Classification:
Holotype:
Cheiroseiulus spinosus Ramadam, 1998: 132; river Nile bank, 10 km south of Sohag University,
Egypt, on floating plant roots Eichhornia crassipes.
Distribution:
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Substrate: floating
plant roots
Eichhornia crassipes —
Ramadan (1998);
Notes:
- This species was described based in two specimens;
according to Lindquist (2003), the first specimen, a female (despite being
mentioned as a male in the description, figs. 2A, 2B), appears to be a
Phytoseiidae, while the second, also a female is a Cheiroseius. The
placement of the species name cannot be decided until one of the specimens is
assigned as holotype of the described species.v;