Brazil [States of Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo (Moraes et al., 2004b); Paraná and Rio Grande do Norte (Furtado et al., 2005); Mato Grosso (Demite & Feres, 2007); Distrito Federal and Mato Grosso do Sul (Rezende & Lofego, 2011) and Roraima (Gondim Jr. et al., 2012)]; Colombia, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru (Moraes et al., 2004b) and Argentina (Furtado et al., 2007).

Remarks. The measurements of the specimens collected differs from the original description by having longer j4, j6, J2, r3 and R1, similar to reported on the redescription of this species provided by Moraes & McMurtry (1983), Feres & Moraes (1998), Gondim Jr. & Moraes (2001) and Lofego et al. (2004) based on specimens from different parts of Brazil.