Classification:
Subfamily: Typhlodrominae
Tribe: Metaseiulini
Genus (Subgenus): Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus)
Species: Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) juniperi
Holotype:
Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) juniperi (De
Leon, 1959e): 127; Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, on Croton torreyana.
Synonyms:
Senior synonym of:
Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) deleoni
(Hirschmann) —
Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
Other Names:
Typhlodromus juniperi (original designation) —
De Leon (1959e)
Galendromus juniperi —
Muma (1961a)
Galendromus (Menaseius) juniperi —
Muma (1963a)
Distribution:
CANADA —
MANITOBA:
Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
ONTARIO:
Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
QUEBEC:
Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
SASKATCHEWAN:
Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
MEXICO:
De Leon (1959e);
USA —
CALIFORNIA:
Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
COLORADO:
Denmark & Evans (2011);
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
GEORGIA:
Denmark & Evans (2011);
ILLINOIS:
Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
KANSAS:
Denmark (1982);
Denmark & Evans (2011);
KENTUCKY:
Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
MISSOURI:
Denmark & Evans (2011);
SOUTH DAKOTA:
Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
VERMONT:
Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
VIRGINIA:
Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
WEST VIRGINIA:
Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
WISCONSIN:
Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Euphorbiaceae: Croton torreyana — De Leon (1959e);
Redescription:
Arutunjan (1970);
Chant & McMurtry (2007);
Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
De Leon (1962a);
De Leon (1962b);
Denmark (1982);
Denmark & Evans (2011);
Muma (1963a);
Tsolakis & Ragusa (2010);
Notes:
- (a): Objective synonym of
Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) deleoni
(Hirschmann) — Chant & McMurtry (2007);
-
(b): Specimens
from Oaxaca and Puebla-Mexico (De Leon, 1959e) described as
Galendromus
(Galendromus)
[sic] juniperoides
De
Leon (1962b).;
-
(c): Many
specimens belonging to this species were previously identified as
Galendromus
(Galendromus)
[sic] pomi
(Parrot)
— Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c).;
JUNIOR SYNONYM:
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