Euseius finlandicus (Oudemans)

Tixier, Marie-Stephane, Auger, Philippe, Migeon, Alain, Douin, Martial, Fossoud, Amandine, Navajas, Maria & Arabuli, Tea, 2021, Integrated taxonomy supports the identification of some species of Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Georgia, Acarologia 61 (4), pp. 824-844 : 830

Euseius finlandicus (Oudemans)

Seiulus finlandicus Oudemans 1915: 183 .

Typhlodromus finlandicus, Oudemans 1930: 50 .

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) finlandicus, Cunlife & Baker 1953: 19 .

Amblyseius finlandicus, Athias-Henriot 1958: 34 .

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) finlandicus, Chant 1959: 67 .

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromopsis) finlandicus, De Leon 1959: 113 .

Amblyseius (Typhlodromalus) finlandicus, Muma (1961) : 288.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) finlandicus, Wainstein 1962: 15 .

Amblyseius (Euseius) finlandicus, Arutunjan 1970: 11 .

Typhlodromus pruni Oudemans 1929: 32 (synonymy according to Yoshida-Shaul & Chant

1995).

Specimens examined. At Kvareli (Eniseli) (41.9988° N, 45.6702° E): 1 ♀ on Ulmus minor Miller (Ulmaceae) .

Previous records. Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Caucasus Region, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scandinavia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, USA.

Remarks. This species was reported from Georgia by Samsoniya (1972, 1977) and Wainstein and Vartapetov (1973) on tea, citrus trees and Prunus spp. , especially in mountainous regions. It is reported to feed on eriophyid mites by Wainstein & Vartapetov (1973). One 12S rRNA sequence (from a specimen collected on Ulmus minor Miller ) was obtained; it differs to the two DNA reference sequences of this species by 2.2 – 3.3% (Supplementary Table S2b).