Classification:

Subfamily: Typhlodrominae

Tribe: Metaseiulini

Genus (Subgenus): Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus)

Species: Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) mexicanus

 
Holotype:

Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) mexicanus (Muma, 1963a): 32; Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico, on ?Ficus sp. (Neotype designated by Denmark (1982), Portal, Arizona, USA, on Quercus hypoleucoides).

 
Synonyms:
Suspected senior synonym of: Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) negundinis (Denmark)  — Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c); Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) pomoides Schuster & Pritchard — Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
 
Other Names:
Galendromus (Menaseius) mexicanus (original designation) — Muma (1963a)
Typhlodromus mexicanusChant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c)
Metaseiulus mexicanusFerla et al. (2011)
 
Distribution:
MEXICO: Muma (1963a);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Plant species not confirmed: ?Ficus sp. — Muma (1963a);
 
 

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