Euseius alstoniae ( Gupta, 1975 )

Euseius alstoniae ( Gupta, 1975) View in CoL

Amblyseius alstoniae Gupta, 1975: 31 .

Amblyseius (Euseius) alstoniae .— Gupta, 1985: 344.

Euseius alstoniae View in CoL .— Chant & McMurtry, 2005: 215.

Materials examined. 4 females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV /8939–8942/2023) ex Indian gooseberry ( Phyllanthus emblica L.: Phyllanthaceae ) at Conoor (11°20’49” N 76°47’40” E, 1550 m asl), 20 June 2023; GoogleMaps 6 females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV /8943‒8948/2023) ex jungle geranium, ( Ixora coccinea L.: Rubiaceae ) at Guindy National Park, Chennai (13°00’12” N 80°13’52” E, 8 m asl), 5 May 2023, Tamil Nadu, India GoogleMaps .

Distribution. World catalog: Demite et al., 2024; India: Arunachal Pradesh ( Gupta, 1987), Bihar ( Gupta & Nahar, 1981), Delhi ( Dhooria, 1982), Gujarat ( Gupta, 1977), Kerala: ( Haneef & Sadanandan, 2013), Madhya Pradesh ( Gupta, 1986), Orissa ( Gupta, 1978b), Punjab ( Biswas et al., 2022), Rajasthan ( Gupta, 1977), Tamil Nadu: ( Gupta, 1978a), Uttar Pradesh ( Dhooria, 1983), West Bengal ( Gupta, 1975).

Ecological notes. Euseius alstoniae ( Gupta, 1975) is widely distributed in association with many agri-horticultural crops and was found in same intraguild with Typhlodromips syzygii ( Gupta, 1975) and other phytophagous mites. The spider mite species and eriophyid mites are noted as preferred food sources of E. alstoniae (Gupta) .