Euseius gallicus Kreiter and Tixier 2010

Chatti, A., Kreiter, S., Lebdi-Grissa, K. & Ksantini, M., 2017, Phytophagous and predatory mites on olive trees in Tunisia. Catalogue, description of one new species and key for identification (Acari, Eriophyidae, Tetranychidae, Tenuipalpidae and Phytoseiidae), Acarologia 57 (2), pp. 233-254 : 239

Euseius gallicus Kreiter and Tixier 2010

Euseius gallicus Kreiter and Tixier, 2010 , in Tixier et al., 2010: 242 .

Distribution — France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Turkey (Demite et al. 2016).

Material examined — Karkennah: Sidi Yousef (34°39’30.27"N, 10°59’42.70"E), May 2008, 2 ♀♀ and 1 ♂; Aouled Yaneg (34°40’22.19"N, 11°08’15.07"E), April 2010, 4 ♀♀; Ramla (34°43’17.06"N, 11°12’34.35"E), April 2010, 5 ♀♀ and 2 ♂♂.

Note — Euseius gallicus recently described is quite frequent and certainly often misidentified previously as E. stipulatus . It is reported to eat on whiteflies and thrips. Euseius gallicus also feeds on pollen and on spider mites, tarsonemid mites and eggs of various insect pests ( Pijnakker 2014).