Proprioseiopsis bordjelaini Athias-Henriot

Kreiter, Serge, Amiri, Karima, Douin, Martial, Bohinc, Tanja, Trdan, Stanislav & Tixier, Marie-Stéphane, 2020, Phytoseiid mites of Slovenia (Acari: Mesostigmata): new records and first description of the male ofAmblyseius microorientalis, Acarologia 60 (2), pp. 203-242 : 221

Proprioseiopsis bordjelaini Athias-Henriot

Amblyseius bordjelaini Athias-Henriot 1966: 193 .

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) bordjelaini, Ueckermann & Loots 1988: 67 .

Proprioseiopsis bordjelaini, Chant & McMurtry 2005a: 11 ; 2007: 89.

This species is mentioned as an uncertain species by Chant and McMurtry (2005a) having an uncertain identity because of incomplete description. This species is quite rare and has been only reported from the Mediterranean basin and Canary Islands. The biology of that species is totally unknown.

This is the first report of that species from Slovenia.

World distribution: Algeria, Canary Islands, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia.

Specimens examined: A single ♀ during the two years-study. Straža pri Raki (aasl 240 m, lat. 45°55’28”N, long. 15°24’26”E), 1 ♀ on Cucumis sativus L. ( Cucurbitaceae ), 19/VI/2018.

Remarks: The description and measurements of the adult females collected agree with those provided by Ferragut et al. (2010) for specimens from Spain ( Table 5 ).