Classification:

Subfamily: Typhlodrominae

Tribe: Metaseiulini

Genus (Subgenus): Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus)

Species: Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) arboreus

 
Holotype:

Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) arboreus (Chant, 1957c): 292; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on apple.

 
Synonyms:
Not senior synonym of: Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) anchialus (Kennett) — Rowell & Chant (1978);
Senior synonym of: Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) anchialus (Kennett) — Schuster & Pritchard (1963); Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) anchialus (Kennett) — Chant et al. (1974); Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) anchialus (Kennett) — Chant et al. (1978b); Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) anchialus (Kennett) — Mahr (1979); Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) anchialus (Kennett) — Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984a);
 
Other Names:
Typhlodromus arboreus (original designation) — Chant (1957c)
Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) arboreus Chant (1959b)
Typhlodromina arboreaMuma (1961a)
Chanteius (Evanseius) arboreusWainstein (1962b)
Typhloseiopsis arboreusSchuster & Pritchard (1963)
Metaseiulus arboreusCongdon (2002)
 
Distribution:
ARGENTINA: Fernandez (1972);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Rosaceae: Apple — Chant (1957c);
 
Biosystematics: Mahr & McMurtry (1979);
 

JUNIOR SYNONYM:

 
Classification:

Subfamily: Typhlodrominae

Tribe: Metaseiulini

Genus (Subgenus): Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus)

Species: Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) anchialus

 
Holotype:

Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) anchialus (Kennett, 1958): 473; Watsonville, California, USA, on strawberry.

 
Synonyms:
Suspected senior synonym of: Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) columbiensis (Chant) — Rowell & Chant (1978);
 
Other Names:
Typhlodromus anchialus (original designation) — Kennett (1958)
Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) anchialus Chant (1959b)
Typhlodromina anchialis [sic] — Muma (1961a)
Chanteius (Evanseius) anchialusWainstein (1962b)
Typhlodromus (Typhloseiospsis) anchialis [sic] — Van der Merwe (1968)
 
Distribution:
USA — CALIFORNIA: Kennett (1958); OREGON: Jorgensen (1968);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Rosaceae: Strawberry — Kennett (1958);
 

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