Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor)

Trincado, R. D., Martin, J. P. I., Méndez Rosa, D. D., Lopes, P. C. & De Moraes, G. J., 2018, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Chile, with descriptions of three new species and a redescription of Chileseius camposi, Zootaxa 4482 (2), pp. 322-340 : 328-329

Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor)

Typhlodromus californicus McGregor, 1954: 89 .

Typhlodromus chilenensis Dosse, 1958: 55 (synonym according to Athias-Henriot 1977).

Amblyseius chilenensis .— Gonzalez & Schuster, 1962: 10.

Neoseiulus californicus .— Moraes et al., 1986: 73: 2004: 109; Xu et al., 2013: 332.

Specimens examined. Santiago Region. Municipality of La Pintana, on Aloysia triphylla Palau, July 2002, associated with Tetranychus urticae Koch ; on Baccharis salicina Torr. & A. Gray. , July 2002, associated with Eriophyidae ; on Bidens aurea (Aiton) , April 2000, associated with T. urticae ; on Convolvulus arvensis L., February 2001, associated with Tetranychus desertorum Banks ; on Galega officinalis L., October 2000, associated with Tetranychus desertorum Banks ; on Malus domestica Borkh , February 2002, associated with Tydeidae ; on Malva nicaensis All. , July 2002, associated with Brevipalpus sp.; on Medicago sativa L., March 2002, associated with Tetranychus desertorum Banks ; on Poligonum sp., March 2002, associated with Tetranychus desertorum Banks ; on Prunus persica L., February 2002, associated with Tydeidae ; on Pyrus communis L., February 2002, associated with Panonychus ulmi (Koch) and Oligonychus yothersi (McGregor) ; on Trifolium sp., March 2002, associated with T. urticae . Municipality of Buin, on Prunus avium (L.), April 1990, associated with Bryobia rubrioculus (Scheuten) and Panonychus ulmi (Koch) ; on Prunus domestica L., March 1990, associated with Aculus fockeui (Nalepa & Trouessart) . Municipality of Renca, on Solanum lycopersicum L., March 2000, associated with Aculops lycopersici (Massee) .

Measurements of a collected female: dorsal shield 362 long, 182 maximum width. Setae j 1 22, j 3 32, j 4 21, j 5 21, j 6 25, J 2 30, J 5 12, z 2 35, z 4 37, z 5 22, Z 1 32, Z 4 50, Z 5 70, s 4 40, S 2 37, S 4 37, S 5 32, r 3 25, R 1 22, St IV 52.

Remarks. These measurements are similar to those given by Schuster & Pritchard (1963) for Neoseiulus californicus and to those given in the original description of Neoseiulus (Amblyseius) chilenensis by Gonzalez & Schuster (1962).