Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) microbullatus van der Merwe, 1968

Kreiter, Serge, Abo-Shnaf, Reham I. A. & Payet, Rose-My, 2020, Phytoseiid mites of Mayotte Island (Acari: Mesostigmata), Acarologia 60 (3), pp. 622-642 : 638

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) microbullatus van der Merwe

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) microbullatus van der Merwe 1968: 33 ; Moraes et al. 2004: 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 belongs to the rhenanus species group ( Chant and McMurtry 1994). The biology of that species is totally unknown. It was recorded from Madagascar, Mozambique and South Africa ( Ueckermann et al. 2008).

World distribution: Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa.

Specimens examined: 5 specimens in total, 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂ and 1 im. Combani , grower farm (104 m aasl, 12°47 ′ 14 ″ S, 45°7 ′ 57 ″ E), 1 ♀ on Theobroma cacao L. ( Malvaceae ), 26/XI/2018 ; L’Abattoir , Dziani lake (23 m aasl, 12°46 ′ 14 ″ S, 45°17 ′ 18 ″ E), 1 ♀, 1 ♂ and 1

im. on Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg (Moraceae) and 1 ♀ on Tamarindus indica L. ( Fabaceae ), 27/XI/2018.

Remarks: morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements of our specimens fit well those of specimens from South Africa in van der Merwe (1968) and Ueckermann et al. (2008).