Classification:

Subfamily: Amblyseiinae

Tribe: Neoseiulini

Genus: Neoseiulus

Species: Neoseiulus fallacis

 
Holotype:

Neoseiulus fallacis (Garman, 1948): 13; Hamden, Connecticut, USA, on apple.

 
Synonyms:
Suspected senior synonym of: Neoseiulus wearnei (Schicha) — Steiner & Goodwin (2001);
 
Other Names:
Iphidulus fallacis (original designation) — Garman (1948)
Typhlodromus fallacisNesbitt (1951)
Amblyseius fallacisAthias-Henriot (1958b)
Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) fallacisChant (1959b)
Amblyseius (Typhlodromopsis) fallacisMuma (1961a)
Amblyseius (Amblyseius) fallacisEhara (1966a)
Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) fallacisGupta (1985b)
Neoseiulus fallacies [sic]  — Wu et al. (2010)
 
Distribution:
GERMANY: Thill (1964);
INDIA — ANDAMAN ISLANDS: Gupta (1977a); ASSAM: Gupta (1978c); BIHAR: Gupta & Nahar (1981); HARYANA: Narayanan et al. (1960); HIMACHAL PRADESH: Khajuria (2009); MEGHALAYA: Gupta (1978c); PUNJAB: Dhooria (1990); Gupta (1977c); Gupta et al. (1971a); TAMIL NADU: Gupta (1978b); TRIPURA: Gupta (1978c); WEST BENGAL: Gupta (1970b); Gupta (1975); Karmakar & Gupta (2011);
NETHERLANDS: Siepel et al. (2018);
NEW ZEALAND: Thomas & Chapman (1978);
REUNION ISLAND: Quilici et al. (2000);
SOUTH KOREA: Ryu & Lee (1997)OBS;
USA — ARIZONA: Tuttle & Muma (1973); CALIFORNIA: Denmark & Evans (2011); McGregor (1956); Schuster & Pritchard (1963); CONNECTICUT: Garman (1948); DELAWARE: Mellot & Connell (1965); FLORIDA: Athias-Henriot (1977); ILLINOIS: Cunliffe & Baker (1953); English & Snetsinger (1957); English & Tinker (1954); Snetsinger (1960); IOWA: Cunliffe & Baker (1953); Owens & Hart (1978); KANSAS: Denmark & Evans (2011); KENTUCKY: Afifi (1989); Cunliffe & Baker (1953); Denmark & Evans (2011); LOUISIANIA: Cunliffe & Baker (1953); Denmark & Evans (2011); MAINE: Berkett & Forsythe Jr. (1980); MARYLAND: Cunliffe & Baker (1953); Denmark & Evans (2011); MASSACHUSETTS: Cunliffe & Baker (1953); Hislop & Prokopy (1979); MICHIGAN: Cunliffe & Baker (1953); Denmark & Evans (2011); Strickler et al. (1987); MISSISSIPPI: Smith & Furr (1975); MISSOURI: Childers & Enns (1975); Denmark & Evans (2011); Poe & Enns (1969); Zack (1969); NEW JERSEY: Denmark & Evans (2011); Dyer & Swift (1979); Knisley & Denmark (1978); Sciarappa Jr. et al. (1977); Specht (1968); NEW YORK: Cunliffe & Baker (1953); Leeper (1981); Lienk et al. (1980); Nesbitt (1951); Weires & Smith (1979); NORTH CAROLINA: Farrier et al. (1980); Motoyama et al. (1970); OHIO: Ballard (1954); Cunliffe & Baker (1953); Denmark & Evans (2011); Holdsworth (1972); Ristich (1956); OREGON: Cunliffe & Baker (1953); Hadam et al. (1986); Strong & Croft (1993); PENNSYLVANIA: Denmark & Evans (2011); Horsburgh & Asquith (1968); Jubb Jr. et al. (1985); Lehman (1982); TEXAS: Dean (1957); Denmark & Evans (2011); Pickett & Gilstrap (1984); Pickett & Gilstrap (1986); UTAH: Denmark & Evans (2011); Jorgensen & Mongkolprasith (1979); Lee & Davis (1968); Leetham & Jorgensen (1969); VERMONT: Cunliffe & Baker (1953); Denmark & Evans (2011); VIRGINIA: Cunliffe & Baker (1953); Nesbitt (1951); Parrella et al. (1981); WASHINGTON: Burrel &. McCormick (1964); Congdon (2002); Cunliffe & Baker (1953); Malcolm, (1955); Nesbitt (1951); Prischmann & James (2003); Prischmann & James (2005); WEST VIRGINIA: Clancy & McAlister (1956); Clancy & McAlister (1958); Cunliffe & Baker (1953); WISCONSIN: Denmark & Evans (2011); Oatman (1963); Oatman (1965); Oatman (1976);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Rosaceae: Apple — Garman (1948);
 
 
Notes:
- (c): Neoseiulus fallacis was introduced in Taiwan but probably not established, because in several collections accomplished in this country, this species was not recorded (Ho, 2014, pers. communic.).;
- (a): Part of the specimens reported from Connecticut, USA (Garman, 1948) reidentified as Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) tiliae Oudemans — Nesbitt (1951).;
- (b): Specimens reported by Womersley (1954) described as Neoseiulus casimiri — Schicha & Elshafie (1980).;
- (d): Lectotype and paralectotypes designated by Tsolakis & Ragusa (2016).;
 

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