Neoseiulus alpinus (Schweizer)

Amblyseius obtustus var. alpinus Schweizer, 1922: 41 .

Amblyseius alpinus . — Schweizer, 1949: 79.

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) alpinus . — Chant, 1959: 105.

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) alpinus . — Westerboer & Bernhard, 1963: 651. Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) alpinus . — Karg, 1993: 189.

Neoseiulus alpinus .—Evans, 1987: 1461; Moraes et al., 2004: 100; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 25. Neoseiulus aurescens (Athias-Henriot) .—Tuttle & Muma, 1973: 20.

Reports on V. vinifera in Europe: France.

Reports on V. vinifera in non-European countries: None.

Reports not on V. vinifera: Algeria, Australia, Belgium, Chile, Cuba, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, Jordany, Norway, Latvia, Russia, Spain, Sweeden, Switzerland, Tunisia, The Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, USA.

Remarks. This species is considered a synonym of Neoseiulus aurescens (Athias-Henriot) in Chant & McMurtry (2003); it has been mostly recorded under this latter species name. It is essentially recorded from Europe. It is observed rarely in crops, sometimes in apple orchards.