Classification:

Subfamily: Typhlodrominae

Tribe: Metaseiulini

Genus (Subgenus): Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus)

Species: Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) pomoides

 
Holotype:

Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) pomoides Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 221; Davis, Yolo, California, USA, on white alder.

 
Synonyms:
Junior synonym of: Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) herbertae (Nesbitt) — Chant et al. (1974); Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) herbertae (Nesbitt) — Denmark (1982);
Not junior synonym of: Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) herbertae (Nesbitt) — Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
Suspected junior synonym of: Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) mexicanus (Muma) — Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984c);
 
Other Names:
Metaseiulus pomoides (original designation) — Schuster & Pritchard (1963)
Typhlodromus pomoidesMcMurtry et al. (1971)
Galendromus (Menaseius) pomoidesTuttle & Muma (1973)
 
Distribution:
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Betulaceae: White alder — Schuster & Pritchard (1963);
 
 
Notes:
- Part of the specimens reported by Tuttle & Muma (1973) were described as Typhlodromus [sic] paraflumenis Chant & Yoshida-Shaul. No reference was made to the remaining records of Tuttle & Muma (1973). ;
 

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