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Proprioseiopsis penai Denmark and Evans Proprioseiopsis penai Denmark and Evans, in Denmark et al., 1999: 17. The biology of this species found only once in Honduras on Citrus sp. by Denmark et al. (1999) is unknown. Previous Records — Honduras (Denmark et al., 1999; Moraes et al., 2004b). Specimens examined — Guadeloupe, Basse- Terre, RiviŁre Corossol, Route du Col des Mamelles, 16°10’N, 61°41’W, alt. 221 m, 1 ♀ on an unknown small mauve flowering plant, Rault coll., 22 December 2008; Basse-Terre, Petit-Bourg, Domaine Duclos de l’INRA Antilles-Guyane, 16°12’N, 61°39’W, alt. 85 m, 2 ♀ on Centrosema pubescens, Kreiter coll., 31 December 2008 and 1 ♀ on Clidemia hirta, Kreiter coll., 3 January 2009. Remarks — this is the first record of this species in the West Indies. The measurements of three of the four specimens collected fit very well the measurements given by Denmark et al. (1999). The average measurements of these three adult females are as follow: dorsal shield sclerotized and reticulated, dorsal shield length 449 (439-464), width 332 (321-342), 5 solenostomes (gd 1, 2, 5, 8 and 9), j1 34 (33 – 35), j3 48 (47 – 49), j4 4, j5 6 (5 – 6), j6 8 (8 – 9), J2 5, J5 4, z2 26 (25 – 27), z4 22 (20 – 24), z5 5 (5 – 6), Z1 7 (6 – 8), Z4 93 (83 – 108), Z5 103 (102 – 105), s4 121 (121 – 122), S2 7 (5 – 8), S4 7 (6 – 7), S5 7 (7 – 8), r3 26 (19 – 33), R1 8 (7 – 9), all setae smooth, st1-st1 66, st2-st2 84 (84 – 85), st1-st3 64 (63 – 64), posterior margin of the sternal shield concave, metapodal 1 length 33 (32 – 35), width 6 (5 – 7), metapodal 2 length 16 (13 – 19), width 1, ventrianal shield 121 (120 – 123) long, 120 (119 – 120) wide at level of anterior corners and 99 (95 – 102) wide at level of anus, 5 poroids around the ventrianal shield and genital shield, JV5 68, spermatheca 20 (18 – 21) long and 11 (9 – 13) width, SgeI 32 (30 – 33), SgeII 34 (33 – 35), SgeIII 39 (38 – 40), StiIII 28, SgeIV 79 (78 – 79), StiIV 53 (50 – 58), StIV 66 (61 – 68), macrosetae whip-like, fixed digit of chelicerae 35 (33 – 37), mobile digit of chelicerae 35 (35 – 37), 13 denticles on fixed digit and 3 on mobile digit., Published as part of Kreiter, S., Mailloux, J., Tixier, M. - S., Le Bellec, F., Douin, M., Guichou, S. & Etienne, J., 2013, New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 285-303 in Acarologia 53 (3) on page 291, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20132095, http://zenodo.org/record/4667233, {"references":["Denmark H. A., Evans G. A., Aguilar H., Vargas C., Ochoa R. 1999 - Phytoseiidae of Central America - Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA, 125 pp.","Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A., Campos C. B. 2004 b - A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae - Zootaxa 434: 1 - 494."]}

Quadromalus colombiensis Moraes, Denmark and Guerrero Quadromalus columbiensis Moraes, Denmark and Guerrero, 1982: 17 The biology of this species found only once in Colombia on Tanicum paniculatum (Moraes et al., 1982) remains totally unknown. Previous Records — Colombia (Moraes et al., 1982; Moraes et al., 2004b). Specimens examined — Guadeloupe, Basse- Terre, Petit-Bourg, Domaine Duclos de l’INRA Antilles-Guyane, 16°12’N, 61°39’W, alt. 85 m, 3 ♀ + 1 ♂ on Cissus verticilata, Kreiter coll., 18 December 2008. Remarks — this is the first record of this species in the West Indies. The measurements and description of the three female specimens collected fit very well those given by Moraes et al. (1982). No measurement for the male was given in Moraes et al. (1982). Diagnosis proposed by Moraes et al. (1982) corresponds very well to the specimens collected in Guadeloupe: Z4 and Z5 not serrated, only one macroseta on leg IV, 3-4 teeth on fixed and 3 on movable digits, respectively, and moreover 4 extralong setaceous setae on the tarsus 1 (Moraes et al., 1982). The average measurements of three adult females presently found are as follow: dorsal shield smooth, dorsal shield length 370 (361 – 385), width 246 (239 – 2555), 6 solenostomes (gd 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 9), j1 29 (28 – 30), j3 38 (37 – 40), j4 13 (12 – 13), j5 14 (13 – 15), j6 12, J2 19 (17 – 20), J5 13, z2 37, z4 41 (40 – 42), z5 17 (15 – 20), Z1 27 (25 – 3), Z4 34 (33 – 35), Z5 33, s4 44 (42 – 45), S2 34 (33 – 35), S4 31 (28 – 32), S5 28 (25 – 30), r3 34 (33 – 35), R1 30, all setae smooth, st1-st1 56 (55 – 58), st2-st2 66 (60 – 75), st1-st3 70 (60 – 75), posterior margin of the sternal shield not straight, metapodal 1 length 25, width 7 (6 – 8), metapodal 2 not visible, ventrianal shield 103 (100 – 108) long, 57 (48 – 67) wide at level of anterior corners and 68 (60 – 75) wide at level of anus, 4 poroids around the ventrianal shield, JV5 41 (40 – 43), spermatheca 24 (20 – 28) long and 3 width, SgeI 25 (23 – 28), SgeII 22 (20 – 23), SgeIII 24 (23 – 25), StiIII 21 (20 – 23), SgeIV 29 (28 – 30), StiIV 26 (24 – 28), StIV 41 (40 – 42), macrosetae very slightly knobbed, fixed digit of chelicerae 31 (28 – 32), mobile digit of chelicerae 32 (30 – 35), 3 large strong denticles on fixed digit and 3 large strong denticles on mobile digit. The measurements of one adult male are: dorsal shield smooth, dorsal shield length 298, width 225, 6 solenostome (gd 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 9), j1 20, j3 25, j4 10, j5 9, j6 10, J2 15, J5 9, z2 25, z4 28, z5 12, Z1 23, Z4 25, Z5 25, s4 35, S2 25, S4 23, S5 23, r3 25, R1 23, all setae smooth, st1-st1 48, st2-st2 63, st1-st3 58, st1-st5 120, ventrianal shield 100 long, 167 wide at level of anterior corners and 60 wide at level of anus,JV5 25, SgeI 23, SgeII 23, SgeIII 15, StiIII 15, SgeIV 23, StiIV 24, StIV 28, schaft of the spermatodactyl 23.

Phytoseius woodburyi De Leon Phytoseius woodburyi De Leon, 1965: 130; De Leon, 1967: 12; Prasad, 1968: 1461; Denmark and Muma, 1975: 295; Denmark and Muma, 1978: 15; Moraes et al., 1991: 133; Kreiter and Moraes, 1997; 380; Moraes et al., 2000: 260. The biology of this species remains unknown. Previous Records: Brazil, Colombia, French Antilles (Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Martinique) (Moraes et al., 2000), Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad (Moraes et al., 2004b). Specimens examined — Guadeloupe, Basse- Terre, Volcan La SoufriŁre, 16°02’45.19”N, 61°31’55.65”W, alt. 1300 m, 6 ♀ on Centropogon cornutus, Kreiter coll., 21 June 2008; Vieux-Habitants, Station CIRAD de Le Bouchu, 16°03’N, 61°45’W, alt. 21 m, 1 ♀ on Erythrina sp. and 1 ♀ on Psidium guajava, Kreiter and Rault coll., 19 December 2008; Les Saintes, Terre de Bas, L’Etang, 15°51’N, 61°37’W, alt. 239 m, 18 ♀ on Cordia alliodora, Kreiter coll., 2 January 2009; Martinique, Lamentin, 14°39’N, 60°58’W, alt. 46 m, 1 ♀ on Psidium guajava, Kreiter coll., 15 November 2010; Case-Pilote, 14°39’N, 61°07’W, alt. 176 m, 1 ♀ on Psidium guajava, Kreiter coll., 22 November 2010. Remarks — the measurements and description of the specimens collected fit very well those given by Kreiter and Moraes (1997)., Published as part of Kreiter, S., Mailloux, J., Tixier, M. - S., Le Bellec, F., Douin, M., Guichou, S. & Etienne, J., 2013, New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 285-303 in Acarologia 53 (3) on page 299, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20132095, http://zenodo.org/record/4667233, {"references":["De Leon D. 1965 - A note on Neoseiulus Hughes 1948 and new synonymy (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) - Proceed. Entomol. Soc. Washington 67 (1): 23.","De Leon D. 1967 - Some mites of the Caribbean Area. Part I. Acarina on Plants in Trinidad, West Indies - Allen Press Inc., Lawrence, Kansas, 66 pp.","Prasad V. 1968 - Some phytoseiid mites from Hawaii - Ann. Entomol. Soc. America 61 (6): 1459 - 1462.","Denmark H. A., Muma M. H. 1975 - The Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) of Puerto Rico - J. Agric. Univ. Puerto Rico 59, 279 - 304.","Denmark H. A., Muma M. H. 1978 - Phytoseiidae of Jamaica, an annoted list (Acari: Mesostigmata) - Intern. J. Acarol. 4 (1): 1 - 22.","Moraes G. J. de, Mesa N. C., Braun A. 1991 - Some phytoseiid mites of Latin America (Acari: Phytoseiidae) - Intern. J. Acarol. 17: 117 - 139.","Kreiter S., Moraes G. J. de, 1997 - Phytoseiidae mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Guadeloupe and Martinique - Fla. Entomol. 80: 376 - 382.","Moraes G. J. de, Kreiter S., Lofego A. C. 2000 - Plant mites of the French Antilles. 3. Phytoseiidae - Acarologia 40: 237 - 264.","Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A., Campos C. B. 2004 b - A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae - Zootaxa 434: 1 - 494."]}

