Neoseiulus teke (Pritchard and Baker)

Kreiter, Serge, Abo-Shnaf, Reham I. A. & Payet, Rose-My, 2020, Phytoseiid mites of Mayotte Island (Acari: Mesostigmata), Acarologia 60 (3), pp. 622-642 : 625

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Neoseiulus teke (Pritchard and Baker) View in CoL

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) teke Pritchard & Baker 1962: 239 .

Amblyseius teke, Meyer & Rodrigues 1966: 30 ; Moraes et al. 1989a: 83, 1989b: 97.

Neoseiulus teke, Moraes et al. 1986: 98, 2004: 147 View in CoL ; Chant & McMurtry 2003a: 37, 2007: 31. Amblyseius (Amblyseius) bibens Blommers 1973: 111 (synonymy according to Ueckermann & Loots 1988).

Neoseiulus teke View in CoL belongs to the barkeri View in CoL species group and the womersleyi species subgroup ( Chant and McMurtry 2003a). This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa often associated with Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar) View in CoL , the cassava green mite (CGM). It has been studied for its potential use as a BCA against the CGM. Nwilene and Nachman (1996) studied its reproduction characteristics on M. tanajoa View in CoL . It was more efficient than Iphiseius degenerans (Berlese) View in CoL , but seems not efficient enough in field conditions ( Nwilene and Nachman 1996). Quilici et al. (2000) collected this species in La Réunion Island and it was reported recently by Kreiter et al. (2020c).

World distribution: Burundi, DR Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, La Réunion Island, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.

Specimens examined: 4 specimens in total, 3 ♀♀ + 1 ♂. L’Abattoir, City Center (15 m

aasl, 12°47 ′ 18 ″ S, 45°16 ′ 21 ″ E), 1 ♀ + 1 ♂ on Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. ( Malvaceae ) with eriophyid mite galls and 2 ♀♀ on Carica papaya L. ( Caricaceae ), 27/XI/2018.

Remarks: measurements of morphological characters of N. teke female and male specimens from Mayotte Island ( Tables 1 and 2) are very close to those specimens from neighbouring countries, especially from specimens of La Réunion Island ( Kreiter et al. 2020c) and various countries in Africa, except for the holotype ( Zannou et al. 2006) and specimens from South Africa which are larger ( van der Merwe 1965).

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Chant D. A., McMurtry J. A. 2007. Illustrated keys and diagnoses for the genera and subgenera of the Phytoseiidae of the world (Acari: Mesostigmata). Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, 219 pp.

Kreiter S., Payet R. - M., Douin M., Fontaine O., Fillatre J., Le Bellec F. 2020 c. Phytoseiidae of La Reunion Island (Acari: Mesostigmata): three new species and two males described, new synonymies, and new records. Acarologia, 60: 111 - 195. doi: 10.24349 / acarologia / 20204361

Meyer M. K. P., Rodrigues M. da C. 1966. Acari associated with Cotton in Southern Africa. References to other plants. Garcia de Orta, Rev. Junta Investig., 13: 27 - 31.

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Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., van den Berg H., Yaninek J. S. 1989 a. Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) of Kenya, with descriptions of five new species and complementary descriptions of eight species. Int. J. Acarol., 15: 79 - 93. doi: 10.1080 / 01647958908683829

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Nwilene F. E., Nachman G. 1996. Functional responses of Iphiseius degenerans and Neoseiulus teke (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to changes in the density of the cassava green mite, Mononychellus tanajoa (Acari: Tetranychidae). Exp. Appl. Acarol., 20: 259 - 271. doi: 10.1007 / BF 00052876

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van der Merwe G. G. 1965. South African Phytoseiidae (Acarina). I. Nine new species of the genus Amblyseius Berlese. J. Entomol. Soc. South Afr., 28: 57 - 76.

Zannou I. D., Moraes G. J. de, Ueckermann E. A., Oliveira A. R., Yaninek J. S., Hanna R. 2006. Phytoseiid mites of the genus Neoseiulus Hughes (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa. Int. J. Acarol., 32: 241 - 276. doi: 10.1080 / 01647950608684467

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Mesostigmata
Family	Phytoseiidae
Genus	Neoseiulus