Euseius hima (Pritchard & Baker)

Kreiter, Serge, Payet, Rose-My & Azali, Hamza Abdou, 2021, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Anjouan Island (Comoros Archipelago), Acarologia 61 (1), pp. 62-83 : 71

Euseius hima (Pritchard & Baker)

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) hima Pritchard & Baker 1962: 257 ; Blommers 1976: 89.

Euseius hima, Moraes et al. 1986: 46, 2004b: 71 ; Quilici et al. 2000: 99 ; Chant & McMurtry 2005a: 215, 2007: 121.

This species was recorded from several countries of Sub­Saharan Africa, but also from Madagascar, India ( Demite et al. 2020) and La Réunion ( Quilici et al. 2000). Its biology remains totally unknown.

World distribution: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, La Réunion Island, Madagascar Island.

Specimens examined: 11 specimens (7 ♀♀, 1 ♂ and 3 imm.) collected during this study. Moutsamoudou, Chitsanguani (34 m aasl, 12°09 ′ 34 ″ S, 44°24 ′ 20 ″ E), 3 ♀♀ and 3 imm.

on Lantana camara L. ( Verbenaceae ), 28/XI/2018 ; Dindi, inside the village (567 m aasl, 12°12 ′ 56 ″ S, 44°27 ′ 02 ″ E), 2 ♀♀ and 1 ♂ on L. camara , 29/XI/2018 ; Tsembehou, inside the village (446 m aasl, 12°12 ′ 27 ″ S, 44°27 ′ 54 ″ E), 1 ♀ on Mangifera indica L. ( Anacardiaceae ), 29/XI/2018 ; Pomoni, exit of the village (34 m aasl, 12°17 ′ 01 ″ S, 44°24 ′ 52 ″ E), 1 ♀ on Sygygium jambos (L.) Alston ( Myrtaceae ), 30/XI/2018.

Remarks: Morphological and morphometric characters of our specimens fit well with measurements published in Kreiter et al. (2020d) and with measurements of specimens from Mauritius Island ( Kreiter and Abo­Shnaf 2020b).

Sub-tribe Typhlodromalina Chant & McMurtry

Typhlodromalina Chant & McMurtry 2005a: 195 .