Arrenoseius crassipes (Denmark) Paraamblyseius crassipes Denmark, 1988: 37. The biology of this species found only once in Mexico on Eichomia crassipes by Denmark (1988) is unknown. Previous Records — Mexico (Denmark, 1988; Moraes et al., 2004b). Specimens examined — Guadeloupe, Basse- Terre, Vernou, Route du Col des Mamelles, 16°11’N, 61°39’W, alt. 184 m, 2 ♀ and 1 ♂ on Ricinus communis, Kreiter coll., 26 December 2008. Remarks — this is the first record of this species in the West Indies. The measurements of the specimens collected fit well the measurements given by by Denmark (1988). Macrosetae are present on all legs but were not mentioned and measured in Denmark (1988). The average measurements of the two adult females presently found are as follow: dorsal shield sclerotized and reticulated, dorsal shield length 353- 422, width 300 – 325, 3 solenostomes (gd 1, 8 and 9), j1 20, j3 25, j4 4, j5 5, j6 5, J5 9 – 12, z2 8 – 10, z4 10 – 13, z5 5, Z1 8, Z4 85 – 100, Z5 95 – 100, s4 87, S2 12, S4 10, S5 10, r3 10, R1 12, all setae smooth, st1-st1 53 – 55, st2-st2 64 – 75, st1-st3 40 – 43, posterior margin of the sternal shield concave, metapodal 1 length 28, width 10, metapodal 2 length 8, width 5, ventrianal shield 150 – 153 long, 210 – 212 wide at level of anterior corners and 150 wide at level of anus, 2 poroids around the ventrianal shield, JV5 40, spermatheca 23 – 25 long and 5 – 7 width, StIV 40, macrosetae whip-like, fixed digit of chelicerae 38 – 40, mobile digit of chelicerae 38 – 40, 11 – 12 denticles on fixed digit and 2 on mobile digit., Published as part of Kreiter, S., Mailloux, J., Tixier, M. - S., Le Bellec, F., Douin, M., Guichou, S. & Etienne, J., 2013, New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 285-303 in Acarologia 53 (3) on page 292, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20132095, http://zenodo.org/record/4667233, {"references":["Denmark H. A. 1988 - Revision of the genus Paraamblyseius Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae) - Intern. J. Acarol. 14 (1): 23 - 40. doi: 10.1080 / 01647958808683801","Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A., Campos C. B. 2004 b - A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae - Zootaxa 434: 1 - 494."]}

Typhloseiopsis pritchardi (Chant and Baker) Amblyseius pritchardi Chant and Baker, 1965: 15. Amblyseius pritchardi Chant and Yoshida-Shaul, 1983: 1037. Typhloseiopsis pritchardi Moraes et al., 2000: 259. The biology of this species remains unknown. Previous Records — Costa Rica (Moraes et al., 2004b), French Antilles (Gualeloupe, Marie- Galante, Martinique, Saint-Martin) (Moraes et al., 2000). Specimens examined — La DØsirade, Parc Eolien, 16°19’N, 61°02’W, 269 m, 3 ♀ and 1 ♂ on Coccoloba pubescens, Kreiter coll., 5 January 2009. Remarks — the measurements and description of the specimens collected fit very well those given by Moraes et al. (2000), Published as part of Kreiter, S., Mailloux, J., Tixier, M. - S., Le Bellec, F., Douin, M., Guichou, S. & Etienne, J., 2013, New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 285-303 in Acarologia 53 (3) on page 299, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20132095, http://zenodo.org/record/4667233, {"references":["Chant D. A., Baker, E. W. 1965 - The Phytoseiidae (Acarina) of Central America - Mem. Entomol. Soc. Canada, 41, 56 pp.","Chant D. A., Yoshida-Shaul E. 1983 - A world review of the simplex species group in the genus Typhlodromus Scheuten (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) - Can. J. Zool. 61: 1142 - 1151. doi: 10.1139 / z 83 - 151","Moraes G. J. de, Kreiter S., Lofego A. C. 2000 - Plant mites of the French Antilles. 3. Phytoseiidae - Acarologia 40: 237 - 264.","Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A., Campos C. B. 2004 b - A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae - Zootaxa 434: 1 - 494."]}

Amblydromalus higuilloae (Denmark and Muma) Typhlodromalus higuilloae Denmark and Muma, 1975: 292. Typhlodromalus higuilloae Denmark et al., 1999: 59. The biology of this species found only two times in Puerto Rico (Denmark and Muma, 1975) on "higuillo" leaves (Piper marginatum) and in Honduras by Denmark et al. (1999) on Calea urticifolia remains unknown. Previous Records — Puerto Rico (Denmark and Muma, 1975; Moraes et al., 2004b), Honduras (Denmark et al., 1999; Moraes et al., 2004b). Specimens examined — Guadeloupe, Basse- Terre, Petit-Bourg, Domaine Duclos de l’INRA Antilles-Guyane, 16°12’N, 61°39’W, alt. 85 m, 1 ♀ on Vigna sp., Kreiter coll., 21 December 2008; Basse-Terre, Route ForestiŁre, Jules-Grosse Montagne, 16°12’N, 61°39’W, alt. 90 m, 1 ♀ on Vigna sp., Kreiter coll., 24 December 2008; Basse-Terre, riviŁre Corossol, Cascade des Ecrevisses, 16°11’N, 61°39’W, alt. 184 m, 1 ♀ on an unknown Melastomataceae, Kreiter coll., 21 December 2008; Basse- Terre, Vernou, Route du Col des Mamelles, 16°11’N, 61°39’W, alt. 184 m, 1 ♀ on Vigna sp., Kreiter coll., 26 December 2008; Grande-Terre, Porte d’Enfer, beach, 16°31’N, 61°28’W, alt. 2 m, 2 ♀ on Pluchea symphytifolia, Kreiter coll., 27 December 2008; Basse-Terre, 1 Łre Chute du Carbet, 16°03’N, 61°39’W, alt. 890 m, 1 ♂ on Clidemia umbrosa, Kreiter coll., 29 December 2008; Martinique, Basse-Pointe, Jardins ClØment, 14°50’N, 61°05’W, alt. 91 m, 2 ♀ on Panicum maximum, Kreiter coll., 16 November 2010. Remarks — this is the first record of this species in the French West Indies. The measurements of five (4 ♀ and 1 ♂) of the nine specimens collected fit rather well the measurements given by Denmark et al. (1999). All setae are however slightly shorter, between 1 and 5 for the greater, which represent less than 10 % of variation, which is less than the intraspecific of 20 % around the mean defined by Tixier (2012). The average measurements of the four adult females presently found are as follow: dorsal shield sclerotized and reticulated, dorsal shield length 351 (350 – 352), width 232 (223 – 250), 5 solenostomes (gd 1, 2, 6, 8 and 9), j1 25 (22 – 28), j3 42 (40 – 44), j4 12 (9 – 13), j5 11 (10 – 14), j6 11 (11 – 14), J2 13 (12 – 14), J5 11 (9 – 14), z2 18 (16 – 21), z4 31 (30 – 33), z5 9 (7 – 9), Z1 12 (11 – 13), Z4 43 (42 – 44), Z5 67 (65 – 71), s4 66 (63 – 68), S2 26 (21 – 30), S4 16 (13 – 18), S5 11 (11 – 17), r3 30 (27 – 34), R1 14, all setae smooth except Z4 and Z5, st1-st1 60 (58 – 61), st2-st2 63 (61 – 65), st1-st3 62 (58 – 64), posterior margin of the sternal shield with a convex lobe, metapodal 1 length 17 (16 – 18), width 4, metapodal 2 length 7 (6 – 8), width 1, ventrianal shield 98 (94 – 104) long, 58 (55 – 58) wide at level of anterior corners and 57 (55 – 58) wide at level of anus, 4 poroids around the ventrianal shield and genital shield, JV5 41, spermatheca 16 (13 – 22) long and 5 width, SgeI 31 (30 – 32), SgeII 26, SgeIII 27 (25 – 29), StiIII 19, SgeIV 59 (56 – 63), StiIV 31 (29 – 32), StIV 63 (61 – 67), macrosetae whip-like, fixed digit of chelicerae 32 (29 – 33), mobile digit of chelicerae 31, 12 denticles on fixed digit and 5 on mobile digit. The measurements of the single adult male presently found are as follow: dorsal shield sclerotized and reticulated, dorsal shield length 245, width 162, 2 solenostome (gd 1, 2, 6, 8 and 9), j1 15, j3 25, j4 7, j5 7, j6 9, J2 10, J5 8, z2 10, z4 12, z5 7, Z1 9, Z4 38, Z5 58, s4 32, S2 14, S4 12, S5 9, r3 13, R1 8, all setae smooth except Z4 and Z5, st1-st1 49, st2-st2 55, st1-st3 59, st1-st5 103., Published as part of Kreiter, S., Mailloux, J., Tixier, M. - S., Le Bellec, F., Douin, M., Guichou, S. & Etienne, J., 2013, New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 285-303 in Acarologia 53 (3) on pages 292-293, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20132095, http://zenodo.org/record/4667233, {"references":["Denmark H. A., Muma M. H. 1975 - The Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) of Puerto Rico - J. Agric. Univ. Puerto Rico 59, 279 - 304.","Denmark H. A., Evans G. A., Aguilar H., Vargas C., Ochoa R. 1999 - Phytoseiidae of Central America - Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA, 125 pp.","Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A., Campos C. B. 2004 b - A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae - Zootaxa 434: 1 - 494.","Tixier M. - S. 2012 - Approaches to assess intraspecific variations of morphological continuous characters: the case study of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) - Cladistics sous presse, doi: 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 0031.2012.00394. x"]}

