New records of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from the French Antilles, with description of Neoseiulus cecileae sp. nov.

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1 Zootaxa : 1 27 (2006) Copyright 2006 Magnolia Press ISSN (print edition) ZOOTAXA ISSN (online edition) New records of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from the French Antilles, with description of Neoseiulus cecileae sp. nov. SERGE KREITER 1, MARIE-STÉPHANE TIXIER 1 & JEAN ETIENNE 2 1 ENSA.M / INRA, Unité d Ecologie animale et de Zoologie agricole, Laboratoire d Acarologie, 2 Place Pierre Viala, Montpellier cedex 01, France. kreiter@ensam.inra.fr, garcin@ensam.inra.fr 2 INRA, Centre Antilles-Guyane, Domaine Duclos, F Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, France. jean.etienne2@wanadoo.fr Abstract Twenty-six species of Phytoseiidae are reported from French Caribbean islands. One of them, Neoseiulus cecileae, is described as new to science. Five species are newly reported from the French Antilles and four are newly recorded from one of the French islands. Key words: French Caribbean Islands, biodiversity, hotspots, biogeography, Neoseiulus cecileae Résumé Vingt-six espèces de phytoséiides sont signalées des Antilles françaises. L une d'entre elles, nouvelle pour la science, Neoseiulus cecileae, est décrite. Cinq espèces sont nouvelles pour la faune des Antilles françaises et quatre sont nouvellement signalées de l une des îles. Mots clés: Iles Françaises des Caraïbes, biodiversité, «points chauds», biogéographie, Neoseiulus cecileae Introduction Fifty phytoseiid mites are known from French Caribbean islands (Kreiter & Moraes, 1997; Moraes et al., 2000). The present paper reports on phytoseiid mites collected in surveys conducted in the French Antilles, in the Caribbean area, which constitute one of the world s hotspots of biodiversity. The biodiversity hotspot concept was defined by Myers (1988) in order to identify the most immediately important areas for conservation of biodiversity, taking into consideration the number of species protected per dollar invested. Accepted by R. Halliday: 19 Jul 2006; published: 14 Aug

2 ZOOTAXA These hotspots hold especially high endemism levels and have lost at least 70 % of their original natural vegetation (Myers et al., 2000). Because of these features, they are considered of high conservation priority (Margules & Usher, 1981; Prendergast et al., 1993; Myers et al., 2000; Rodriguez & Young, 2000). The characterisation of the phytoseiid mite diversity in the Carribean area is thus contributing to this general topic of conservation. We refer in this paper to Gondwana and to Gondwanan distributions for some species. The southern supercontinent Gondwana included most of the land masses which make up today's continents of the Southern Hemisphere, including Antarctica, South America, Africa, Madagascar, Arabia, Australia-New Guinea, New Zealand, and India. The supercontinent began to break up in the mid- to late Jurassic (about 167 million years ago) and the process was completed in the Early Cretaceous (about 120 million years ago) (see for example de Wit et al., 1999). Species are described as having a Gondwanan distribution when they occur on most or all of these continents which have constituted Gondwana in the past (see for example information concerning distributions of species of Chilopoda in Edgecombe (2003)). Material and methods Plant-inhabiting mites were collected between 1998 and 2005 from the leaves of various cultivated and uncultivated plants, which were examined under a stereo-microscope. Mites were mounted in Hoyer's medium and identified in phase and interference contrast illumination. The generic classification of Chant & McMurtry (1994) is used for the Typhlodrominae and Phytoseiinae, and of Chant & McMurtry (2003a, b, 2004a, b, 2005a, b, c, 2006a, b) for the Amblyseiinae. The terminologies for chaetotaxy and adenotaxy used in this paper were proposed respectively by Rowell et al. (1978) for dorsal setae and by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1991) for ventral idiosomal setae. Adenotaxy and poroidotaxy terminologies are those proposed by Athias-Henriot (1975). All measurements are given in micrometres (µm). Measurements of specimens are provided whenever the morphology of the species is considered not sufficiently known or whenever differences between the specimens collected and measurements given in the literature are considered important. Information on world distributions is based on Moraes et al. (2004). Abbreviations: CIRAD, Centre de Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement; ENSAM, Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Montpellier, France; INRA, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Montpellier, France. Specimens of each species are deposited in the mite collection of the ENSAM / INRA Acarology laboratory Magnolia Press KREITER ET AL.

