Classification:

Subfamily: Typhlodrominae

Tribe: Metaseiulini

Genus (Subgenus): Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus)

Species: Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) pomi

 
Holotype:

Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) pomi (Parrott), in Parrott et al. (1906): 302; New York State, USA, on apple? (Neotype: Chatterton, near Belleville, Ontario, Canada, on apple — Chant, 1959b; that neotype was lost, and a new neotype was designated: Hilton, New York State, USA, on apple — Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1984c).

 
Synonyms:
Not senior synonym of: Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) deleoni (Hirschmann) — Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
Senior synonym of: Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) deleoni (Hirschmann) — Denmark (1982);
 
Other Names:
Seius pomi (original designation) — Parrott et al. (1906)
Iphidulus pomiGarman (1948)
Typhlodromus pomiNesbitt (1951)
Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) pomiCunliffe & Baker (1953)
Galendromus pomiMuma (1961a)
Galendromus (Menaseius) pomiMuma (1963a)
Metaseiulus pomi Schuster & Pritchard (1963)
Typhlodromus (Metaseiulus) pomi Van der Merwe (1968)
 
Distribution:
NETHERLANDS: Faraji (2006);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Rosaceae: Apple — Parrott et al. (1906);
 
 
Notes:
- Many specimens of M. (M.) juniperi were previously identified as M. (M.) pomi — Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c).;
 

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