Typhlodromalus peregrinus (Muma) Typhlodromus peregrinus Muma, 1955: 270; Typhlodromalus peregrinus Muma and Denmark, 1970: 88; Moraes et al., 1986: 132, 2004: 202; Zacarias and Moraes, 2001: 582; Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) peregrinus Chant, 1959: 97; Amblyseius peregrinus McMurtry, 1983: 255. Moraes et al., 1991: 130; Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) robineae Chant, 1959: 98; Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) evansi Chant, 1959: 99; Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) primulae Chant, 1959: 99 (synonymy, according to Muma, 1964) This species is very common on citrus (Muma, 1955, 1967; Peaea, 1992; Childers, 1994; Villanueva and Childers, 2004, 2005; Fadamiro et al., 2008, 2009) and solanaceous plants (McMurtry, 1983; Fiaboe et al., 2007) in several countries and is very often reported as the most abundant species. Typhlodromalus peregrinus can be found at the underside of mature citrus leaves, inside tree canopy, under empty scale armor, clump and dead scale insects whitefly exuvia, sooty mold and mine of Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Muma, 1967; Childers, 1994; Villanueva and Childers, 2011). Muma (1969) reported that T. peregrinus was able to reproduce and develop on Panonychus citri (McGregor) but did perform better on eggs and crawlers of chaff scale, Parlatoria pergandii Comstock, and six-spotted spider mite, Eotetranychus sexmaculatus (Riley). This phytoseiid was also reported to feed on Phyllocoptruta oleivora (Ashmead), providing some degree of rust mite suppression on lime (Peaea, 1992). Thus, T. peregrinus seems to be a generalist species with the ability to reproduce and develop on the two key pests on Guadeloupe and Martinique citrus, P. citri and P. oleivora and probably several occasional pests. Its optimal preys were evaluated as Aleyrodidae, Coccidae, and Tetranychidae by Muma (1971). Fouly et al. (1995) have studied the biology of T. peregrinus in the laboratory at 26°C. Each of the following organisms was evaluated as suitable diet: all stages of T. urticae; immature stages of P. citri; and pollens of Malephora crocea, Quercus virginiana, and Typha latifolia. The combination of T. urticae with pollen was also tested. Total developmental time ranged between 5.73 and 7 days for females and between 5.67 and 6.93 days for males. The percentage of females in the total population ranged between 53 and 61 %. A diet of T. urticae provided the shortest generation time (T), greatest female longevity, and mean total fecundity (F) which resulted in the highest net reproductive rate (Ro) value (25.31 expected females per female), intrinsic rate of increase (rm = 0.224), and finite rate of increase (λ = 1.25) per day for T. peregrinus. Diets of only P. citri or M. crocea resulted in close values of T = 8.67, 8.91; F = 47.11, 49.47; R 0 = 24.00, 26.65; rm = 0.210, 0.219; and λ = 1.23, 1.24, respectively. Quercus virginiana and T. latifolia were the less favorable food sources, with results of T = 8.78, 9.41; F = 30.38, 24.25; R 0 = 14.20, 12.04; rm = 0.193, 0.170, and λ = 1.21, 1.18, respectively. The occurrence of high densities of this species on ground cover vegetation (weeds) is explained in Alabama citrus orchard (Fadamiro et al., 2008, 2009) by the possibility that grasses may serve as overwintering sites and alternative food sources, which is probably the most important factors in French West Indies citrus orchards as there is no overwintering in citrus crop in this tropical area. Typhlodromalus peregrinus was collected from 64 ground cover plants or vines in Florida citrus fields (Childers and Denmark, 2011) with highest numbers found on the following plants: Bidens alba, Solanum americanum (which is one plant of the ground cover on which T. peregrinus was collected in Guadeloupe), Amaranthus spinosus, Gnaphalium pensylvanicum, Lantana camara and Chenopodium ambrosioides). In Florida, the highest numbers of T. peregrinus in ground cover corresponded with peaks in thrips numbers, suggesting possible predation on one or more species of thrips occurring. Childers and Denmark (2011) suggest that this species should therefore be evaluated as a predator of thrips larvae and/or adults. Significant increases in numbers of T. peregrinus were also correlated with increased levels of several pollen species on citrus leaves (Villanueva and Childers, 2004). Thus, considering all these elements, it is possible that T. peregrinus may constitute a key species in citrus orchards in French West Indies. Previous Records — Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Hawaii, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Suriname, USA (Florida, Alabama, Missouri), Venezuela (Moraes et al., 2004b). Specimens examined — Guadeloupe, Basse- Terre, Vieux-Habitants, Station Le Bouchu du CIRAD, 16°03’N, 61°45’W, alt. 21 m, 9 ♀ and 7 ♂ extracted froom a mixture of various herbaceous plants collected in an experimental citrus crop (Achyranthhes aspera, Centrosema sp., Chamaescye hypericifolia, Chloris inflata, Croton lobatus, Echinochloa colona, Ipomea hederifolia, Macroptilium lathyroides, Merremia umbellata, Neonotonia wightii, Rhynchosia minima, Solanum americanum, Tridax procumbens, Urena lobata, Vernonia cinerea), Mailloux coll., April to December 2008. Remarks — this is the first record of this species in the West Indies. The measurements and description of the specimens collected fit very well those given by Moraes and Mesa (1988). The average measurements of the nine adult females presently found are: dorsal shield strongy reticulated on the whole dorsum, 344 (329 – 350) long and 219 (184 – 285) wide, with 5 solenostomes (gd1, 2, 6, 8 and 9), 10 pairs of poroids, 17 pairs of dorsal setae and 2 pairs of sub-lateral setae: j1 25 (22 – 29), j3 37 (34 – 42), j4 15 (11 – 20), j5 17 (14 – 20), j6 20 (16 – 27), J2 20 (17 – 23), J5 8 (6 – 11), z2 21 (20 – 25), z4 33 (28 – 41), z5 17 (11 – 20), Z1 32 (29 – 35), Z4 48 (47 – 51), Z5 59 (57 – 61), s4 45 (38 – 50), S2 31 (28 – 34), S4 25 (20 – 30), S5 13 (10 – 19), r3 18 (12 – 22), R1 17 (13 – 20). All setae smooth, except Z4 and Z5 which are moderately serrated. Peritreme extending to the level of j1. Ventral shields smooth. Sternal shield large, with 3 pairs of setae and 2 pairs of pores; 1 pair (st4) out of the sternal shield, on a small metasternal shield; posterior margin with a convex lobe overlapping the genital shield. Distances between st1-st3 66 (63 – 71), st2-st2 63 (60 – 65), st5- st5 76 (73 – 78). Two pairs of metapodal shields 16 (14 – 18) long, 4 (3 – 6) wide for the largest, 5 – 8 long and very thin for the smallest one. Ventrianal shield with 3 pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1, JV2 and ZV2 and one pair of elliptical pre-anal pores. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with 4 pairs of setae ZV1, ZV3, JV4 and JV5 and 4 pairs of round to oblong poroids; ventrianal shield 93 (88 – 103) long, 64 (60 – 68) wide at level of anterior corners and 61 (57 – 74) wide at level of anus. JV5 42 (37 – 45) long and smooth. All legs with smooth macrosetae: SgeI 17 (13 – 23), SgeII 20 (18 – 25), SgeIII 30 (28 – 30), Sti- III 20 (15 – 25), SgeIV 42 (34 – 44), StiIV 3 (18 – 25), StIV 62 (58 – 65). All macrosetae are whip-like with a small bulbous tip. Chaetotactic formula of genu II: 2-2/0, 2/0-1; genu III: 1-2/1, 2/0-1. Length of legs I: 342 (278 – 369), II: 253 (226 – 282), III: 251 (214 – 286), IV: 341 (275 – 388). Chelicerae with fixed digit 32 (30 – 36) with 7 teeth and movable digit 30 (28 – 32) with 3-4 teeth. Calyx of spermatheca fundibular (Denmark et al. 1999) with the cervix elongate, 5 (3 – 7) wide and 16 (9 – 22) long, with a big atrium at the basis. The average measurements of the seven adult males presently found are: dorsal shield like in the female, 256 (243 – 275) long and 143 (134 – 149) wide. Setae j1 19 (18 – 20), j3 29 (25 – 30), j4 11 (7 – 13), j5 12 (8 – 16), j6 14 (12 – 16), J2 11 (7 – 16), J5 7 (5 – 8), z2 16 (13 – 17), z4 27 (25 – 29), z5 11 (10 – 12), Z1 18 (16 – 22), Z4 34 (31 – 37), Z5 39 (34 – 42), s4 35 (33 – 36), S2 17 (16 – 18), S4 14 (12 – 16), S5 9 (7 – 12), r3 17 (15 – 19), Rl 13 (12 – 16). Peritreme extending to the level of j1. All venter shields smooth. Sternogenital shield with 5 pairs of setae and 2 pairs of pores. Distances between st1- st3 58 (56 – 59), st2-st2 54 (50 – 56), st5-st5 37 (32 – 40). Ventrianal shield not fused with peritremal shields with 3 pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1, JV2 and ZV2, one pair of elliptical preanal solenostomes and 2 pairs of poroids. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with one pair of setae JV 5 in level with anal opening, and no visible pair of oblong poroids; ventrianal shield 93 (85 – 100) long, 132 (127 – 146) wide at level of anterior corners and 59 (54 – 65) at level of anus. Macrosetae on all legs: SgeI 15 (13 – 18), SgeII 16 (15 – 20), SgeIII 22 (20 – 25), StiIII 15, SgeIV 31 (27 – 36), StiIV 17 (15 – 21), StIV 46 (40 – 51). Chaetotactic formula of genu II and genu III are identical to the female. Length of leg I: 250 (228 – 276), II: 202 (182 – 228), III: 218 (193 – 253), IV: 304 (275 – 326). Spermatodactyl of cheliecerae with a large toe terminating the foot, shaft 19 (18 – 20) long., Published as part of Kreiter, S., Mailloux, J., Tixier, M. - S., Le Bellec, F., Douin, M., Guichou, S. & Etienne, J., 2013, New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 285-303 in Acarologia 53 (3) on pages 294-295, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20132095, http://zenodo.org/record/4667233, {"references":["Muma M. H. 1955 - Phytoseiidae (Acarina) associated with citrus in Florida - Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 48: 262 - 272.","Muma M. H., Denmark H. A. 1970 - Phytoseiidae of Florida - Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas, 6. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, 150 pp.","Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A. 1986 - A catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. References to Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Habitat - Embrapa ed. and Pub., Brasilia, 353 pp + VII.","Zacarias M. S., Moraes G. J. de, 2001 - Phytoseiid mites (Acari) associated with rubber trees and other euphorbiaceous plants in southeastern Brazil - Noetrop. Entomol. 30: 579 - 586.","Chant D. A. 1959 - Phytoseiid mites. Part I. Bionomics of seven species in southeastern England. Part II. A taxonomic review of the family Phytoseiidae, with descriptions of 38 new species - Can. Entomol. 91, suppl. 12: 1 - 166.","McMurtry J. A. 1983 - Phytoseiid mites from Guatemala, with descriptions of two new species and redefinitions of the genera Euseius, Typhloseiopsis, and the Typhlodromus occidentalis species group (Acari: Mesostigmata) - Intern. J. Entomol. 25 (4): 249 - 272.","Moraes G. J. de, Mesa N. C., Braun A. 1991 - Some phytoseiid mites of Latin America (Acari: Phytoseiidae) - Intern. J. Acarol. 17: 117 - 139.","Muma M. H. 1964 - Annoted list and keys to Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) associated with Florida citrus - Univ. Fla. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 685: 1 - 42.","Muma M. H. 1967 - Typhlodromalus peregrinus (Muma) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on Florida citrus - Proceedings, 2 nd International Congress of Acarology. Sutton Bonington, 19 - 25 July 1967, England. Akade'miai Kiado', Budapest, Hungary: 135 - 148.","Peaea J. F. 1992 - Predator-prey interactions between Typhlodromalus peregrinus and Polyphagotarsonemus latus: effects of alternative prey and other food resources - Fla. Entomol. 75: 241 - 248. doi: 10.2307 / 3495626","Childers C. C. 1994 - Biological control of phytophagous mites on Florida citrus utilizing predatory arthropods - D. Rosen, F. Bennet, and J. Capinera [eds.], Pest management in the subtropics: biological control Florida perspective. Intercept, Andover, United Kingdom: 255 - 288.","Villanueva R. T., Childers C. C. 2004 - Phytoseiidae increase with pollen deposition on citrus leaves - Fla. Entomol. 4: 609 - 611. doi: 10.1653 / 0015 - 4040 (2004) 087 [0609: PIWPDO] 2.0. CO; 2","Villanueva R. T., Childers C. C. 2005 - Diurnal and spatial patterns of Phytoseiidae in the citrus canopy - Exp. Appl. Acarol 35 (4): 269 - 280. doi: 10.1007 / s 10493 - 004 - 5728 - 4","Fadamiro H. Y., Xiao Y., Hargroder T., Nesbitt M., Umeh V., Childers C. C. 2008 - Seasonal occurrence of key arthropod pests and associated natural enemies in Alabama satsuma citrus - Environ. Entomol. 2: 555 - 567. doi: 10.1603 / 0046 - 225 X (2008) 37 [555: SOOKAP] 2.0. CO; 2","Fadamiro H. Y., Xiao Y., Hargroder T., Nesbitt M., Childers C. C. 2009 - Diversity and seasonal abun- dance of predacious mites in Alabama Satsuma citrus - Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 102 (4): 617 - 628.","Fiaboe K. K. M., Gondim M. G. C. Jr., Moraes G. J. de, Ogol C. K. P. O., Knapp. M. 2007 - Surveys for natural enemies of the tomato red spider mite Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae) in the northeastern and southeastern Brazil - Zootaxa 1395: 33 - 58.","Villanueva R. T., Childers C. C. 2011 - Mine-damaged leaves by Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton provide refuge for phytoseiids on grapefruit in Florida and Texas - Zoosymposia 6: 118 - 123.","Muma M. H. 1969 - Biological control of various insects and mites on Florida citrus - Proceedings, 1 st International Citrus Symposium, 16 - 26 March 1969, Riverside, CA. University of California, Riverside: 863 - 870.","Muma M. H. 1971 - Food habits of Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) including common species on Florida citrus - Fla Entomol. 54 (1): 21 - 34.","Fouly A. H., Abou-Setta M. M., Childers C. C. 1995 - Effects of diets on the biology and life tables of Typhlodromalus peregrines - Environ. Entomol. 24: 870 - 877.","Childers C. C., Denmark H. A. 2011 - Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) within citrus orchards in Florida: species distribution, relative and seasonal abundance within trees, associated vines and ground cover plants - Exp. Appl. Acarol. 54: 331 - 371.","Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A., Campos C. B. 2004 b - A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae - Zootaxa 434: 1 - 494.","Moraes G. J. de, Mesa N. C. 1988 - Mites of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari) in Colombia, with descriptions ofthree new species - Int. J. Acarol. 14: 71 - 88.","Denmark H. A., Evans G. A., Aguilar H., Vargas C., Ochoa R. 1999 - Phytoseiidae of Central America - Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA, 125 pp."]}