3 Results Twenty-six species were found in this study, one of which is new to science. Table 1 summarises the information concerning each of these species. Taxonomic and other information concerning the species collected are provided subsequently. ZOOTAXA TABLE 1. List of species collected and specimens examined. Species Stage City Locality Plant substrate Date of Collector collection Amblyseius 1f Lamentin Citrus sp. 30.IV.98 J. Etienne acalyphus Amblyseius 1f, 2m Capesterre Belle-Eau Neufchâteau Citrus sp. 11.V.98 J. Etienne aerialis 6f Baie-Mahault Convenance Malpighia 29.X.99 J. Etienne emarginata 2f Sainte-Rose Bébel la Datura sp. 5.XI.99 J. Etienne Chaise 2f Rivière Lézarde Centre Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc CIRAD 2f Marigot M. Surcouf Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc 1f Lamentin Petit Morne Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc CIRAD 2f Rivière Lézarde Centre Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc CIRAD 9f, 2m Lorrain M. Linval Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc Amblyseius anacardii 2f Petit-Bourg Domaine Duclos Melastomataceae 24.XII.04 S. Kreiter/ 2f Ravine Chaude Bord de route Artocarpus altilis 24.XII.04 S. Kreiter/ 1f, 1m, Sainte-Rose Cadet bis Citrus sp. 5.V.98 J. Etienne 3imm 1f Trois-Rivières Citrus sp. 7.V.98 S. Kreiter/ 4f, 4m Petit-Bourg Duclos, Forêt de Jules Calopogonium mucunoides 20.III.01 S. Kreiter/ 1f Dormeur F. Leblanc 1f Trois-Rivières Parc des Roches gravées 1f Trois-Rivières Parc des Roches gravées 2f, 1m Trois-Rivières Parc des Roches gravées Capsicum annuum 23.XII.04 Acalypha hispida 24.XII.04 Theobroma cacao 24.XII.04 S. Kreiter/ S. Kreiter/ S. Kreiter/ to be continued. PHYTOSEIID MITES 2006 Magnolia Press 3

4 ZOOTAXA TABLE 1 (continued). Species Stage City Locality Plant substrate Date of collection 1f Petit-Bourg Domaine Psidium guajava 24.XII.04 Duclos Amblyseius fletcheri Amblyseius herbicolus Amblyseius largoensis 2f Petit-Bourg Domaine Duclos Collector S. Kreiter/ Citrus sp. 24.XII.04 S. Kreiter/ 1f Montagne Pelée Montée environ 900 m Datura sp. 2.I.05 S. Kreiter/ 1f 300 m Melastomtaceae 4.I.05 S. Kreiter/ 1f Trois-Rivières Citrus sp. 7.V.98 J. Etienne 2f, 1imm 1f, 1m, 1imm 2f, 5m, 3imm 6f, 3m, 1imm 3f, 1m, 1imm Matouba Citrus sp. 17.IV.98 J. Etienne Vieux-Habitants Citrus sp. 18.XI.98 J. Etienne Vieux-Habitants Tarare Citrus reticulata 10.V.04 J. Etienne Baie-Mahault Codiaeum variegatum 29.X.98 J. Etienne Vieux-Habitants Citrus sp. 18.XI.98 J. Etienne 1f Les Abymes Citrus sp. 24.IV.98 J. Etienne 6f Saint-François Citrus sp. 19.V.98 J. Etienne 8f, 4m, 1imm 2f, 1m, 1imm 18f, 5m, 7imm 5f, 5m, 5imm Le Moule Château Gaillard Persea americana 8.XII.98 J. Etienne Les Abymes Citrus sp. 25.I.99 J. Etienne Sainte-Rose Cocos nucifera 19.VIII.99 J. Etienne Saint-François Citrus sp. 31.VIII.99 J. Etienne 5f, 1m Trois-Rivières Cocos nucifera 15.X.99 J. Etienne 2f, 2m, Pointe Noire Coffea arabica 5.X.99 J. Etienne 2imm 12f, 9m, 3imm Baie-Mahault Convenance Malpighia emarginata 29.X.99 J. Etienne 9f, 2m Rivière Lézarde Centre CIRAD Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc 27f, 4m, Carbet M. Cestor Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc 2imm 32f, 7f, Marigot M. Surcouf Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc 5imm to be continued Magnolia Press KREITER ET AL.

5 TABLE 1 (continued). Species Stage City Locality Plant substrate Date of collection Collector 11f, 1m Le Robert M. Carreau- Gash. Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc 4m, 3 Rivière Pilote La Mauny Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc imm 1m Carbet Persea 27.I.00 F. Leblanc americana 4f, 2m Carbet M. Welan Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc 5f, 3m Lorrain M. Linval Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc 5f, 2m Lamentin Petit Morne Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc CIRAD 1f, 3m, Rivière Pilote Citrus sp. 22.II.00 F. Leblanc 1imm 10f Dormeur F. Leblanc 1f Sainte-Anne Terrain vague en ville 2f Petit-Bourg Domaine Duclos 1f Saint-Jean de Marie- Galante 10f, 3m, 2imm Senna alata 22.XII.04 S. Kreiter/ Piper dilatatum 22.XII.04 S. Kreiter/ D 201 Citrus sp. 22.XII.04 S. Kreiter/ Gosier Psidium guajava 24.III.00 J. Etienne 1f, 2m Petit-Bourg Duclos, Forêt de Jules 10f, 8m, Gosier 5imm Calopogonium mucunoides Hibiscus rosasinensis 20.III VI.01 J. Etienne J. Etienne Amblyseius sundi 1f Trois-Rivières Moscou Eugenia lambertiana 26.XI.99 J. Etienne Amblyseius tamatavensis 1f Lamentin Citrus sp. 30.IV.98 J. Etienne Arrenoseius urquharti Euseius multimicropilis 35f, 5m, 5imm Lamentin Petit Morne CIRAD 2f Bouillante Pigeon Guettarda scabra 1f Petit-Bourg Domaine Duclos Brassica 5.VI.00 oleracea capitata 1.XII.98 F. Leblanc J. Etienne Piper dilatatum 24.XII.04 S. Kreiter/ 1f Anse Céron Plage Piper sp. 31.XII.04 S. Kreiter/ 1f Terre de Haut, Les Saintes Ville Senna alata 26.XII.04 S. Kreiter/ 1f Anse Céron Plage Piper sp. 31.XII.04 S. Kreiter/ to be continued. ZOOTAXA PHYTOSEIID MITES 2006 Magnolia Press 5

