Classification:
Subfamily: Amblyseiinae
Tribe: Euseiini
Subtribe: Euseiina
Genus: Euseius
Species: Euseius rotundus
Holotype:
Euseius rotundus (Blommers, 1973): 111; Miary,
near Tulear, Madagascar, on Ricinus
communis.
Synonyms:
Senior synonym of:
Euseius brevipes (Blommers) —
Ueckermann & Loots (1988);
Other Names:
Amblyseius (Amblyseius) rotundus (original designation) —
Blommers (1973)
Distribution:
CAMEROON:
Moraes et al. (2001b);
EQUATORIAL GUINEA:
Moraes et al. (2001b);
MADAGASCAR ISLAND:
Blommers (1973);
Blommers (1976);
Chazeau & Gutierrez (1974);
Moraes et al. (2001b);
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Euphorbiaceae: Ricinus communis — Blommers (1973);
Redescription:
Blommers (1976);
Chant & McMurtry (2005b);
Chant & McMurtry (2007);
Moraes et al. (2001b);
Notes:
- Ueckermann
& Loots (1988) considered Amblyseius
rotundus to be a junior synonym of Amblyseius
brevipes . They kept however the
latter as the valid name because of the homonymy between the former and Amblyseiulus rotundus Muma, 1961, both
then considered to belong to the genus Amblyseius.
The epithet rotundus of Blommers is
here revived, in accordance with the Third Edition of the International Code of
Zoological Nomenclature (Article 60d), because Blommers' species is now
considered to belong to Euseius.;
JUNIOR SYNONYM:
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