Classification:

Subfamily: Typhlodrominae

Tribe: Metaseiulini

Genus (Subgenus): Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus)

Species: Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) cornus

 
Holotype:

Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) cornus (De Leon, 1957): 142; Coral Gables, Dade, Florida, USA, on Callicarpa americana.

 
Other Names:
Paraseiulella cornaMuma & Denmark (1968)
Typhlodromus cornus (original designation) — De Leon (1957)
Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) cornus Chant (1959b)
Clavidromina corna Muma (1961a)
Metaseiulus cornusFerla et al. (2011)
 
Distribution:
COSTA RICA: Denmark et al. (1999);
SAINT MARTIN: Moraes et al. (2000);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Lamiaceae: Callicarpa americana — De Leon (1957);
 
 
Notes:
- Specimens from Costa Rica (Chant & Baker, 1965) reidentified as Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) edwardi (Chant & Yoshida-Shaul) — Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1983b).;
 

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