6 ZOOTAXA TABLE 1 (continued). Species Stage City Locality Plant substrate Date of collection Collector 2f Petit-Bourg Domaine Duclos Melastomataceae 24.XII.04 S. Kreiter/ Euseius nandaimei 1m Trois-Rivières Citrus sp. 7.V.98 J. Etienne 1m Capesterre Belle-Eau Neufchâteau Citrus sp. 11.V.98 J. Etienne 1f Carbet Persea 27.I.00 F. Leblanc americana 1f Carbet M. Welan Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc Euseius ovaloides Galendromus helveolus Iphiseioides zuluagai 2f La Trinité Plage Cordia sebestana 28.XII.04 S. Kreiter/ 2f Fort-de-France Loueur de voitures Ricinus communis 4.I.05 S. Kreiter/ 1f Matouba Citrus sp. 17.IV.98 J. Etienne 1f Baillif Citrus sp. 29.IV.98 J. Etienne 5f, 2m Matouba Citrus sp. 17.IV.98 J. Etienne 3f, Lamentin Citrus sp. 30.IV.98 J. Etienne 4imm 1f Les Abymes Codiaeum J. Etienne variegatum 2f Baie-Mahault Codiaeum 29.X.98 J. Etienne variegatum 1f Les Abymes Citrus sp. 24.IV.98 J. Etienne 1m Sainte-Rose Cadet bis Citrus sp. 5.V.98 J. Etienne 4f, 3m, Matouba Citrus sp. 12.V.98 J. Etienne 5imm 1f, 2m Trois-Rivières Citrus sp. 7.V.98 J. Etienne 1m Saint-François Citrus sp. 19.V.98 J. Etienne 1f Le Robert M. Carreau- Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc Gash. 8f Rivière Pilote La Mauny Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc 1f Carbet Persea 27.I.00 F. Leblanc americana 1f, 1m Lorrain M. Linval Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc 2f Ravine Chaude Bord de route Artocarpus altilis 24.XII.04 S. Kreiter/ 2f Grand-Bourg, Marie- Galante Plage Coccoloba uvifera 25.XII.04 S. Kreiter/ to be continued Magnolia Press KREITER ET AL.

7 TABLE 1 (continued). Species Stage City Locality Plant substrate Date of collection 1f Trois-Rivières Parc des Acalypha hispida 24.XII.04 Roches gravées 1f Petit-Bourg Domaine Artocarpus altilis 24.XII.04 Duclos Neoseiulus californicus Neoseiulus cecileae 2f, 1m Trois-Rivières Parc des Roches gravées 1f Petit-Bourg Domaine Duclos Theobroma cacao 24.XII.04 Collector S. Kreiter/ S. Kreiter/ S. Kreiter/ Citrus sp. 24.XII.04 S. Kreiter/ 1f Baillif Citrus sp. 29.IV.98 J. Etienne 21f, 4m Saint-François Les Hauts Sideroxylon obovatum Neoseiulus tunus 5f Bouillante Pigeon Guettarda scabra Paraphytoseius orientalis Phytoseiulus macropilis 3f Montagne Pelée Montée environ 1000 m 2.IV.99 1.XII.98 J. Etienne J. Etienne Urena lobata 2.I.05 S. Kreiter/ 1f Sainte-Marie Centre Solanum torvum 29.XII.04 S. Kreiter/ 1f Carbet Brassica 11.IV.00 oleracea capitata Phytoseius rex 1f Saint-Jean de Marie- Galante Phytoseius woodburyi Proprioseiopsis mexicanus Proprioseiopsis solens Transeius aciculus Typhlodromina subtropica Typhloseiopsis pritchardi F. Leblanc D 201 Citrus sp. 25.XII.04 S. Kreiter/ 6f Bouillante Pigeon Guettarda scabra 1.XII.98 J. Etienne 1f Gosier Psidium guajava 24.III.00 J. Etienne 13f, 3imm Bouillante Piegeon, route de Dambas 2f Lamentin Petit Morne CIRAD Bourreria succulenta 30.VIII.01 Brassica 5.VI.00 oleracea capitata J. Etienne F. Leblanc 7f Carbet M. Cestor Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc 14f, 1imm Bouillante Pigeon Guettarda scabra 1.XII.98 J. Etienne 1f Les Abymes Citrus sp. 24.IV.98 J. Etienne 1f Carbet M. Cestor Citrus sp. 27.I.00 F. Leblanc 1f Trois-Rivières Citrus sp. 7.V.98 J. Etienne ZOOTAXA PHYTOSEIID MITES 2006 Magnolia Press 7

