Chanteius contiguus (Chant)

Kreiter, Serge, Abo-Shnaf, Reham I. A. & Payet, Rose-My, 2020, Phytoseiid mites of Mayotte Island (Acari: Mesostigmata), Acarologia 60 (3), pp. 622-642 : 635-636

Chanteius contiguus (Chant)

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) contiguus Chant, 1959: 29 .

Typhlodromus (Diadromus) contiguus, Athias-Henriot 1960: 62 .

Typhloseiopsis contiguus, Muma 1961: 294 .

Chanteius (Chanteius) contiguus, Wainstein 1962: 9 .

Typhlodromus contiguus, Hirshmann 1962: 2 .

Typhlodromus (Typhloseiopsis) contiguus, Pritchard & Baker 1962: 222 .

Diadromus contiguus, Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1986: 2030 , Moraes et al. 1986: 184.

Chanteius contiguus, Moraes et al. 2004: 261 ; Chant & McMurtry 1994: 239.

Chanteius lieni ( Tseng 1976) : 97 (synonymy according to Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1986).

This species belongs to the contiguus species group ( Chant & McMurtry 1994) and its biology remains totally unknown.

World distribution: China, Hong-Kong, Japan, Madagascar, Philippines, Singapore.

Specimens examined: 59 specimens in total, 51 ♀♀, 7 ♂♂ and 1 im. Coconi, Maison de L’Office National des Forêts (156 m aasl, 12°50 ′ 1 ″ S, 45°8 ′ 5 ″ E), 2 ♀♀ on Cinnamomum verum J. Presl (Lauraceae) , 2 ♀♀ on Barleria lupulina Lindley (Acanthaceae) , 2 ♀♀ on

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl ( Verbenaceae ), 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ on Terminalia catappa L.

( Combretaceae ), 1 ♀ on Carica papaya L. ( Caricaceae ), 24/XI/2018; Miréréni (356 m aasl,

12°47 ′ 45 ″ S, 45°9 ′ 28 ″ E), 3 ♀♀ on Pteridium aqualinum (L.) Kuhn ( Dennstaedtiaceae ) and on Lantana camara L. ( Verbenaceae ), 24/XI/2018; Combani, gîte du Mont Combani (437 m

aasl, 12°48 ′ 23 ″ S, 45°9 ′ 17 ″ E), 1 ♂ on Cananga odorata (Lamark) Hooker and Thomson

(Annonaceae), 4 ♀♀, 1 ♂ and 1 im. on Citrus limon (L.) Burman ( Rutaceae ), 1 ♀ on C. papaya ,

4 ♀♀ and 1 ♂ on Hydrangea aspera Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don (Hydrangeaceae) , 2 ♀♀

on Annona muricata L. ( Annonaceae ), 14 ♀♀ and 1 ♂ on Cocos nucifera L. ( Arecaceae ), 7

♀♀ on Bidens pilosa L. ( Asteraceae ), 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ on Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg

(Moraceae) and 1 ♀ on Persea americana Miller (Lauraceae) , 25/XI/2018; Coconi, Lycée

Agricole (189 m aasl, 12°50 ′ 7 ″ S, 45°8 ′ 11 ″ E), 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ on C. papaya and 5 ♀♀ on Trema orientalis (L.) Blume ( Cannabaceae ), 26/XI/2018.

Remarks: morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements of our specimens fit well with measurements in numerous description and redescriptions available in the literature, especially those of Blommers (1976) for specimens from Madagascar. This is the most abundant species in our samplings. Mentioned only from South-East Asia and

Madagascar, this is the first report of this species outside this main island.