Proprioseiopsis ovatus (Garman)

Proprioseiopsis ovatus (Garman) View in CoL

Amblyseiopsis ovatus Garman 1958: 78 .

Amblyseiulus ovatus, Muma 1961: 278 .

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) ovatus, Chant 1959: 90 .

Typhlodromus ovatus, Hirschmann 1962: 19 .

Proprioseiopsis (Proprioseiopsis) ovatus, Karg 1989: 208 View in CoL .

Proprioseiopsis ovatus, Moraes et al. 1986: 121 View in CoL ; 2004b: 184 ; Chant & McMurtry 2005a: 15 ; 2007: 89.

Proprioseiopsis antonelli Congdon 2002: 15 (Synonymy according to Denmark & Evans 2011).

Amblyseiuluscannaensis Muma 1962: 4 (Synonymy according to Denmark & Evans 2011). Amblyseius hundsonianus Chant & Hansell 1971: 723 (Synonymy according to Denmark & Evans 2011).

Amblyseius parapeltatus Wu & Chou 1981: 274 (synonymy according to Tseng 1983). Amblyseius (Amblyseius) peltatus van der Merwe 1968: 119 (synonymy according to Tseng 1983).

Like P. mexicanus View in CoL , P. ovatus View in CoL belongs to the belizensis species (see above). As the spermatheca of this species is saccular, it belongs to the belizensis species subgroup ( Chant and McMurtry 2005a).

This species is known from Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante and Martinique ( Kreiter and Moraes 1997 ; Moraes et al. 2000 ; Mailloux et al. 2010 ; Kreiter et al. 2018c). It was found in large number only during a previous study on companion plants in Guadeloupe ( Mailloux et al. 2010) and a recent study on La Réunion (Le Bellec, unpub. data). In other habitats, this species seems to be rare. Similar to P. mexicanus , P. ovatus seem to abundant on weeds in the lower vegetation. Denmark and Evans (2011) indicated that this species is associated with O. pratensis and Brevipalpus sp. It was also found in association with T. evansi ( Furtado et al. 2014) but is considered a poor predator of that species. Despite this findings, the biology of this species remains largely unknown. This is the first record of this species from the Ivory Coast.

Specimens examined — a single female (1 ♀) collected between 14/III/2017 and 10/III/ 2018 in Abidjan, Anyama Ahoue (aasl 42 m, Lat 5°26′00.87″N, Long 3°55′00.60″W) on Carica papaya L.

World distribution — Argentina, Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Goías, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Pará, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana ( France), Ghana, Grande Comore Island ( Comoros), Hawaii, Honduras, Japan, Malaysia, Martinique Island ( France), Mayotte Island ( France), Mozambique, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, La Réunion Island ( France), Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Türkiye, USA (Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexica, Texas, Utah, Washington), Venezuela.

Remarks – The measurements of the single female specimen from the Ivory Coast ( Table 10) fit well those obtained for populations from various countries.