8 ZOOTAXA Amblyseiinae Amblyseius acalyphus Denmark & Muma Amblyseius acalyphus Denmark & Muma, 1973: 242; 1989: 75; Feres & Moraes, 1998: 125; Moraes et al., 2004: 12. Remarks This species was known only from Brazil, and only one paper reports some biological and behavioural characteristics of this species (Lofego & Moraes, 2005). This is the first record of this species in the French Antilles and from the Caribbean area. Measurements of setae and body length fit very well those included in the original description of Denmark & Muma (1973). Amblyseius aerialis (Muma) Amblyseiopsis aerialis Muma, 1955: 264; Garman, 1958: 75. Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) aerialis, Chant, 1959: 88. Amblyseius aerialis, Athias-Henriot, 1957: 338; Muma, 1961: 287; de Leon, 1966: 91; Schuster, 1966: 332; Muma et al., 1970: 66; Muma, 1971: 24; Denmark & Muma 1973: 249; Muma, 1975: 55; Denmark & Muma, 1978: 4; Moraes & Mesa, 1988: 71; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 15; Kreiter & Moraes, 1997: 377; Feres & Moraes, 1998: 126; Moraes et al., 2000: 238; Gondim & Moraes, 2001: 67; Moraes et al., 2004: 13. This species is found in numerous countries in the Neotropical region and also in Algeria, India and USA. Measurements of setae and body length agree well with those reported by Moraes et al. (2000). Amblyseius anacardii de Leon Amblyseius anacardii de Leon, 1967: 23; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 17; Moraes et al., 1991: 117; Moraes et al., 2000: 238; Moraes et al., 2004: 14. This species is found in Colombia and Ecuador and seems to be endemic to the Neotropical region. Measurements of setae and body lengths agree well those reported by Moraes et al. (2000). Amblyseius fletcheri Schicha Amblyseius fletcheri Schicha, 1981: 102; Moraes et al., 2004: Magnolia Press KREITER ET AL.

9 This species is found in Australia, Madagascar, New Caledonia and the Philippines. Nothing is known about its biology. This is the first record of this species from the Caribbean area and from the Neotropical region. This species has a Gondwanan distribution. Measurements of setae and body length agree well with those included in the original description of the species. ZOOTAXA Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant) Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) herbicolus Chant, 1959: 84. Amblyseius amitae Bhattacharyya, 1968: 677 (synonymy according to Denmark & Muma, 1989: 59). Amblyseius deleoni Muma & Denmark, in Muma et al., 1970: 68, Denmark & Muma, 1989: 59 (synonymy according to Daneshvar & Denmark, 1982: 5). Amblyseius impactus Chaudhri, 1968: 533 (synonymy according to Daneshvar & Denmark, 1982: 5). Amblyseius giganticus, Gupta 1981: 33 (synonymy according to Gupta, 1986: 45) Amblyseius herbicolus, Chant, 1959: 84; Daneshvar & Denmark, 1982: 5; McMurtry & Moraes, 1984: 34; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 59; Moraes et al., 2004: 27. Amblyseius thermophilus, Karg 1991:12 (synonymy according to Karg, 1991: 12). This species is known from numerous countries around the world: Angola, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Canary Islands, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Les Saintes, Malaysia, Martinique, New Caledonia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Reunion Island, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, USA, Venezuela, West Indies and Western Samoa. The measurements of the specimens collected agree well with those of Denmark & Muma (1989). Amblyseius largoensis (Muma) Amblyseiopsis largoensis Muma, 1955: 266; Garman, 1958: 76; Ehara, 1959: 293. Amblyseius largoensis, Ehara, 1959: 293; Muma et al., 1970: 69; Denmark & Muma, 1973: 238; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 55; McMurtry & Moraes, 1984: 29; Moraes et al., 2000: 239; Moraes et al., 2004: 33. Amblyseius amtalasensis, Gupta, 1977: 53 (synonymy according to Gupta 1986: 51). Amblyseius sakalava, Blommers, 1976: 96 (synonymy according to Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 70). This species is known from a large number of countries around the world: Angola, Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Fiji, all islands of French Antilles, Futuna Island, Georgia, Gilbert Islands, Guatemala, Guyana, Hawaii, PHYTOSEIID MITES 2006 Magnolia Press 9

