Proprioseiopsis ovatus (Garman)

Kreiter, Serge, Abo-Shnaf, Reham I. A. & Payet, Rose-My, 2020, Phytoseiid mites of Mayotte Island (Acari: Mesostigmata), Acarologia 60 (3), pp. 622-642 : 632-633

Proprioseiopsis ovatus (Garman)

Amblyseiopsis ovatus Garman 1958: 78 .

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) ovatus, Chant 1959: 90 .

Amblyseiulus ovatus, Muma 1961: 278 .

Typhlodromus ovatus, Hirschmann 1962: 2 .

Proprioseiopsis ovatus, Moraes et al. 1986: 121, 2004: 184 ; Chant & McMurtry 2005a: 15,

2007: 89.

Proprioseiopsis (Proprioseiopsis) ovatus, Karg 1989: 208 .

Proprioseiopsis cannaensis ( Muma 1962: 4) (synonymy according to Denmark & Evans 2011). Proprioseiopsis peltatus (van der Merwe: 1968: 119) (synonymy according to Tseng 1983). Proprioseiopsis hudsonianus ( Chant & Hansell 1971: 723) (synonymy according to Denmark

& Evans 2011).

Proprioseiopsis parapeltatus ( Wu & Chou, 1981: 274) (synonymy according to Tseng 1983). Proprioseiopsis antonelli Congdon 2002: 15 (synonymy according to Denmark & Evans 2011).

Proprioseiopsis ovatus belongs to the belizensis species group as genu I have no macrosetae.

As the spermatheca of that species is saccular, it belongs to the belizensis species subgroup

( Chant and McMurtry 2005a). This species is known from Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante and

Martinique ( Kreiter and Moraes 1997; Moraes et al. 2000; Mailloux et al. 2010; Kreiter et al.

2018c). It 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, unpub.

data). In other habitats, it seems to be rare. Similar to P. mexicanus (Garman) , P. ovatus seems to be abundant on weeds in the lower vegetation. Denmark and Evans (2011) indicated that this species is associated with Oligonychus pratensis (Banks) and Brevipalpus spp. It was also found in association with Tetranychus evansi Baker and Pritchard ( Furtado et al. 2014) , but mentioned as poor predator of that species. Despite this information, the biology P of. ovatus remains unknown.

World distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Hawaii, Honduras, Japan, Malaysia, Martinique Island, Mozambique, Peru, Phiippines, Puerto Rico, La Réunion Island, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Venezuela.

Specimens examined: a single ♀ collected during this study. Combani, gîte du Mont Combani (437 m aasl, 12°48 ′ 23 ″ S, 45°9 ′ 17 ″ E), 1 ♀ on Hydrangea aspera Buch. -Ham. ex D. Don ( Hydrangeaceae ), 25/XI/2018.

Remarks: morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements of our single specimen in perfect shape fit well measurements of Kreiter et al. (2020c) and other measurements of the literature mentioned by these authors for specimens from La Réunion and other parts of the world.