Transeius rufus (Denmark and Evans) Neoseiulus rufus Denmark and Evans, in Denmark et al., 1999: 73. The biology of this species found only once in Honduras by Denmark and Evans (in Denmark et al., 1999) on the giant thatching grass Hyparrhenia rufa (Poaceae), a hairy plant, is unknown. Previous Records — Honduras (Denmark et al., 1999). Specimens examined — Martinique, Montagne PelØe, Parking, 14°48’N, 61°09’W, alt. 825 m, 2 ♀ on Urena lobata, Kreiter coll., 21 November 2010. Remarks — this is the first record of this species in the West Indies. The measurements of the two specimens collected fit very well the measurements given by Denmark et al. (1999), except setae r3 and R1 (30 µm in our two specimens instead of 16 in Denmark et al. (1999) on a single specimen). The average measurements of the two adult females presently found are as follow: dorsal shield sclerotized, five solenostomes (gd 1, 2, 4, 8 and 9), j1 23 – 24, j3 27 – 35, j4 9 – 10, j5 9, j6 9 – 10, J2 10 – 14, J5 8 – 10, z2 11 – 15, z4 20 – 30, z5 8 – 9, Z1 11 – 15, Z4 63, Z5 71 – 75, s4 47 – 50, S2 24 – 27, S4 12 – 14, S5 13 – 14, r3 16, R1 16, Z4 and Z5 serrated, st1-st1 53 – 59, st2-st2 62 – 65, st1-st3 60 – 62, posterior margin of the sternal shield concave, metapodal 1 length 23 – 28, width 3, metapodal 2 length 10 – 13, width 1, ventrianal shield 98 – 115 long, 90 – 92 wide at level of anterior corners and 80-88 wide at level of anus, 5 poroids around the ventri-aan shield and the genital shield, JV5 55 – 60, spermatheca 19 – 20 long and 5 – 7 width, SgeIV 44 – 45, StiIV 18 – 25, StIV 47 – 50, macrosetae all whip-like, fixed digit of chelicerae 30 with 7 denticles, mobile digit of chelicerae 32 without denticle., Published as part of Kreiter, S., Mailloux, J., Tixier, M. - S., Le Bellec, F., Douin, M., Guichou, S. & Etienne, J., 2013, New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 285-303 in Acarologia 53 (3) on pages 289-290, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20132095, http://zenodo.org/record/4667233, {"references":["Denmark H. A., Evans G. A., Aguilar H., Vargas C., Ochoa R. 1999 - Phytoseiidae of Central America - Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA, 125 pp."]}

