Classification:
Subfamily: Typhlodrominae
Tribe: Metaseiulini
Genus (Subgenus): Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus)
Species: Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) pini
Holotype:
Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) pini (Chant,
1955): 501; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Pinus contorta.
Synonyms:
Senior synonym of:
Metaseiulus (
Metaseiulus)
citri (Garman & McGregor) —
Chant (1959b);
Metaseiulus (
Metaseiulus)
citri (Garman & McGregor) —
Chant et al. (1974);
Metaseiulus (
Metaseiulus)
pacificus (McGregor) —
Chant (1959b);
Other Names:
Distribution:
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Notes:
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(a): Chant (1959b) and Chant et al. (1974)
considered Metaseiulus
(Metaseiulus)
pini as the senior synonym of
Metaseiulus
(Metaseiulus)
citri and Metaseiulus
(Metaseiulus)
pacificus. However, Chant &
Yoshida-Shaul (1984a) considered Metaseiulus
(Metaseiulus)
pini and Metaseiulus
(Metaseiulus)
citri as distinct species, and
Metaseiulus
(Metaseiulus)
pacificus as junior synonym of the
latter.
;
-
(b): Specimens reported by Mahr (1979, in part)
and Tuttle & Muma (1973) reidentified as Metaseiulus
(Metaseiulus)
bisoni — Chant & Yoshida-Shaul
(1984a).
;