Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) bakeri (Garman)

Kreiter, Serge, Amiri, Karima, Douin, Martial, Bohinc, Tanja, Trdan, Stanislav & Tixier, Marie-Stéphane, 2020, Phytoseiid mites of Slovenia (Acari: Mesostigmata): new records and first description of the male ofAmblyseius microorientalis, Acarologia 60 (2), pp. 203-242 : 230

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) bakeri (Garman)

Seiulus bakeri Garman, 1948: 15 .

Typhlodromus (Neoseiulus) bakeri, Nesbitt 1951: 36-37 .

Typhlodromus bakeri, Cunliffe & Baker 1953: 10 .

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) bakeri, Chant 1959: 63 .

Typhlodromella bakeri, Muma 1961: 299 .

Amblydromella bakeri, Muma 1967: 267-280 ; Moraes et al. 1986: 155.

Mumaseius bakeri, Abbasova 1972: 10 .

Anthoseius (Aphanoseius) bakeri, Wainstein 1972: 1477-1482 .

Anthoseius bakeri, Beglyarov 1981: 24 .

Amblydromella (Aphanoseia) bakeri , Denmark & Welbourn 2002: 308.

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) bakeri, Moraes et al. 2004: 311 ; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 152. Anthoseius (Aphanoseius) clavatus Wainstein 1972: 1481 (synonymy according to Evans & Edland 1998).

Having setae S4, JV3 and JV4 present, setae on dorsal shield setiform approximately equal in length except for Z4 and Z 5, which are sometimes longer, setae r3 and R1 on lateral integument, and setae of z-Z and s-S series shorter than distances between their bases, this species belongs to the rhenanus species group.

Almost nothing is known about the biology of that species.

This species was already recorded from Slovenia ( Miklavc 2006; Bohinc and Trdan 2013).

World distribution: Alaska, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Canada, Caucasus Region, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Latvia, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, USA.

Specimens examined: 28 ♀♀ and 7 ♂♂ in total. Škofljica, Gumnišče 15 (aasl 305 m, lat. 45°58’15”N, long. 14°34’17”E), 1 ♀ on Carpinus betulus L. ( Betulaceae ) and 1 ♂ on Rubus fruticosus L. ( Rosaceae ), 18/VI/2019; Kočevska Reka, Lake (aasl 567 m, 45°34’33”N, 14°47’25”E), 1 ♀ on Crateagus monogyna Jacquin (Rosaceae) , 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ on Abies alba Miller (Pinaceae) , and 1 ♀ on Corylus avellana L. ( Betulaceae ), 18/VI/2019; Ljubljana, Faculty of Biotechnology campus (aasl 307 m, lat. 46°02’54”N, long. 14°28’32”E), 1 ♀ on Cornus mas L. ( Cornaceae ), 18/VI/2019; Sečovlje, 58a (aasl 3 m, lat. 45°28’43”N, long. 13°37’28”E), 1 ♀ on Juglans regia L. ( Juglandaceae ), 19/VI/2019; Dragonja (aasl 3 m, lat. 45°27’32”N, long. 13°39’4”E), 3 ♀♀ and 1 ♂ on Prunus pumila L. ( Rosaceae ), 19/VI/2019; Pragersko, Kvedrova ulica (aasl 250 m, lat. 46°23’48”N, long. 13°40’11”E), 2 ♀♀ and 1 ♂ on Pinus sylvestris L. ( Pinaceae ), 20/VI/2019; Juršinci, Gabrnik 55 (aasl 301 m, 46°28’43”N, 15°58’2”E), 2 ♀♀ on Malus domestica L. ( Rosaceae ), and 2 ♀♀ on Prunus cerasus L. ( Rosaceae ), 20/VI/2019; Veržej, Near the football stadium (aasl 182 m, lat. 46°35’27”N, long. 16°10’1”E), 1 ♀ on Ulmus minor L. ( Ulmaceae ), 2 ♀♀ on Quercus robur L. ( Fagaceae ) and 2 ♀♀ on Fraxinus excelsior L. ( Oleaceae ), 20/VI/2019; Šobec (aasl 418 m, 46°21’22”N, 14°9’2”E), 1 ♀ on Picea abies (L.) H. Karsten ( Pinaceae ) and 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ on P. sylvestris , 2 ♀♀ and 1 ♂ on Q. robur , 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ on Prunus padus L. ( Rosaceae ) and 1 ♀ on F. excelsior , 21/VI/2019; Bled, Lake (aasl 478 m, lat. 46°22’4”N, long. 14°05’06”E), 1 ♀ on Alnus glutinosa L. ( Betulaceae ), 21/VI/2019; Kranj (aasl 434 m, 46°16’6”N, 14°20’26”E), 1 ♀ on C. mas , 21/VI/2019.

Remarks: The description and measurements of the adult females collected agree with those provided by Chant et al. (1974), by Karg (1982) and by Ferragut et al. (2010) for specimens from Spain.