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:
Not senior synonym of: Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) citri (Garman & McGregor) — Tuttle & Muma (1973); Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) citri (Garman & McGregor) — Charlet & McMurtry (1977); Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) citri (Garman & McGregor) — Mahr (1979);
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:
Typhlodromus pini (original designation) — Chant (1955)
Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) pini Chant (1959b)
Typhlodromina piniMuma (1961a)
Typhloseiopsis piniCharlet & McMurtry (1977)
Metaseiulus pini Congdon (2002)
 
Distribution:
CANADA — BRITISH COLUMBIA: Anderson et al. (1958); Chant (1955); Chant et al. (1974);
HAWAII: Prasad (1968a);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Pinaceae: Pinus contorta — Chant (1955);
 
 
Notes:
- (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). ;
 

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