Transeius mariae-angeae Kreiter n.sp. Description Adult Female (Figs. 1-3) (n = 2) Dorsum (Fig. 1) — Dorsal shield 305 – 313 long and 205 – 215 wide, strongly reticulated on the whole dorsum, with 5 solenostomes (gd1, 2, 6, 8 and 9), 9 pairs of poroids, 17 pairs of dorsal setae and 2 pairs of sub-lateral setae: j1 20 – 23, j3 36 – 38, j4 15 – 18, j5 16 – 19, j6 15 – 18, J2 13 – 14, J5 8 – 9, z2 33 – 26, z4 29 – 33, z5 9, Z1 16 – 18, Z4 54 – 55, Z5 74 – 75, s4 58 – 60, S2 28 – 30, S4 14 – 15, S5 14 – 16, r3 23 – 25, R1 21. All setae smooth except Z4 and Z5 which are moderately serrated. Peritreme (Fig. 1) — Extending to the level of j1. Venter (Fig. 2) — Sternal shield smooth. Other shields smooth. Sternal shield not very large, with 3 pairs of setae and 2 pairs of pores; 1 pair (st4) out of the sternal shield, on a small metasternal shield; posterior margin straight. Distances between st1- st3 55, st2-st2 64 – 65, st5-st5 55 – 56. Two pairs of metapodal shields 15 long and 1 – 3 wide for the largest, 6 – 8 long and very thin for the smallest one. Ventrianal shield with 3 pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1, JV2 and ZV2 and one pair of large elliptical pre-anal solenostomes. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with 4 pairs of setae ZV1, ZV3, JV4 and JV5 and 4 pairs of poroids; ventrianal shield 90 – 98 long, 63 – 64 wide at level of anterior corners and 58 – 60 wide at level of anus. JV5 43 – 50 long and smooth. Legs — Macrosetae on all legs: SgeI 16 – 18, SgeII 18, SgeIII 15 – 18, StiIII 23 – 25, SgeIV 36 – 40, StiIV 19 – 23, StIV 38. All macrosetae whip-like. Chaetotactic formula of genu II: 2-2/0, 2/0-1; genu III: 1-2/1, 2/0-1. Length of legs I: 310 – 318, II: 223 – 238, III: 235 – 245, IV: 320 – 325. Chelicera — Fixed digit 30 – 31 with 9 – 10 teeth and movable digit 33 – 34 with four teeth. Spermatheca (Fig. 3) — Calyx of spermatheca pocular (Denmark et al. 1999) with the cervix elongate, 4 – 6 wide and 6 – 8 long, with a big atrium at the basis and a visible long ductus minor on the paratype female. Adult Male: unknown. Holotype — 1 female (on one preparation), La DØsirade, Parc Eolien, 16°11’N, 61°39’W, alt. 184 m, on Coccoloba pubescens, Kreiter coll., 5 January 2008, deposited in the Montpellier SupAgro Acarology Collection in UMR CBGP. Paratype — 1 female (on a separate preparation), same location deposited in the same collection. Etymology — the name of the species refers to the first name of the first author’s wife of this paper and describer of this new species, Marie-Ange Burgell, to whom this species is dedicated. Diagnosis — the two specimens of Transeius mariae-angeae n. sp. found are close to Transeius bellotti (Moraes and Mesa) but differ in having: the shape of spermatheca very different (both pocular sensu denmark et al. (1999) but with an open cervix and with a small atrium at the basis of the cervix for T. bellotti and a more closed cervix, a strong large atrium and swollen edges of the cervix for T. mariaeangeae n. sp.); the presence of macrosetae on all legs and not only of leg IV; the setae length longer in the new species except Z4, S4, SgeIV and StIV; the dorsum smooth and not imbricate; the setae j3 and s4 not serrated and the number of teeth on movable/fixed digits = 9-10/4 (against 9/ 3 in T. bellotti). It resembles also to T. rufus (Denmark and Evans) but differs in having: several setae much longer except for j1, Z4, SgeIV and StIV which are longer in T. rufus; the dorsal shield not reticulated in the new species and slightly reticulated in T. rufus; the number of teeth on movable/fixed digits of chelicerae = 9-10/4 against 7/0. It is also close to T. sanblasensis (De Leon) but setae are longer in the new species except for some (j1, z4, s4, r3, S2) which are very much longer and all macrosetae of the four legs are smaller in the new species. It resembles also to T. aciculus (De Leon) but differs in having j4 shorter (15-18 instead of 36) and S5 longer (14-16 instead of 9); and to T. cristobalensis (De Leon) but differs in having a shorter StIV (38 instead of 88).

Neoseiulus paspalivorus (De Leon) Typhlodromus paspalivorus De Leon, 1957: 143 Neoseiulus paspalivorus Muma and Denmark, 1970: 110; Moraes et al., 2000: 248. Amblyseius paspalivorus Schicha, 1981: 210. The biology of this species was only recently studied. It seems to be common on various herbaceous plants (Moraes et al., 1986) and could be a Gondwanian species because of its currently known area of distribution: Caribbean, India, Oriental region and Africa (Ueckermann and Lawson- Balagbo, pers. comm.). This species predominates in the dry areas of states of CearAE and Pernambuco in Brazil on coconuts (Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008a). This species thrived on the coconut eriophyid, Aceria guerreronis Keifer as primary food source resulting in shorter developmental time, higher ovipositon rate and higher intrinsic rate of increase than on any other diet (Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2007). Neoseiulus paspalivorus is dorso-ventrally flattened giving it an advantage in accessing the area under the bracts (Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008b). This species is thus cited as a promising candidate for the biological control of the coconut eriophyid (Lawson- Balagbo et al., 2008a). This latter pest was recently introduced in Sri Lanka and southern India where it is causing considerable damage to coconut. Neoseiulus paspalivorus was found only on coconut in the area of production and on fruits, in association with A. guerreronis (Fernando et al., 2003; Moraes et al., 2004a). Its presence on coconut in French West Indies contaminated by A. guerreronis is thus not surprising. The specimens collected were found very close from coconuts. Previous Records — Guadeloupe (Moraes et al., 2000), India and Sri Lanka (Fernando et al., 2003; Moraes et al., 2004a), Jamaica, Philippines, USA (Florida) (Moraes et al., 2004b), Cuba (Cabrera et al., 2008), USA Florida (Muma and Denmark, 1970), Brazil (Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008a). Specimens examined — Guadeloupe, Basse- Terre, Vieux-Habitants, Station Le Bouchu du CIRAD, 16°03’N, 61°45’W, alt. 21 m, 2 ♀ collected on various herbaceous plants covering the soil of an experimental citrus crop (Alysicarpus vaginalis, Chloris inflata, Cleome rutidosperma, Dicanthium annulatum, Echinochloa colona, Vernonia cinerea), Mailloux coll., April to December 2008. Remarks — the measurements and description of the specimens collected fit very well those given by Moraes et al. (2000)., Published as part of Kreiter, S., Mailloux, J., Tixier, M. - S., Le Bellec, F., Douin, M., Guichou, S. & Etienne, J., 2013, New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 285-303 in Acarologia 53 (3) on pages 298-299, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20132095, http://zenodo.org/record/4667233, {"references":["De Leon D. 1957 - Three new Typhlodromus from southern Florida - Fla Entomol. 40: 141 - 144.","Muma M. H., Denmark H. A. 1970 - Phytoseiidae of Florida - Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas, 6. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, 150 pp.","Moraes G. J. de, Kreiter S., Lofego A. C. 2000 - Plant mites of the French Antilles. 3. Phytoseiidae - Acarologia 40: 237 - 264.","Schicha E. 1981 - A new species of Amblyseius from Australia compared with ten closely related species from Asia, America and Africa - Intern. J. Acarol. 7: 203 - 216. doi: 10.1080 / 01647958108683262","Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A. 1986 - A catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. References to Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Habitat - Embrapa ed. and Pub., Brasilia, 353 pp + VII.","Lawson-Balagbo L. M., Gondim Jr. M. G. C., Moraes G. J. de, Hanna R., Schausberger P. 2008 a - Exploration of the acarine fauna on coconut palm in Brazil with emphasis on Aceria guerreronis (Acari: Eriophyidae) and its natural enemies - Bull. Entomol. Res. 98: 83 - 96. doi: 10.1017 / S 0007485307005421","Lawson-Balagbo L. M., Gondim Jr. M. G. C., Moraes G. J. de, Hanna R., Schausberger P. 2007 - Life history of the predatory mites Neoseiulus paspalivorus and Proctolaelaps bickleyi, candidates for biological control of Aceria guerreronis - Exp. Appl. Acarol. 43: 49 - 61.","Lawson-Balagbo L. M., Gondim Jr. M. G. C., Moraes G. J. de, Hanna R., Schausberger P. 2008 b - Compatibility of Neoseiulus paspalivorus and Proctolaelaps bickleyi, candidate biocontrol agents of the coconut mite Aceria guerreronis: spatial niche use and intraguild predation - Exp. Appl. Acarol. 45: 1 - 13. doi: 10.1007 / s 10493 - 008 - 9156 - 8","Fernando L. C. P., Aratchige N. S., Peiris T. S. G. 2003 - Distribution patterns of cocounut mite, Aceria guerreronis, and its predator Neoseiulus aff. paspalivorus in coconut palms - Exp. Appl. Acarol. 31: 71 - 78.","Moraes G. J. de, Lopes P. C., Fernando L. C. P. 2004 a - Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) of coconut growing areas in Sri Lanka, with descriptions of three new species - J. Acarol. Soc. Japan 13 (2): 141 - 160.","Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A., Campos C. B. 2004 b - A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae - Zootaxa 434: 1 - 494.","Cabrera R. I., Cueto Rodriguez J. R., Otero Colina G. 2008 - Natural enemies of mite Aceria guerreronis Keifer (Acari: Eriophyidae) in Cuba and their perspectives for pest management - Fitosanidad 12 (2): 99 - 107."]}

