Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) lobatus Zannou, Moraes & Oliveira

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) lobatus Zannou, Moraes & Oliveira in Ueckermann et al. 2008: 59.

This species belongs to the large rhenanus species group (Chant and McMurtry 1994). Its biology is totally unknown and this is the first report of T. (A.) lobatus from Mauritius.

World distribution: Ghana.

Specimens examined: 2 ♀♀ and 1 ♂ in total. Chamouny (aasl 192 m, lat. 20°28 ′ 42 ″ S, long. 57°29 ′ 11 ″ E), 1 ♀ on Cupressus sempervirens L. ( Cupressaceae), 31/X/2018 ; Morne-Brabant (aasl 249 m, lat. 20°22 ′ 05 ″ S, long. 57°29 ′ 31 ″ E), 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ on Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King and H. Robinson ( Asteraceae), 5/XI/2018.

Remarks: morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements of our specimens fit well measurements of the original description by Zannou, Moraes and Oliveira in Ueckermann et al. (2008) concerning specimens from Ghana, in Western Africa.