10 ZOOTAXA Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Madeira Island, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Reunion Island, Saint-Barthelemy, Saint Kitts, Saint-Martin, Singapore, Tahiti, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad, Turkey, USA, US Samoa, Vanuatu, Venezuela. The measurements of the specimens collected agree well with those of Denmark & Muma (1989), except Z4 and Z5 which are longer in our specimens, as also mentioned in Moraes et al. (2000) for other specimens collected in this area. Amblyseius sundi Pritchard & Baker Amblyseius (Amblyseius) sundi Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 244; Moraes et al., 2004: 52. Amblyseius (Proprioseiopsis) sundi, Blommers, 1976: 99; Mathysse & Denmark, 1981: 344. Amblyseius sundi, Denmark & Muma, 1989: 19. This species was previously known only from Africa: Benin, Cape Verde, Congo, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Zaire, Zimbabwe. This is the first record of this species in the Caribbean area and in the Neotropical region. The measurements of the specimens collected agree well with those of Denmark & Muma (1989). Amblyseius tamatavensis Blommers Amblyseius (Amblyseius) tamatavensis Blommers, 1974: 144; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 13; Moraes et al., 2000: 241; Moraes et al., 2004: 52. Amblyseius maai Tseng, 1976: 123 (synonymy according to Denmark & Muma, 1989: 13). Amblyseius aegyptiacus Denmark & Matthysse, in Matthysse & Denmark, 1981: 343 (synonymy according to Denmark & Muma, 1989: 13). This species is not endemic to the Neotropical Region or the Caribbean area as it has been found in Australia, Brazil, Cuba, Fiji, Guadeloupe, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Reunion Island, Singapore, South Africa, Vanuatu, and Western Samoa. The measurements of the specimens collected agree well with those of Denmark & Muma (1989). Arrenoseius urquharti (Yoshida-Shaul & Chant) Amblyseius urquharti Yoshida-Shaul & Chant, 1988: Fundiseius urquharti, Kreiter & Moraes, 1997: 378; Moraes et al., 2000: 244; Moraes et al., 2004: Magnolia Press KREITER ET AL.

11 89. Arrenoseius urquharti, Chant & McMurtry, 2004b: 299. ZOOTAXA This species has been reported only from Antigua, Guadeloupe and Martinique, and seems to be endemic to the Caribbean area. The measurements of the specimens collected agree well with those of Kreiter & Moraes (1997) and Moraes et al. (2000). Euseius multimicropilis de Leon Euseius multimicropilis de Leon, 1967: 19; Moraes et al., 2004: 74. This species has been only reported from the Caribbean and seems to be endemic to this area. The measurements of the specimens collected agree well with those of the original description. Euseius naindaimei (Chant & Baker) Amblyseius naindaimei Chant & Baker, 1965: 22. Euseius naindaimei, Denmark & Muma, 1972: 21 ; McMurtry, 1983: 258; Moraes & Mesa, 1988: 81; Moraes et al., 2000: 242; Moraes et al., 2004: 74. This species was known from Martinique but not from Guadeloupe. It has only been found in the Neotropical region, from Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. The measurements of the specimens collected agree well with those of Moraes et al. (2000). Euseius ovaloides (Blommers) Amblyseius (Amblyseius) ovaloides Blommers, 1974: 147. Amblyseius ovaloides, Schicha & Gutierrez, 1985: 177. Euseius ovaloides, Moraes et al., 2000: 242; Moraes et al., 2004: 78. This species was known from Guadeloupe and Marie-Galante but not from Martinique. This species is not endemic to the Caribbean islands but has a Gondwanan distribution: Guadeloupe, Madagascar, Marie-Galante, Papua New Guinea, Réunion Island, Seychelles. The measurements of the specimens collected agree well with those in the original description. PHYTOSEIID MITES 2006 Magnolia Press 11

12 ZOOTAXA Iphiseiodes zuluagai Denmark & Muma Iphiseiodes zuluagai Denmark & Muma, 1972: 23; Denmark & Muma, 1973: 251; Denmark & Muma, 1975: 287; Moraes et al., 1986: 61; Aponte & McMurtry, 1995: 165; Kreiter & Moraes, 1997: 377; Feres & Moraes, 1998: 127; Gondim & Moraes, 2001: 76; Moraes et al., 2004: 91. Amblyseius zuluagai, Moraes & Mesa, 1988: 79; Moraes et al., 1991: 125. This species is not endemic to the Caribbean area but has a Neotropical distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela. The measurements of females and males collected in this study agree with those given by Kreiter & Moraes (1997) for specimens collected in Guadeloupe. Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) Typhlodromus californicus McGregor, 1954: 89. Amblyseius californicus, Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 271; Ehara & Amano, 1993: 10. Cydnodromus californicus, Athias-Henriot, 1977: 62. Amblyseius (Amblyseius) californicus, Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 150; Ehara et al., 1994: 126. Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) californicus, Ehara & Amano, 1998: 33. Typhlodromus chilenensis, Dosse, 1958: 55. Amblyseius chilenensis, Gonzalez & Schuster, 1962: 10; Ehara, 1964: 383. Amblyseius (Amblyseius) chilenensis, Ehara, 1966: 144; Ehara, 1977: 34 (synonymy according to El-Banhawy, 1979: 113). Neoseiulus mungeri, McGregor, 1954: 92 (synonymy according to Athias-Henriot 1959: 137) Neoseiulus californicus, Moraes et al., 1986: 73; Moraes et al., 2004: 109. This species has a worldwide distribution: Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, France, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Taiwan, Uruguay, USA, and Venezuela. The measurements of females and males collected in Guadeloupe agree well with those given by Athias-Henriot (1977). Neoseiulus cecileae Kreiter sp. nov. (Figs. 1 7) Material examined Holotype: female, Guadeloupe, St François, Les Hauts, on Sideroxylon obovatum, 2 April 99. Paratypes, 21&, 4%, on 4 slide preparations. Deposited in the ENSAM INRA Acarology collection. Description Adult Female (Figs 1 4) (n = 21) Magnolia Press KREITER ET AL.