Transeius mariae-angeae Kreiter n.sp. Description Adult Female (Figs. 1-3) (n = 2) Dorsum (Fig. 1) — Dorsal shield 305 – 313 long and 205 – 215 wide, strongly reticulated on the whole dorsum, with 5 solenostomes (gd1, 2, 6, 8 and 9), 9 pairs of poroids, 17 pairs of dorsal setae and 2 pairs of sub-lateral setae: j1 20 – 23, j3 36 – 38, j4 15 – 18, j5 16 – 19, j6 15 – 18, J2 13 – 14, J5 8 – 9, z2 33 – 26, z4 29 – 33, z5 9, Z1 16 – 18, Z4 54 – 55, Z5 74 – 75, s4 58 – 60, S2 28 – 30, S4 14 – 15, S5 14 – 16, r3 23 – 25, R1 21. All setae smooth except Z4 and Z5 which are moderately serrated. Peritreme (Fig. 1) — Extending to the level of j1. Venter (Fig. 2) — Sternal shield smooth. Other shields smooth. Sternal shield not very large, with 3 pairs of setae and 2 pairs of pores; 1 pair (st4) out of the sternal shield, on a small metasternal shield; posterior margin straight. Distances between st1- st3 55, st2-st2 64 – 65, st5-st5 55 – 56. Two pairs of metapodal shields 15 long and 1 – 3 wide for the largest, 6 – 8 long and very thin for the smallest one. Ventrianal shield with 3 pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1, JV2 and ZV2 and one pair of large elliptical pre-anal solenostomes. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with 4 pairs of setae ZV1, ZV3, JV4 and JV5 and 4 pairs of poroids; ventrianal shield 90 – 98 long, 63 – 64 wide at level of anterior corners and 58 – 60 wide at level of anus. JV5 43 – 50 long and smooth. Legs — Macrosetae on all legs: SgeI 16 – 18, SgeII 18, SgeIII 15 – 18, StiIII 23 – 25, SgeIV 36 – 40, StiIV 19 – 23, StIV 38. All macrosetae whip-like. Chaetotactic formula of genu II: 2-2/0, 2/0-1; genu III: 1-2/1, 2/0-1. Length of legs I: 310 – 318, II: 223 – 238, III: 235 – 245, IV: 320 – 325. Chelicera — Fixed digit 30 – 31 with 9 – 10 teeth and movable digit 33 – 34 with four teeth. Spermatheca (Fig. 3) — Calyx of spermatheca pocular (Denmark et al. 1999) with the cervix elongate, 4 – 6 wide and 6 – 8 long, with a big atrium at the basis and a visible long ductus minor on the paratype female. Adult Male: unknown. Holotype — 1 female (on one preparation), La DØsirade, Parc Eolien, 16°11’N, 61°39’W, alt. 184 m, on Coccoloba pubescens, Kreiter coll., 5 January 2008, deposited in the Montpellier SupAgro Acarology Collection in UMR CBGP. Paratype — 1 female (on a separate preparation), same location deposited in the same collection. Etymology — the name of the species refers to the first name of the first author’s wife of this paper and describer of this new species, Marie-Ange Burgell, to whom this species is dedicated. Diagnosis — the two specimens of Transeius mariae-angeae n. sp. found are close to Transeius bellotti (Moraes and Mesa) but differ in having: the shape of spermatheca very different (both pocular sensu denmark et al. (1999) but with an open cervix and with a small atrium at the basis of the cervix for T. bellotti and a more closed cervix, a strong large atrium and swollen edges of the cervix for T. mariaeangeae n. sp.); the presence of macrosetae on all legs and not only of leg IV; the setae length longer in the new species except Z4, S4, SgeIV and StIV; the dorsum smooth and not imbricate; the setae j3 and s4 not serrated and the number of teeth on movable/fixed digits = 9-10/4 (against 9/ 3 in T. bellotti). It resembles also to T. rufus (Denmark and Evans) but differs in having: several setae much longer except for j1, Z4, SgeIV and StIV which are longer in T. rufus; the dorsal shield not reticulated in the new species and slightly reticulated in T. rufus; the number of teeth on movable/fixed digits of chelicerae = 9-10/4 against 7/0. It is also close to T. sanblasensis (De Leon) but setae are longer in the new species except for some (j1, z4, s4, r3, S2) which are very much longer and all macrosetae of the four legs are smaller in the new species. It resembles also to T. aciculus (De Leon) but differs in having j4 shorter (15-18 instead of 36) and S5 longer (14-16 instead of 9); and to T. cristobalensis (De Leon) but differs in having a shorter StIV (38 instead of 88)., Published as part of Kreiter, S., Mailloux, J., Tixier, M. - S., Le Bellec, F., Douin, M., Guichou, S. & Etienne, J., 2013, New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 285-303 in Acarologia 53 (3) on pages 286-289, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20132095, http://zenodo.org/record/4667233, {"references":["Denmark H. A., Evans G. A., Aguilar H., Vargas C., Ochoa R. 1999 - Phytoseiidae of Central America - Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA, 125 pp."]}

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) moraesi Kreiter and Ueckermannn Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) moraesi Kreiter and Ueckermann, in Kreiter et al., 2002: 338. The biology of this species found only one time in La RØunion Island by Kreiter et al. (2002) on various host plants (Kreiter et al., 2002) remains unknown. Previous Records — La RØunion Island (Kreiter et al., 2002). Specimens examined — Guadeloupe, Basse- Terre, Vieux-Habitants, Station Le Bouchu du CIRAD, 16°03’N, 61°45’W, alt. 21 m, 18 ♀, 2 ♂ and 1 immature extractred from a mixture of herbaceous plants collected in an experimental citrus crop (Achyranthhes aspera, Chamaescye hypericifolia, Chloris inflata, Cleome rutidosperma, Croton lobatus, Dicanthium annulatum, Echinochloa colona, Indigofera tinctoria, Macroptilium lathyroides, Merremia umbellata, Panicum maximum, Rhynchosia minima, Solanum americanum, Tridax procumbens, Urena lobata, Vernonia cinerea), Mailloux coll., April to December 2008. Remarks — this is the first record of this species in the West Indies. Several species are found both in La RØunion Island (in the Indian Ocean) and in the West Indies, probably because of reciprocal introductions certainly long time ago with slaves and commercial exchanges between the two areas or because of introduction of plants in Antilles and La RØunion coming from the same African area than Slaves. The measurements and description of the specimens collected fit very well those given by Kreiter et al. (2002). The average measurements of five adult females among the 18 presently found are: dorsal shield sclerotized and reticulated, dorsal shield length 369 (350 – 397), width 221 (194 – 260), 6 solenostomes (gd 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 9), j1 22 (20 – 23), j3 16 (14 – 17), j4 10 (7 – 12), j5 10 (8 – 12), j6 13 (12 – 14), J2 14 (12 – 17), J5 11 (10 – 13), z2 14 (12 – 16), z3 16 (14 – 19), z4 16 (14 – 17), z5 12 (11 – 13), Z4 19 (17 – 22), Z5 35 (29 – 38), s4 18 (16 – 21), s6 19 (17 – 21), S2 21 (18 – 23), S4 24 (20 – 26), S5 23 (18 – 26), r3 16 (13 – 20), R1 18 (16 – 23), some setae serrated, st1-st1 50 (49 – 52), st2-st2 57 (55 – 58), st1-st3 68 (66 – 70), posterior margin of the sternal shield concave, metapodal 1 length 26 (24 – 27), width 4 (2 – 5), metapodal 2 length 12, width 1, ventrianal shield 114 (100 – 118) long, 93 (92 – 93) wide at level of anterior corners and 77 (76 – 78) wide at level of anus, 4 poroids around the ventrianal shield, JV5 33 (30 – 35), spermatheca 17 long and 8 width, StIV 24 (23 – 25), macrosetae knobded, fixed digit of chelicerae 30 (28 – 31), mobile digit of chelicerae 31 (29 – 32), 2 denticles on fixed digit and 2 on mobile digit., Published as part of Kreiter, S., Mailloux, J., Tixier, M. - S., Le Bellec, F., Douin, M., Guichou, S. & Etienne, J., 2013, New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 285-303 in Acarologia 53 (3) on pages 296-297, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20132095, http://zenodo.org/record/4667233, {"references":["Kreiter S., Ueckermann E. A., Quilici S., 2002 - Seven new Phytoseiid species, with a new generic assignement and a key to the species of La ROunion Island (Acari: Mesostigmata) - Acarologia 42 (4): 335 - 350."]}

Neoseiulus longispinosus (Evans) Typhlodromus longispinosus Evans, 1952: 413; Evans, 1953: 465; Womersley, 1954: 177; Ehara, 1958: 55. Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) longispinosus, Chant, 1959: 74. Amblyseius longispinosus, Corpuz and Rimando, 1966: 129; Schicha, 1975: 103. Neoseiulus longispinosus, Moraes et al., 2000: 245. This species was already mentioned from Guadeloupe and other Islands of the French Antilles (Moraes et al., 2000) but only in very few localities on various host plants. It is distributed in many countries of the world, mainly in tropical areas. The biology of this species has been studied for pest control purposes including side effects of acaricides (Bin Ibrahim and Tan, 2000). The activity, feeding, development, predation, cannibalism, intra-guild predation and behaviour have been extensively studied by several authors (Schausberger and Croft, 1999a, b; Croft et al., 1999a, b; Schausberger and Croft, 2000 a, b; Blackwood et al., 2001). Previous Records — French Antilles (Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Saint-BarthØlØmy) (Moraes et al., 2000), Australia, China, Egypt, Hawaii, Hong-Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia, South Korea, Taïwan, Thailand (Moraes et al., 2004b). Specimens examined — Guadeloupe, Basse- Terre, Vieux-Habitants, Station Le Bouchu du CIRAD, 16°03’N, 61°45’W, alt. 21 m, 14 ♀ and 1 ♂ on Neonotonia wightii and Tridax procumbens within an experimental citrus crop, Mailloux coll., April to December 2008; Basse-Terre, Petit-Bourg, Domaine Duclos de l’INRA Antilles-Guyane, 16°12’N, 61°39’W, alt. 85 m, 1 ♂ on Vigna sp., Kreiter coll., 21 December 2008. Remarks — the measurements and description of the specimens collected fit very well those given by Moraes et al. (2000)., Published as part of Kreiter, S., Mailloux, J., Tixier, M. - S., Le Bellec, F., Douin, M., Guichou, S. & Etienne, J., 2013, New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 285-303 in Acarologia 53 (3) on page 298, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20132095, http://zenodo.org/record/4667233, {"references":["Evans G. O. 1952 - On a new predatory mite of economic importance - Bull. Entomol. Res. 43: 397 - 401.","Evans G. O. 1953 - On some mites of the genus Typhlodromus Scheuten, 1857, from S. E. Asia - Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 449 - 467. doi: 10.1080 / 00222935308654444","Womersley H. 1954 - Species of the subfamily Phytoseiinae (Acarina: Laelaptidae) from Australia - Austral. J. Zool. 2: 169 - 191. doi: 10.1071 / ZO 9540169","Ehara S. 1958 - Three predatory mites of the genus Typhlodromus from Japan (Phytoseiidae) - Annot. Zool. Japonenses 31: 53 - 57.","Chant D. A. 1959 - Phytoseiid mites. Part I. Bionomics of seven species in southeastern England. Part II. A taxonomic review of the family Phytoseiidae, with descriptions of 38 new species - Can. Entomol. 91, suppl. 12: 1 - 166.","Corpuz L. A., Rimando L. 1966 - Some Philippine Amblyseiinae (Phytoseiidae: Acarina) - Philippine Agriculture 50: 114 - 136.","Schicha E. 1975 - Predacious mites (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) on sprayed apple trees at Bathurst (N. S. W.) - J. Austral. Entomol. Soc. 14: 217 - 219.","Moraes G. J. de, Kreiter S., Lofego A. C. 2000 - Plant mites of the French Antilles. 3. Phytoseiidae - Acarologia 40: 237 - 264.","Bin Ibrahim Y., Tan S. Y. 2000 - Influence of sublethal exposure to abamectin on the biological performance of Neoseiulus longispinosus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) - J. Econ. Entomol. 93 (4): 1085 - 1089. doi: 10.1603 / 0022 - 0493 - 93.4.1085","Schausberger P., Croft B. A. 1999 a - Predation on and discrimination between con- and heterospecific eggs among specialist and generalist phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) - Environ. Entomol. 28: 523 - 528.","Croft B. A., Luh H. - K., Schausberger P. 1999 a - Larval size relative to larval feeding, cannibalism of larvae, egg, or adult female size and larval-adult setal patterns among thirteen phytoseiid mite species - Exp. Appl. Acarol. 23: 599 - 610.","Schausberger P., Croft B. A. 2000 a - Nutritional benefits of intraguild predation and cannibalism among generalist and specialist phytoseiid mites - Ecol. Entomol. 25: 1 - 8. doi: 10.1046 / j. 1365 - 2311.2000.00284. x","Blackwood J. S., Schausberger P., Croft B. A. 2001 - Prey stage preferences in generalist and specialist phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) when offered Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) eggs and larvae - Environ. Entomol. 30: 1103 - 1111.","Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A., Campos C. B. 2004 b - A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae - Zootaxa 434: 1 - 494."]}

