Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) recurvitremus Ferragut

Kreiter, Serge & Abo-Shnaf, Reham I. A., 2020, New records of phytoseiid mites from Mauritius Island (Acari: Mesostigmata, Acarologia 60 (3), pp. 520-545 : 539-540

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24349/acarologia/20204382
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4530677
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scientific name	Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) recurvitremus Ferragut
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Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) recurvitremus Ferragut in Ferragut & Baumann 2019: 847-851.

As underlined by Ferragut and Baumann (2019), this species can hardly be accommodated in any of the species groups proposed by Chant and McMurtry (1994) for the subgenus Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) . It seems most closely related to Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) elaeis Zannou, Moraes and Oliveira described from Cameroon ( Ueckermann et al. 2008) which can be probably raised as a new species group for the subgenus Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) including the two species (to be called elaeis species group). The biology of this species is totally unknown. This is the second report of T. (A.) recurvitremus from Mauritius.

World distribution: Mauritius.

Specimens examined: 4 ♀♀ and 2 ♂♂ in total. Chamouny (aasl 192 m, lat. 20°28 ′ 42 ″ S, long. 57°29 ′ 11 ″ E), 4 ♀♀ and 2 ♂♂ on Agarista salicifolia (Commerson ex Lam) G. Don (Ericaceae) , 31/X/2018.

Remarks: morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements of our female and male specimens fit well measurements of the original description of Ferragut and Baumann (2019).