13 Dorsum (Fig. 1). Dorsal shield long and wide, slightly reticulated in the anterior part of the dorsum, with 3 solenostomes (gd3, 6 and 9), 9 pairs of poroids, 17 pairs of dorsal setae and 2 pairs of sub-lateral setae: j , j , j , j5 13, j , J , J , z , z , z , Z , Z , Z , s , S , S , S , r , R All setae smooth except Z4 and Z5 which are serrated. Peritreme (Fig. 1). Extending forward to bases of j1. Venter (Fig. 2). All shields very slightly reticulated. Sternal shield large, with 3 pairs of setae and 2 pair of pores; 1 pair of sternal setae on small metasternal shields with one pore, on or outside the metasternal shield; posterior margin straight to concave. Distances between st1 st , st2 st , st5 st Two pairs of metapodal shields long, 3 5 wide for the larger, 5 8 long and very thin for the smaller. Ventri-anal shield with 3 pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1, JV2 and ZV2, and one pair of large cylindrical pre-anal pores. Membrane surrounding ventri-anal shield with 4 pairs of setae ZV1, ZV3, JV4 and JV5, and 4 pairs of round to oblong poroids; ventri-anal shield long, wide at level of anterior corners, and wide at level of anus. JV long. Legs (Fig. 3). Legs IV with 3 macrosetae, genu 33 40, tibia 20 28, basitarsus Chaetotactic formula of genu II: 1 2/0, 2/0 1; genu III: 1 2/0, 2/0 1. Length of leg I: , II: , III: , IV: Chelicera (Fig. 4). Fixed digit with 7 teeth; and movable digit with two long and one short teeth. Pilus dentilis not visible. Spermatheca (Fig. 5). Cervix shallowly domed, 8 10 wide and 5 10 long, with a small atrium in the basis and a visible long ductus minor. Adult Male (Figs. 6 7) (n = 4) Dorsum. Dorsal shield as for female, long and wide. Setae j , j3 18, j , j , j , J , J , z , z , z , Z , Z , Z , s , S , S , S , r , R Peritreme. Extending forward to bases of j1. Venter (Fig. 6). All shields very slightly reticulated. Sternal shield with 5 pairs of setae and 2 pairs of pores. Distances between st1 st3 55, st2 st , st5 st Ventrianal shield not fused with peritremal shields, with 3 pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1, JV2 and ZV2, one pair of large cylindrical pre-anal pores, and four pairs of poroids. Membrane surrounding ventri-anal shield with 1 pair of setae JV5, level with anal opening, poroids absent; ventri-anal shield 88 long, wide at level of anterior corners and at level of anus. Legs. Three macrosetae on leg IV, genu 25 28, tibia 20, basitarsus Chaetotactic formula of genu II and genu III as for female. Length of leg I: , II: , III: , IV: Chelicera (Fig. 7). Spermatodactyl with a large oblong toe at end of foot, shaft 15 long. ZOOTAXA PHYTOSEIID MITES 2006 Magnolia Press 13

14 ZOOTAXA FIGURE 1. Neoseiulus cecileae sp. nov., female, dorsal shield Magnolia Press KREITER ET AL.

15 ZOOTAXA FIGURE 2. Neoseiulus cecileae sp. nov., female, ventral idiosoma. This species belongs to the cucumeris species group of Athias-Henriot (1957) and to the cucumeris species subgroup of Chant & McMurtry (2003a), which comprises 98 species (Chant & McMurtry, 2003a). It resembles Neoseiulus caribbeanus (de Leon), especially in the anterior reticulation of the dorsum, the shape of the spermatheca and of the spermatodactyl. It differs however from this species in many characters: length of dorsal setae longer in N. cecileae, especially S- and Z-series, except for j1 and j3 which are PHYTOSEIID MITES 2006 Magnolia Press 15

16 ZOOTAXA smaller in the new species, and j3 and j4 which are similar in the two species; metapodal shields which are not coalesced in the new species; macrosetae of leg IV considerably longer in the new species; number of teeth in the fixed digit which seems smaller in the new species, even though this number is missing from the description of N. caribbeanus (de Leon, 1965a). The new species is also similar to Neoseiulus queenslandensis (McMurtry & Schicha) in relation to setal length, except that Z4, S5, r3 and R1 are longer in the new species. However, it differs from N. queenslandensis by the following characters: the absence of reticulation of the whole dorsum, the number of solenostomes, which is three in the new species and four in N. queenslandensis, the number of setae on the sternal shield, which is of three for the new species and of two for N. queenslandensis, the absence of a median lobe in the posterior margin of the sternal shield of N. cecileae, the length of macrosetae of the leg IV, which are longer in the new species, the shape of the spermatheca, the atrium being under the cervix and not incorporated into it. The spermatheca of the new species is very similar to that of N. tunus de Leon and N. neotunus (Denmark & Muma) but the lengths of the setae are very different. Etymology The species is named in honour of Cécile Rault, who identified most of the host plants during this survey. Neoseiulus tunus (de Leon) Typhlodromips tunus de Leon, 1967: 29. Amblyseius tunus, McMurtry & Moraes, 1989: 181. Neoseiulus tunus Moraes et al., 2000: 248; Moraes et al., 2004: 135. This species has a Neotropical distribution: Brazil, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Marie- Galante, Martinique, Peru, Trinidad. The measurements of females and males collected during this study agree well with those given by Moraes et al. (2000) for specimens collected in Guadeloupe. Paraphytoseius orientalis (Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai) Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) orientalis Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai, 1960: 394. Paraphytoseius ipomeai Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai, 1960: 394 (synonymy according to El-Banhawy, 1984: 126). Paraphytoseius multidentatus Swirski & Shechter 1961: 114 (synonymy according to Matthysse & Denmark, 1981: 342; Denmark et al., 1999: 11). Paraphytoseius narayanani Ehara, 1967: 67 (synonymy according to Ehara & Ghai, in Ehara 1967: 77) Magnolia Press KREITER ET AL.