Amblyseius segregans De Leon Amblyseius segregans De Leon, 1966: 90; McMurtry, 1983: 252; Denmark and Muma, 1989: 126; Denmark et al., 1999: 30; Moraes et al., 2000: 241. The biology of this species found only four times in British Guyana (2 females), Guatemala and Honduras (2 females), Guadeloupe (1 female) and Martinique (1 female) on various plants (De Leon, 1966; McMurtry, 1983; Denmark and Muma, 1989; Moraes et al., 2000; Moraes et al., 2004b) remains unknown. Previous Records — British Guyana (De Leon, 1966), Guadeloupe and Martinique (Moraes et al., 2000), Honduras and Guatemala (Moraes et al., 2004b). Specimens examined — Guadeloupe, Basse- Terre, RiviŁre Corossol, Cascade des Ecrevisses, 16°11’N, 61°39’W, alt. 177 m, 4 ♀ on a small schrub, Kreiter coll., 26 Dec. 2008; Basse-Terre, 1 Łre Chute du Carbet, 16°03’N, 61°39’W, alt. 890 m, 2 ♀ on Miconia furfuracea, Kreiter coll., 30 December 2008; Grande-Terre, Porte d’Enfer, beach, 16°31’N, 61°28’W, alt. 2 m, 1 ♀ on Pluchea symphytifolia, Kreiter coll., 27 December 2008. Remarks — the measurements and description of the specimens collected fit very well those mentioned by Moraes et al. (2000)., Published as part of Kreiter, S., Mailloux, J., Tixier, M. - S., Le Bellec, F., Douin, M., Guichou, S. & Etienne, J., 2013, New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 285-303 in Acarologia 53 (3) on page 297, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20132095, http://zenodo.org/record/4667233, {"references":["De Leon D. 1966 - Phytoseiidae of British Guyana with keys to species (Acarina: Mesostigmata) - Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas 8: 81 - 102.","McMurtry J. A. 1983 - Phytoseiid mites from Guatemala, with descriptions of two new species and redefinitions of the genera Euseius, Typhloseiopsis, and the Typhlodromus occidentalis species group (Acari: Mesostigmata) - Intern. J. Entomol. 25 (4): 249 - 272.","Denmark H. A., Muma M. H. 1989 - A revision of the genus Amblyseius Berlese, 1914 (Acari: Phytoseiidae) - Occasional Papers of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods, USA, 4, 149 pp.","Denmark H. A., Evans G. A., Aguilar H., Vargas C., Ochoa R. 1999 - Phytoseiidae of Central America - Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA, 125 pp.","Moraes G. J. de, Kreiter S., Lofego A. C. 2000 - Plant mites of the French Antilles. 3. Phytoseiidae - Acarologia 40: 237 - 264.","Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A., Campos C. B. 2004 b - A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae - Zootaxa 434: 1 - 494."]}

Amblyseius sakalava Blommers Amblyseius sakalava Blommers, 1976: 96; suspected junior synonym of Amblyseius largoensis (according to Ueckermann and Loots, 1988). Biology — Amblyseius sakalava was first found in Madagascar on Corchorus trilocularis (Blommers, 1976) and then in a search for native natural enemies of Tetranychus urticae Koch in Sri-Lanka, collected on Manihot esculenta and identified by Dr Viebergen (Wijesekara, 2006). Its life history, reproductive performance on different foods and functional response to the prey were studied in the laboratory. At an average temperature of 29°C, when fed on pollen, A. sakalava completed its life cycle (egg to adult) in 4.5 days on average. The mean preovipositional period is 4.1 days and a female lays an average of 2.2 eggs per day when fed on T. urticae and 1.9 eggs per day when fed on pollen of Tridax procumbens (Asteraceae). The predatory mite reproduces equally when fed on this pollen and a mixture of T. procumbens pollen and the prey mite. But the reproductive performance was significantly lower when the predatory mite was fed on Tetranychus urticae Koch mite alone or pollen of Tithonia diversifolia or a mixture of T. diversifolia pollen and the latter prey mite. Study of functional response showed a typical type 2 response (Wijesekara, 2006). Previous Records — Madagascar (Blommers, 1976; Moraes et al., 2004b), Sri Lanka (Viebergen, in Wijesekara, 2006). Specimens examined — Guadeloupe, Basse- Terre, RiviŁre Corossol, Route des Mamelles, 16°10’N, 61°41’W, alt. 221 m, 1 ♀ on Syngonium podophyllum, Kreiter coll., 22 Dec. 2008. Remarks — this is the first record of this species in the West Indies. The measurements of the single specimen collected fit rather well the measurements given by Blommers (1976). This species was considered as a junior synonym of Amblyseius largoensis (Muma) by Ueckermann and Loots (1988). We fully disagree with this claimed synonymy as to our knowledge it was not demonstrated and as several characters are different between the two species: A. sakalava has 30 % longer measurements for several setae, especially Z5, nearly two times longer cervix of the spermatheca, at least 7 poroids on the dorsal shield to up to 15 compared to none to three maximum in A. largoensis, and the posterior limit of the sternal concave instead of straight in A. largoensis. However as we have collected only one specimen, all these differences have to be examined carefully on more individuals and the potential synonymy studied with modern analysis means. The measurements of the adult female presently found are as follow: dorsal shield smooth, dorsal shield length 365, width 258, 7 solenostomes (gd 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9), j1 35, j3 52, j4 5, j5 8, j6 8, J2 8, J5 13, z2 15, z4 13, z5 8, Z1 10, Z4 100, Z5 264, s4 93, S2 10, S4 8, S5 8, r3 10, R1 8, all setae smooth, st1- st1 65, st2-st2 70, st1-st3 68, posterior margin of the sternal shield straigth, metapodal 1 length 20, width 5, metapodal 2 length 15, width 1, ventrianal shield 108 long, 55 wide at level of anterior corners and 68 wide at level of anus, 4 poroids around the ventrianal shield and genital shield, JV5 63, spermatheca 33 long and 5 width, SgeI 45, SgeII 38, SgeIII 43, StiIII 40, SgeIV 118, StiIV 83, StIV 70, macrosetae whip-like, fixed digit of chelicerae 33, mobile digit of chelicerae 33, 11 denticles on fixed digit and 5 on mobile digit., Published as part of Kreiter, S., Mailloux, J., Tixier, M. - S., Le Bellec, F., Douin, M., Guichou, S. & Etienne, J., 2013, New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 285-303 in Acarologia 53 (3) on pages 290-291, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20132095, http://zenodo.org/record/4667233, {"references":["Blommers L. 1976 - Some Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) from Madagascar, with descriptions of eight new species and notes on their biology - Bijdragen tot Dierkunde 46 (1): 80 - 106.","Ueckermann E. A., Loots G. C. 1988 - The African species of the subgenera Anthoseius De Leon and Amblyseius Berlese (Acari: Phytoseiidae) - Entomol. Mem. Depart. Agric. Water Supply, RSA 73: 1 - 168.","Wijesekara G. A. W. 2006 - Life history, reproductive performance and functional response of Amblyseius sakalava, a potential biocontrol agent of the twospotted spider mite - Cey. J. Sci. (Bio. Sci.) 35 (2): 137 - 140.","Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A., Campos C. B. 2004 b - A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae - Zootaxa 434: 1 - 494."]}

