Phytoseiid mites of Rodrigues Island (Acari: Mesostigmata)

Abstract

Rodrigues is one of the three main islands constituting Mascareignes Archipelago, with La Réunion and Mauritius. It belongs to the state of Mauritius. So far, no mite species of the family Phytoseiidae have been reported from this Island. We report in this paper the results of a survey conducted in November 2018 on Rodrigues Island, during which 18 species have been recorded.

Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Anjouan Island (Comoros Archipelago)

“…Remarks: morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements of the Anjouan specimen fit well with those given in Zannou et al (2007) for specimens from Africa, Navia et al. (2014) for specimens from Brazil, La Réunion and Trinidad & Tobago, by Ferragut and Baumann (2019) and Kreiter and AboShnaf (2020b) for specimens from Mauritius Island, by Kreiter and AboShnaf (2020a) for specimens from Rodrigues Island and by Kreiter et al (2020a) for specimens from Mayotte Island. Schicha (1981c) has given a detailed description of A. herbicolus (under the name A. deleoni Muma and Denmark).…”

“…Though differences in the lengths of some setae were observed, molecular analyses and crossing experiments indicated that populations from Indian Ocean and America were conspecific. This species was previously recorded from Mauritius Island by Ferragut and Baumann (2019) and Kreiter and AboShnaf (2020b), from Rodrigues Island by Kreiter and AboShnaf (2020a) and from Mayotte by Kreiter et al (2020a) based on males and females records.…”

Phytoseiid mites of Mayotte Island (Acari: Mesostigmata)

“…Neoseiulus barkeri constitutes a potential BCA for several crops, especially in vegetables greenhouses. This species has been mentioned by Quilici et al (2000) and Kreiter et al (2020c) in La Réunion Island and more recently from Rodrigues by Kreiter and Abo-Shnaf (2020a).…”

“…Though differences in the lengths of some setae were observed, molecular analyses and crossing experiments indicated that populations from Indian Ocean and America were conspecific. This species was previously recorded from Mauritius Island by Ferragut and Baumann (2019) and Kreiter and Abo-Shnaf (2020b), and Rodrigues Island by Kreiter and Abo-Shnaf (2020a). World distribution: this species is widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, America, Asia and the Pacific Islands.…”

“…The biology of that species is totally unknown. It was recently recorded from Rodrigues Island(Kreiter and Abo-Shnaf 2020a) and from Mauritius(Kreiter and Abo-Shnaf 2020b).…”