Proprioseiopsis ovatus (Garman)

Kreiter, Serge, Zriki, Ghais, Ryckewaert, Philippe, Pancarte, Clovel, Douin, Martial & Tixier, Marie-Stéphane, 2018, Phytoseiid mites of Martinique, with redescription of four species and new records (Acari: Mesostigmata), Acarologia 58 (2), pp. 366-407 : 380-383

Proprioseiopsis ovatus (Garman)

Amblyseius ovatus Garman, 1958: 78 .

Proprioseiopsis ovatus, Moraes et al., 1986: 121 ; Moraes et al., 2004b: 184; Chant & Mc- Murtry, 2005a: 15; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 89.

Amblyseiulus cannaensis Muma, 1962: 4 , synonymy according to Denmark & Evans, 2011: 214.

Amblyseius cannaensis, Moraes & McMurtry, 1983: 132 ; Moraes & Mesa, 1988: 77; Moraes et al., 1991: 126.

Proprioseiopsis cannaensis, Muma & Denmark, 1970: 38 ; Kreiter & Moraes, 1997: 379.

This species was already known from Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante and Martinique ( Kreiter

& Moraes 1997; Moraes et al. 2000; Mailloux et al. 2010) but misidentified as P. mexicanus .

This species was found in very large number only during a previous study on companion plant in Guadeloupe ( Mailloux et al. 2010) and in a recent study in La Réunion (Le Bellec,

unpublished data). In other habitats, this species seems to be very rare. This species like P.

mexicanus seems to be abundant on weeds in the lower vegetation. Denmark and Evans (2011)

indicated that this species is associated with O. pratensis and Brevipalpus sp. It was found in association with T. evansi ( Furtado et al. 2014) but mentioned as poor predator of that species.

The biology of this species is totally unknown.

Specimens examined — 36 ♀♀ in total (11 measured). Lamentin, CIRAD-CAEC station (long. 14°37′N, lat. 60°58′O, alt. 25 m), 10 ♀♀ on N. wightii , 1 ♀ on M. atropurpureum and 1

Data from this study for Martinique, from Kreiter and Moraes (1997) for

Guadeloupe, from Guanilo et al. (2008a) for Peru.

♀ on P. phaseoloides collected between 18-06 and 19-09-2012, and 1 ♀ on M. atropurpureum collected 6-03-2013; Saint-Joseph, Rivière Lézarde, CIRAD (long. 14°39′N, lat. 60°59′O, alt.

45 m), 9 ♀♀ collected 17-07-2012, 2 ♀♀ collected 25-07-2012 and 12 ♀♀ collected 3-05-2012

on citrus leaves (C. sinensis et C. latifolia ).

Previous record — Argentina, Australia (New South Wales, Queensland), Brazil (Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio Grande do Sul, Roraima, São Paulo, Tocantins), Canada (British Columbia), China (Guangdong, Hainan), Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, DR Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Ghana, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Hawaii, Honduras, India (West Bengal), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, USA (Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Utah, Washington), Venezuela, Zaire, Zimbabwe.

Remarks — Measurements in Table 5 show great variations. Those of the 11 females from Martinique fit very well with the measurements of the holotype female except for slightly longer s4, Z4, Z5 and SgeIV and shorter StIV. Measurements of females fit also very well with those of specimens collected in Peru and Argentina ( Guanilo et al. 2008a, b). Some measurements of the two specimens from Ecuador show differences j (3, z2, s4, Z4, Z5 far longer and Z1, S2,

S4, r3 shorter). This might be an indication of another species of Proprioseiopsis involved.