Paraphytoseius horrifer (Pritchard & Baker)

Kreiter, Serge, Bopp, Marie-Charlotte, Douin, Martial, Nguyen, Duc Tung & Wyckhuys, Kris, 2020, Phytoseiidae of Vietnam (Acari: Mesostigmata) with description of a new species, Acarologia 60 (1), pp. 75-110 : 81

Paraphytoseius horrifer (Pritchard & Baker)

Amblyseius (Ptenoseius) horrifer Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 295 .

Amblyseius horrifer, Meyer & Rodrigues 1966: 30 .

Amblyseius (Paraphytoseius) horrifer, van der Merwe 1968: 169 .

Proprioseius (Paraphytoseius) horrifer, Karg 1983: 302 .

Paraphytoseius horrifer, Moraes et al. 1986: 105 ; Beard 2001: 84; Chant & McMurtry 2003b: 37; Moraes et al. 2004a: 152; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 53.

Specimens examined: Muoi, in P11 plot (aasl 66 m, lat. 21°54’30” N, long. 104°38’14” E), 1 ♂ on Rubus alceifolius (Rosaceae) , 31/V/2017; in P15 plot (aasl 66 m, lat. 21°54’56” N, long. 104°38’46” E), 1 ♀ on Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae) , 2/VI/2017 and 1 ♀ on R. alceifolius (Rosaceae) , 3/VI/2017; Ma, in P1 plot (aasl 66 m, lat. 21°45’53” N, long. 105°1’28” E), 1 ♂ on Xanthium stumarium (Asteraceae) and 1 ♀ on Blumea eberhardtii (Asteraceae) , 14/VII/2017.

Remarks: This species is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. The biology of P. horrifer remains totally unknown.

This is the first record of this species from Vietnam and from Asia. Measurements are given in the table 3 for females and males and compared with those obtained from specimens collected in other countries of Africa and Indian Ocean. Measurements obtained during this study agree well with most of the previous measurements obtained, especially with measurements of specimens from La Réunion Island.