Phytoseius punicae Chinniah &amp; Mohanasundaram 2001
Creators: name: Kreiter, Serge
name: Payet, Rose-My
name: Douin, Martial
name: Fontaine, Olivier
name: , Jacques
name: Fillâtre
name: Bellec, Fabrice Le
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Phytoseius
Phytoseius punicae

description: <i>Phytoseius punicae</i> Chinniah &amp; Mohanasundaram <i>Phytoseius punicae</i> Chinniah &amp; Mohanasundaram, 2001: 526. Sources of measurements – Africa: Ueckermann <i>et al.</i> (2007); India: Chinniah &amp; Mohanasundaram (2001); Japan: Ehara (1972); Pakistan: Denmark (1966); Holotype RD Congo: Ueckermann <i>et al.</i> (2007); -: not provided. This species belongs to the <i>plumifer</i> species group as setae <i>J2</i> and <i>R1</i> are present (Chant and McMurtry 1994). This species was recorded in India, in Tamil Nadu state (Demite <i>et al.</i> 2019). Its biology is totally unknown. This is the first record of this species in La Réunion Island. <b>Specimens examined</b>: A single &amp;female; in total, measured. Le Tampon – Bras de Pontho, Aldo Grace farm (aasl 661 m, Long 55°29’48” E, Lat 21°14’33” S), 1 &amp;female; on <i>D. incanum</i>, 21/2/2017. <b>Remarks</b>: measurement values of morphological characters (Table 34) were compared to those obtained for specimens of India, the only country in which <i>Phytoseius punicae</i> was recorded and specimens measured. Values of measurements are very close except for seta <i>j3</i>, <i>z3</i> and <i>st1-st3</i> length of sternal shield that are smaller compared to specimens of India. Macrosetae <i>StIV</i> is however longer in the single specimen of La Réunion Island.
description: Published as part of <i>Kreiter, Serge, Payet, Rose-My, Douin, Martial, Fontaine, Olivier, Jacques, Fillâtre &amp; Bellec, Fabrice Le, 2020, Phytoseiidae of La Réunion Island (Acari: Mesostigmata): three new species and two males described, new synonymies, and new records, pp. 111-195 in Acarologia 60 (1)</i> on pages 177-179, DOI: 10.24349/acarologia/20204361, http://zenodo.org/record/3879818
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