Typhlodromips amilus De Leon Typhlodromips amilus De Leon, 1967: 28, senior synonym of Typhlodromips bhoraii De Leon, in Denmark et al., 1999: 37-38. The biology of this species found only two times, in Trinidad Island on Cedrela sp. and on an unknown Bromeliaceae by De Leon (1967) and on Hevea brasiliensis by Ferla and Moraes (2002) is unknown. This species is mentioned and indicated as a senior synonym of T. bhoraii De Leon in the catalogue of Denmark et al. (1999). Previous Records — Brazil, Trinidad (De Leon, 1967; Denmark et al., 1999; Moraes et al., 2004b). Specimens examined — Guadeloupe, Basse- Terre, Petit-Bourg, Domaine Duclos de l’INRA Antilles-Guyane, 16°12’N, 61°39’W, alt. 85 m, 1 ♀ on Spathodea campanulata, Kreiter coll., 3 January 2009. Remarks — this is the first record of this species in the West Indies. The measurements of the single specimen collected fit rather well the measurements given by De Leon (1967) and by Denmark et al. (1999). All setae are however slightly shorter, between 1 and 5 µm, which represent less than 10 % of variation, which is less than the intraspecific variation of 20 % around the mean defined by Tixier (2012). In addition, Denmark et al. (1999) mentioned that T. amilus is a species submitted to variation in lengths of setae. The measurements of the single adult female presently found are as follow: dorsal shield reticulated, dorsal shield length 355, width 183, six solenostomes (gd 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 and 9), j1 18, j3 20, j4 10, j5 13, j6 10, J2 13, J5 8, z2 15, z4 15, z5 11, Z1 13, Z4 33, Z5 53, s4 20, S2 16, S4 15, S5 10, r3 10, R1 13, Z4 and Z5 serrated, st1-st1 52, st2-st2 63, st1-st3 58, posterior margin of the sternal shield straight, metapodal 1 length 15, width 5, metapodal 2 length 10, width 2, ventrianal shield 100 long, 90 wide at level of anterior corners and 80 wide at level of anus, 3 poroids around the ventrianal shield, JV5 28, spermatheca 18 long and 8 width, SgeI 15, SgeII 13, SgeIII 13, StiIII 20, SgeIV 28, StiIV 13, StIV 30, macrosetae all knobbed, fixed digit of chelicerae 28, mobile digit of chelicerae 28, 8-9 denticles on fixed digit and 3 on mobile digit., Published as part of Kreiter, S., Mailloux, J., Tixier, M. - S., Le Bellec, F., Douin, M., Guichou, S. & Etienne, J., 2013, New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 285-303 in Acarologia 53 (3) on page 296, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20132095, http://zenodo.org/record/4667233, {"references":["De Leon D. 1967 - Some mites of the Caribbean Area. Part I. Acarina on Plants in Trinidad, West Indies - Allen Press Inc., Lawrence, Kansas, 66 pp.","Denmark H. A., Evans G. A., Aguilar H., Vargas C., Ochoa R. 1999 - Phytoseiidae of Central America - Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA, 125 pp.","Ferla N. J., Moraes G. J. de, 2002 - Acaros predadores (Acari) em plantas nativas e cultivadas do Estado do Rio Grannde do Sul, Brasil - Rev. Brasil. Zool. 19 (4): 1001 - 1031.","Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A., Campos C. B. 2004 b - A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae - Zootaxa 434: 1 - 494.","Tixier M. - S. 2012 - Approaches to assess intraspecific variations of morphological continuous characters: the case study of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) - Cladistics sous presse, doi: 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 0031.2012.00394. x"]}

Euseius ovaloides (Blommers) Amblyseius (Amblyseius) ovaloides Blommers, 1974: 147. Amblyseius ovaloides Schicha and McMurtry, 1986: 177; Gutierrez and Etienne, 1986: 88. Euseius ovaloides Quilici et al., 1997: 284; Moraes et al., 2000; Quilici et al., 2000: 100; 242; Moraes et al., 2001: 43. The biology of this species found only a few times in Madagascar (Blommers, 1974), Papua-New Guinea (Schicha and Gutierrez 1985), Seychelles (Schicha, 1987), Reunion Island, (Quilici et al., 1997, 2000), Guadeloupe, Martinique and Marie-Galante (Moraes et al., 2000; Kreiter et al., 2006) on various plants remains unknown. It was suspected to be a poorly active predator of tetranychid mites (Gutierrez and Etienne, 1986). Previous Records — French Antilles (Guadeloupe and Marie-Galante) (Moraes et al., 2000), Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Reunion Island (Kreiter et al., 2000), Seychelles (Moraes et al., 2004b). Specimens examined — Guadeloupe, Basse- Terre, Vieux-Habitants, Station Le Bouchu du CIRAD, 16°03’N, 61°45’W, alt. 21 m, 1 ♀ on Spondias monbim, Kreiter coll., 19 June 2008; Grande-Terre, Vieux Bourg, Port, 16°21’N, 61°31’W, alt. 2m, 1 ♀ on Carica papaya, Kreiter coll., 29 december 2008; Basse- Terre, Viard, beach, 16°10’N, 61°35’W, alt. 4 m, 1 ♀ on Ricinus communis, Kreiter and Rault coll., 1 January 2009; Martinique, Saint-Esprit, Quartier RØgal, 14°32’N, 60°58’W, alt. 112 m, 1 ♀ on Spondias dulcis, Kreiter coll., 15 November 2010; Le Marin, 14°28’N, 60°51’W, alt. 112 m, 3 ♀ on Annona muricata, Kreiter coll., 16 November 2010; Le Lorrain, Morne DØgras, 14°48’N, 61°05’W, alt. 355 m, 2 ♀ on Carica papaya, Kreiter coll., 22 November 2010. Remarks — the measurements and description of the specimens collected fit very well those given by Moraes et al. (2000)., Published as part of Kreiter, S., Mailloux, J., Tixier, M. - S., Le Bellec, F., Douin, M., Guichou, S. & Etienne, J., 2013, New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 285-303 in Acarologia 53 (3) on pages 297-298, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20132095, http://zenodo.org/record/4667233, {"references":["Blommers L. 1974 - Species of the genus Amblyseius Berlese, 1914, from Tamatave, east Madagascar (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) - Bull. Zool. Museum Univ. van Amsterdam 3: 143 - 155.","Schicha E., McMurtry J. A. 1986 - Two new and two known species of Typhlodromus Scheuten (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Australia - J. Austral. Entomol. Soc. 25: 177 - 183. doi: 10.1111 / j. 1440 - 6055.1986. tb 01100. x","Gutierrez J., Etienne J. 1986 - Les Tetranychidae de La ROunion et quelques-uns de leurs prOdateurs - Agronomie trop. 41 (1): 84 - 91.","Quilici S., Kreiter S., Ueckermann E. A., Vincenot D. 1997 - Predatory mites (Acari) from various crops on ROunion Island - Intern. J. Acarol. 23: 283 - 291.","Moraes G. J. de, Kreiter S., Lofego A. C. 2000 - Plant mites of the French Antilles. 3. Phytoseiidae - Acarologia 40: 237 - 264.","Quilici S., Ueckermann E. A., Kreiter S., VayssiLres J. - F. 2000 - Phytoseiidae (Acari) of ROunion Island - Acarologia 41: 95 - 106.","Moraes G. J. de, Ueckermann E. A., Oliveira A. R., Yaninek J. S. 2001 - Phytoseiidae mites of the genus Euseius (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa - Zootaxa 3: 1 - 70.","Schicha E., Gutierrez J. 1985 - Phytoseiidae of Papua New Guinea, with three new species, and new records of Tetranychidae (Acari) - Intern. J. Acarol. 11: 173 - 181. doi: 10.1080 / 01647958508683412","Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A., Campos C. B. 2004 b - A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae - Zootaxa 434: 1 - 494."]}

Amblyseius fernandezi Chant and Baker Amblyseius fernandezi Chant and Baker, 1965: 19. The biology of this species, found in Central America, is unknown. Previous Records — Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica (Chant and Baker, 1965; Denmark et al., 1999; Moraes et al., 2004b; Castro et al., 2010), El Salvador, Mexico and Venezuela (Castro et al., 2010). Specimens examined — Guadeloupe, Basse- Terre, RiviŁre Corossol, Cascade des Ecrevisses, 16°11’N, 61°39’W, alt. 177 m, 1 ♀ on an unknown Melastomataceae, Kreiter coll., 26 Dec. 2008. Remarks — this is the first record of this species in the West Indies. The measurements of the single specimen collected fit rather well the measurements given by Denmark and Muma (1989). All the setae are however slightly longer, but at maximum less than 10 % of variation, which is less than the threshold of 20 % around the mean defined by Tixier (2012) to characterize intraspecific variations. The measurements of the adult female presently found are as follow: dorsal shield smooth, dorsal shield length 368, width 288, 1 solenostome visible (gd 9), j1 30, j3 41, j4 3, j5 5, j6 5, J2 5, J5 8, z2 15, z4 12, z5 3, Z1 10, Z4 112, Z5 190, s4 90, S2 10, S4 10, S5 10, r3 12, R1 10, all setae smooth, st1-st1 65, st2-st2 75, st1-st3 63, posterior margin of the sternal shield concave, metapodal 1 length 25, width 3, metapodal 20 length 10, width 2, ventrianal shield 115 long, 78 wide at level of anterior corners and 78 wide at level of anus, 4 poroids around the ventrianal shield and genital shield, JV5 80, spermatheca 17 long and 5 width, SgeI 40, SgeII 40, SgeIII 50, StiIII 35, SgeIV 75, StiIV 62, StIV 75, macrosetae whip-like, fixed digit of chelicerae 37, mobile digit of chelicerae 40, 13-14 denticles on fixed digit and 4 on mobile digit., Published as part of Kreiter, S., Mailloux, J., Tixier, M. - S., Le Bellec, F., Douin, M., Guichou, S. & Etienne, J., 2013, New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 285-303 in Acarologia 53 (3) on page 290, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20132095, http://zenodo.org/record/4667233, {"references":["Chant D. A., Baker, E. W. 1965 - The Phytoseiidae (Acarina) of Central America - Mem. Entomol. Soc. Canada, 41, 56 pp.","Denmark H. A., Evans G. A., Aguilar H., Vargas C., Ochoa R. 1999 - Phytoseiidae of Central America - Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA, 125 pp.","Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A., Denmark H. A., Campos C. B. 2004 b - A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae - Zootaxa 434: 1 - 494.","Castro T. M. M. G. de, Moraes G. J. de, McMurtry J. A. 2010 - New Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Costa Rica, with description of two new species and additional information on other species - Intern. J. Acarol. 36 (1): 35 - 48. doi: 10.1080 / 01647950903506718","Denmark H. A., Muma M. H. 1989 - A revision of the genus Amblyseius Berlese, 1914 (Acari: Phytoseiidae) - Occasional Papers of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods, USA, 4, 149 pp.","Tixier M. - S. 2012 - Approaches to assess intraspecific variations of morphological continuous characters: the case study of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) - Cladistics sous presse, doi: 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 0031.2012.00394. x"]}

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