17 Paraphytoseius parabilis Chaudhri, 1967: 266 (synonymy according to Matthysse & Denmark, 1981: 342; Denmark et al., 1999: 11). ZOOTAXA FIGURES 3 5. Neoseiulus cecileae sp. nov., female. 3. Macrosetae on leg IV. 4. Chelicera. 5. Spermatheca. PHYTOSEIID MITES 2006 Magnolia Press 17

18 ZOOTAXA FIGURES 6 7. Neoseiulus cecileae sp. nov., male. 6. Ventri-anal shield. 7. Spermatodactyl. Paraphytoseius santurcensis de Leon, 1965a: 130 (synonymy according to Matthysse & Denmark, 1981: 342; Denmark et al., 1999: 11). Paraphytoseius seychellensis Schicha & Corpuz-Raros, 1985: 71 (synonymy according to Chant & McMurtry, 2003b: 216). Paraphytoseius subtropicus Tseng, 1972: 1 (synonymy according to Matthysse & Denmark, 1981: 342; Denmark et al., 1999: 11). Paraphytoseius orientalis, Moraes et al., 2004: 162. This species has a very wide area of distribution in Asia, Africa and South America, and may be a Gondwanan species. The measurements of females and males collected in this study agree with those given by Moraes et al. (1997) for specimens collected in Guadeloupe Magnolia Press KREITER ET AL.

19 Phytoseiulus macropilis (Banks) Laelaps macropilis Banks, 1905: 139. Phytoseiulus speyeri Evans, 1952: 398 (synonymy according to Kennett, 1958: 477). Phytoseiulus chanti Ehara, 1966: 135 (synonymy according to Denmark & Muma, 1973: 236). Phytoseiulus macropilis, Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 279; Muma et al., 1970: 30; McMurtry, 1983: 259; Denmark & Schicha, 1983: 31; Moraes et al., 1986: 108; Takahashi & Chant, 1993: 28; Kreiter & Moraes, 1997: 378; Moraes et al., 2000: 249; Gondim & Moraes, 2001: 81, Moraes et al., 2004: 167. ZOOTAXA This species has a worldwide distribution: Angola, Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, Canary Islands, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Les Saintes, Marie- Galante, Martinique, Mexico, Montenegro, Moto Quavarei, New Caledonia, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Saint-Martin, Tahiti, USA and Venezuela. The measurements of females and males collected in this study agree with those of Kreiter & Moraes (1997) and Moraes et al. (2000) for specimens collected in Guadeloupe. Proprioseiopsis mexicanus (Garman) Amblyseiopsis mexicanus Garman, 1958: 75. Amblyseius mexicanus, Moraes & McMurtry, 1983: 134. Proprioseiopsis mexicanus, Muma et al., 1970: 48; Denmark & Muma, 1973: 237; Kreiter & Moraes, 1997: 379; Moraes et al., 2004: 181. This species was known from Guadeloupe but not from Martinique. It has a Neotropical, Nearctic and Autralasian distribution: Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hawaii, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, and USA. The measurements of females and males collected in this study agree with those of Kreiter & Moraes (1997) and Moraes et al. (2000) for specimens collected in Guadeloupe. Proprioseiopsis solens (de Leon) Amblyseiulus solens de Leon, 1962: 17. Proprioseiopsis solens, Moraes et al. 1986: 124; Moraes et al., 2004: 189. This is the first record of this species from the Caribbean area. It was previously known from Costa Rica, Honduras and USA. The measurements of females and males collected in this study agree with those in the original description. PHYTOSEIID MITES 2006 Magnolia Press 19

20 ZOOTAXA Transeius aciculus (de Leon) Typhlodromips aciculus de Leon, 1967: 28. Amblyseius aciculus, Moraes et al., 1991: 122; Moraes et al., 2000: 253. Transeius aciculus, Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 185. This species has a Neotropical distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Marie-Galante, Panama, Saint-Martin, Trinidad. The measurements of females and males collected in this study agree with those of Moraes et al. (1997) for specimens collected in Guadeloupe. Phytoseiinae Phytoseius rex de Leon Phytoseius rex de Leon, 1967: 12. Phytoseius (Phytoseius) rex, Denmark & Muma, 1975: 295; Kreiter & Moraes, 1997: 380; Moraes et al., 2004: 253. This species is endemic to the Caribbean area: Guadeloupe, Guyana, La Desirade, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Saint-Martin, Trinidad. The measurements of the adult females collected agree with those of Kreiter & Moraes (1997). Phytoseius woodburyi de Leon Phytoseius (Phytoseius) woodburyi de Leon, 1965b: 130; Muma & Denmark 1968: 236; Kreiter & Moraes, 1997: 380. Phytoseius (Dubininellus) woodburyi, Denmark, 1966: 64. Phytoseius woodburyi, Moraes et al., 2004: 258. This species has been reported mainly from the Neotropical region (Brazil, Colombia, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad) and in Hawaii and India. The measurements of the adult females collected are similar to those reported by Kreiter & Moraes (1997) Magnolia Press KREITER ET AL.

