taxonID	type	description	language	source
0390BD26602BFF9BFEB59F67FEC388AE.taxon	description	(Figures 1 – 8) Holotype Female, on P. cerasus L., Montpellier, France, June 2007, deposited at Montpellier SupAgro / INRA Acarology Laboratory Collection. Allotype Male, on P. cerasus L., Montpellier, France, June 2007, deposited at Montpellier SupAgro / INRA Acarology Laboratory Collection. Paratypes Twenty-five females (on 25 preparations) collected on V. tinus, Montpellier, France; 30 females (on 30 preparations) collected on T. platyphyllos, Montpellier, France; 29 females (on 29 preparations) collected on P. cerasus, Montpellier, France; 31 females (on 31 preparations) collected on A. hippocastanum, Montpellier, France; June 2007; one male collected on P. cerasus, Montpellier, France, June 2007; deposited at Montpellier SupAgro / INRA Acarology Laboratory Collection, collector: Mireille Okassa. Other material Fourteen females collected on Vitis vinifera, Montmartre, Paris, July 2003, deposited at Montpellier SupAgro / INRA Acarology Laboratory Collection, collector: Serge Kreiter. Etymology The name of the species refers to the country where the species was collected and commonly found. Description – adult female (n = 116) Dorsum (Figure 1). Dorsal shield 334 (259 – 369) long and 226 (179 – 252) wide, strongly reticulated on the whole dorsum, with seven solenostomes (gd 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9), five pairs of poroids, 17 pairs of dorsal setae and two pairs of sublateral setae: j 1 33 (22 – 40), j 3 34 (23 – 42), j 4 13 (8 – 20), j 5 15 (9 – 20), j 6 17 (11 – 22), J 2 18 (11 – 24), J 5 5 (3 – 8), z 2 29 (20 – 37), z 4 31 (21 – 40), z 5 14 (8 – 19), Z 1 17 (11 – 21), Z 4 19 (13 – 25), Z 5 54 (35 – 62), s 4 41 (30 – 52), S 2 22 (16 – 28), S 4 22 (18 – 29), S 5 28 (19 – 36), r 3 15 (12 – 21), R 1 15 (11 – 20). All setae smooth. Peritreme (Figure 1). Extending forward between bases of j 3 and z 2. Venter (Figure 2). Sternal shield slightly reticulated. Other shields smooth. Sternal shield large, with three pairs of setae and two pair of pores; one pair (st 4) on the membrane; posterior margin not clearly outlined in all specimens, but distinct in the holotype. Distances between st 1 – st 3 63 (56 – 73), st 2 – st 2 65 (56 – 73), st 5 – st 5 74 (62 – 87). Two pairs of metapodal shields, primary shield 21 (16 – 25) long, 5 (3 – 9) wide and secondary shield 9 (8 – 10) long and very thin and clear for the smallest one. Ventrianal shield with three pairs of preanal setae, JV 1, JV 2 and ZV 2 and one pair of large elliptical preanal pores. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae ZV 1, ZV 3, JV 4 and JV 5 and five pairs of round to oblong poroids; ventrianal shield 98 (79 – 113) long, 50 (41 – 66) wide at level of anterior corners and 76 (61 – 87) wide at level of anus. JV 5 40 (30 – 49) long and smooth. Chelicera (Figure 3). Fixed digit 25 (24 – 33) with five teeth and moveable digit 23 (20 – 25) with one tooth. Spermatheca (Figure 4). Calyx of spermatheca tubular (Denmark et al. 1999), elongated vase-shaped, 7 (5 – 10) wide and 16 (11 – 21) long, with a small neck and an atrium at the basis, a visible ductus minor and a long ductus major. Legs (Figure 5). Legs IV with three smooth macrosetae, genual 38 (35 – 42), tibia 37 (35 – 50), basitarsus 58 (39 – 71). The macroseta on the basitarsus with a sharp hyaline tip. Chaetotactic formula of genu II: 1 - 2 / 0, 2 / 0 - 1; genu III: 1 - 2 / 0, 2 / 0 - 1. Length of leg I: 255 – 285, II: 225 – 258, III: 217 – 250, IV: 265 – 313. Description – adult male (n = 2) Dorsum (Figure 6). Dorsal shield as in the female but much less reticulated, 228 – 238 long and 140 – 150 wide. Setae j 1 13 – 15, j 3 18, j 4 13 – 15, j 5 13 – 15, j 6 15 – 18, J 2 20 – 25, J 5 10 – 12, z 2 13 – 20, z 4 15 – 18, z 5 13 – 15, Z 1 20 – 25, Z 4 45 – 50, Z 5 43 – 55, s 4 18 – 25, S 2 23 – 33, S 4 20 – 23, S 5 18 – 20, r 3 15 – 20, R 1 18 – 20. Peritreme (Figure 7). Extending just past z 4. Venter (Figure 8). All shields slightly reticulated. Sternogenital shield with five pairs of setae and two pairs of pores. Distances between st 1 – st 3 55, st 2 – st 2 55 – 58, st 5 – st 5 60 – 68. Ventrianal shield not fused with peritremal shields with three pairs of preanal setae, JV 1, JV 2 and ZV 2, one pair of large elliptical preanal pores and two pairs of poroids. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with one pair of setae JV 5 at level with anal opening, and no oblong poroids; ventrianal shield 88 long, 108 – 120 wide at level of anterior corners and 53 – 63 at level of anus. Legs. Three macrosetae on leg IV, genual 25 – 28, tibia 20, basitarsus 33 – 35. Chaetotactic formula of genu II and genu III are identical to the female. Length of leg I: 228 – 238, leg II: 200 – 213, leg III: 200 – 203, leg IV: 233 – 255. Chelicera (Figure 8). Spermatodactyl with an elongate toe terminating in the foot, shaft 15 long. Diagnosis As only three species of Euseius are reported from the west part of the west Palaearctic region, the specimens of E. gallicus sp. nov. were at first compared to these three species. They clearly differ from E. finlandicus and E. scutalis, in several characters, such as the shape of the spermatheca, the lengths of both peritreme and of some dorsal setae (Ferragut and Escudero 1997). Euseius gallicus sp. nov. is more difficult to differentiate from E. stipulatus. Both molecular and morphological analyses showed that these two species are valid and differ by the terminal shape of the calyx of the spermatheca, the dorsal shield reticulation (the dorsal shield of E. gallicus sp. nov. is more reticulated than the dorsum of E. stipulatus) and lengths of the seta z 2 and ventrianal shield (Okassa et al. 2009). According to the 187 species of Euseius, four seemed to be morphologically close to Euseius gallicus sp. nov.: Euseius querci (Liang and Ke), Euseius longiverticalis (Liang and Ke), Euseius amissibilis Meshkov and Euseius kirghisicus (Kolodochka). However, it was impossible to contact the authors of these species for a loan of type specimens, except for Dr Kolodochka (Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev). As he could not send the type of E. kirghisicus for postal security reasons, specimens of Euseius sp. were sent to him for confirmation.	en	Tixier, M. - S., Kreiter, S., Okassa, M., Cheval, B. (2010): A new species of the genus Euseius Wainstein (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from France. Journal of Natural History 44 (3 - 4): 241-254, DOI: 10.1080/00222930903383529, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930903383529
0390BD26602BFF9BFEB59F67FEC388AE.taxon	description	Euseius querci (Liang and Ke 1983) was described from China on Quercus acutissima Carruthers. The dorsal setae of E. querci and E. gallicus sp. nov. are subequal to equal in length (Table 1). However, in E. gallicus sp. nov., the peritreme reaches to a level between z 2 and z 4 compared with a level between j 3 and z 2 in E. querci. Euseius kirghisicus (Kolodochka 1979) was described from Kyrgyzstan, on Prunus sp. It differs from E. gallicus in the lengths of the seta S 5 (longer than in E. kirghisicus) (Table 1). Furthermore, the dorsal shield of E. kirghisicus is not reticulated and the calyx of the spermatheca is narrower than that of E. gallicus sp. nov. Dr Kolodochka also compared specimens of E. gallicus sp. nov. with specimens of E. kirghisicus and found them to be separate species.	en	Tixier, M. - S., Kreiter, S., Okassa, M., Cheval, B. (2010): A new species of the genus Euseius Wainstein (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from France. Journal of Natural History 44 (3 - 4): 241-254, DOI: 10.1080/00222930903383529, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930903383529
