Arctoseius insularis (Willmann, 1952)

Lasioseius insularis Willmann, 1952: 147 .

Arctoseiopsis insularis .— Evans, 1954a: 797.

Lasioseius insularis .— Sellnick, 1958: 26.

Iphidozercon insularis .— Evans, 1958a: 213.

Leioseius insularis .— Westerboer, 1963: 278.

Arctoseius insularis .— Karg, 1973: 333; 1993: 278; Kalúz & Fenďa, 2005: 101; Christian & Karg, 2006: 238; Gwiazdowicz, 2007: 126; Gwiazdowicz et al., 2008a: 30.

TYPE DEPOSITORY: originally in author’s personal collection; according to Gwiazdowicz et al. (2008a: 30), two female type specimens presently deposited at Zoologischen Staatssammlung München, Germany.

TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT: near Süddeiches, Wangerooge Island, North Sea, near the coast of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, in pasture.

NOTES: (a) Bernhard (1963: 128) and Bregetova (1977a: 208) suspected this species to be a junior synonym of Seiulus minutus Halbert; (b) specimens identified as Leioseius (Arctoseius) minutus by Bernhard (1963: 128) were re-identified as L. insularis by Karg (1973: 337).