21 Typhlodrominae Galendromus (Galendromus) helveolus (Chant) ZOOTAXA Typhlodromus helveolus Chant, 1959: 58 (new name for T. floridanus Muma, 1955: 269, preoccupied by T. floridanus Muma, 1955: 264); McMurtry, 1983: 262; Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1984: 1864; Moraes et al., 1991: 135. Typhlodromus floridanus Muma, 1955: 269. Galendromus floridanus, Muma, 1961: 298. Galendromus (Galendromus) floridanus, Muma, 1963: 18; Muma et al., 1970: 136. Galendromus helveolus, Denmark & Muma, 1967: 171. Galendromus (Galendromus) helveolus, Denmark, 1982: 138; Moraes et al., 2000: ; Moraes et al., Galendromus gratus, Chant, 1959: 58 (synonymy according to Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1984: 1864). This species was known from Martinique but not from Guadeloupe. It has mainly a Neotropical distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, USA (Florida, Texas), Venezuela. The measurements of females and males collected in this study agree with those given by Moraes et al. (2000) for specimens collected in Guadeloupe. Typhlodromina subtropica Muma & Denmark Typhlodromina subtropica Muma & Denmark, 1969: 412; Muma et al., 1970: 132; Denmark & Muma, 1978: 16; Moraes et al., 2004: 305. Typhlodromus subtropicus, Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1983a: This species is not endemic to the Caribbean area but has been reported from the Neotropical region: Antigua, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Galapagos, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Saint-Martin, Venezuela, but not USA. The measurements of the adult females collected agree with the measurements of the holotype given by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1983a). Typhloseiopsis pritchardi (Chant & Baker) Amblyseius pritchardi Chant & Baker, 1965: 15. Typhlodromus pritchardi, Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1983b: 1037; Moraes et al., 2000: Diadromus pritchardi, Moraes et al., 1986: 185. Typhloseiopsis pritchardi, Moraes et al., 2004: 373. PHYTOSEIID MITES 2006 Magnolia Press 21

22 ZOOTAXA This species has a Neotropical distribution: Costa Rica, Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Saint-Martin. The measurements of females and males collected in this study agree with those given by Moraes et al. (2000) for specimens collected in Guadeloupe. Discussion All species of phytoseiid mites reported from the French Antilles in this paper were already known from the Neotropical region, except for A. fletcheri, A. sundi and N. cecileae (Moraes et al., 2004). Twelve of the 26 species reported seem endemic to this biogeographic region. Four of those 13 species (including N. cecileae) seem to be endemic to the Caribbean biodiversity hotspot. However, so little is known about phytoseiid fauna in many American countries that other surveys are required to confirm this endemism data. Some species reported in this paper are observed for the first time in the Neotropical Region. This is true for A. fletcheri, reported from East Gondwanan regions, and of A. sundi, only reported from sub-saharian Africa and Madagascar. Acknowledgements We thank Roselise Etienne (INRA, Centre Antilles-Guyane, Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, France) for considerable help with logistics throughout the survey; Frédéric Leblanc (CIRAD-FLHOR Martinique) for sending some of the specimens from Martinique; Cécile Rault for collecting some of the specimens from Guadeloupe and Martinique, and for identification of many host plants; Brigitte Cheval and Marie Laporte for technical help before identifications and during the preparation of the manuscript; and two anonymous referees for very valuable comments on an earlier version of the manuscript. References Aponte, O. & McMurtry, J.A. (1995) Revision of the genus Iphiseiodes DeLeon (Acari: Phytoseiidae). International Journal of Acarology, 21, Athias-Henriot, C. (1957) Phytoseiidae et Aceosejidae (Acarina: Gamasina) d' Algérie. I. Genres Blattisocius Keegan, Iphiseius Berlese, Amblyseius Berlese, Phytoseius Ribaga, Phytoseiulus E vans. Bulletin de la Société d Histoire Naturelle d Afrique du Nord, 48, Athias-Henriot, C. (1959) Acariens planticoles d'algerie. I. 5e contribution au genre Amblyseius Berlese (Phytoseiidae). II. Premiere liste d'actinochitinosi (Cheyletidae, Caligonellidae, Hemisarcoptidae). Bulletin de l Academie Royale de Belgique, Classe des Sciences, (Série 5), 45, Athias-Henriot, C. (1975) Nouvelles notes sur les Amblyseiini. II. Le relevé organotaxique de la face dorsale adulte (Gamasides protoadéniques, Phytoseiidae). Acarologia, 17, Magnolia Press KREITER ET AL.

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