Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot

Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot, 1957: 347 .

Phytoseiulus riegeli .—Dosse, 1958: 48.

Typhlodromus persimilis .—Hirschmann, 1962: 75.

Phytoseiulus (Phytoseiulus) persimilis .—Wainstein, 1962: 17. Phytoseiulus tardi (Lombardini) . — Kennett & Caltagiorne, 1968: 571. Phytoseiulus persimilis .—Chant, 1959: 109; Moraes et al., 2004: 169; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 53.

Reports on V. vinifera in Europe: Greece, Italy, Spain.

Reports on V. vinifera in non-European countries: Australia.

Reports not on V. vinifera: Algeria, Australia, Canary Islands, Chile, Cuba, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Reunion Island, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, USA, Venezuela.

Remarks. This species has been reported on a wide range of plants, essentially on herbaceous plants. It is reared and sold by several biofactories in the world. It is a very efficient natural enemy of Tetranychus urticae Koch especially in greenhouses.