Moraeseius papayana (van der Merwe)
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https://doi.org/ 10.24349/acarologia/20204391 |
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Moraeseius papayana (van der Merwe) |
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Moraeseius papayana (van der Merwe) View in CoL
Amblyseius (Amblyseius) papayana van der Merwe 1965: 57 .
Amblyseius (Proprioseiospsis) papayana, van der Merwe 1968: 161 .
Euseius papayana, Moraes et al. 1986: 46, 2001: 46 , 2004: 78.
Moraeseius papayana, Chant & McMurtry 2005b: 216, 2007: 123 View in CoL .
Moraeseius papayana View in CoL was first placed in the genus Amblyseius View in CoL , then assigned to the genus Euseius View in CoL before being erected as a new genus, Moraeseius View in CoL by Chant and McMurtry (2005b).
It was described from Nelspruit, Transvaal, South Africa on Carica papaya L. This is the first record of this species outside the African continent. The biology of this species is totally unknown.
World distribution: Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa.
Specimens examined: 2 ♀♀ specimens in total. Combani, gîte du Mont Combani (437 m aasl, 12°48 ′ 23 ″ S, 45°9 ′ 17 ″ E), 2 ♀♀ on Carica papaya L. ( Caricaceae ), 25/XI/2018.
Remarks: morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements of our specimens ( Table 5) fit well with those of van der Merwe (1965) in the original description for specimens from South Africa and of Moraes et al. (2001) for specimens from Kenya.
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Moraeseius papayana (van der Merwe)
| Kreiter, Serge, Abo-Shnaf, Reham I. A. & Payet, Rose-My 2020 |
Moraeseius papayana, Chant & McMurtry 2005b: 216 , 2007: 123
| Chant D. A. & McMurtry J. A. 2007: 123 |
| Chant D. A. & McMurtry J. A. 2005: 216 |
Euseius papayana
| Moraes G. J. de & McMurtry J. A. & Denmark H. A. & Campos C. B. 2004: 78 |
| Moraes G. J. de & Ueckermann E. A. & Oliveira A. R. & Yaninek J. S. 2001: 46 |
| Moraes G. J. de & McMurtry J. A. & Denmark H. A. 1986: 46 |
Amblyseius (Proprioseiospsis) papayana
| van der Merwe G. G. 1968: 161 |
Amblyseius (Amblyseius) papayana
| van der Merwe G. G. 1965: 57 |