Classification:
Subfamily: Amblyseiinae
Tribe: Neoseiulini
Genus: Neoseiulus
Species: Neoseiulus teke
Holotype:
Neoseiulus teke (Pritchard & Baker, 1962): 239;
Leopoldville, Djoue, DR Congo, on grass.
Synonyms:
Senior synonym of:
Neoseiulus bibens (Blommers) —
Ueckermann & Loots (1988);
Neoseiulus pseudolongispinosus (Xin, Liang & Ke) —
Ueckermann & Loots (1988);
Suspected senior synonym of:
Neoseiulus bibens (Blommers) —
Chant & McMurtry (2003a);
Other Names:
Amblyseius (Amblyseius) teke (original designation) —
Pritchard & Baker (1962)
Amblyseius teke —
Meyer & Rodrigues (1966)
Distribution:
BURUNDI:
Zannou et al. (2006);
DR CONGO:
Pritchard & Baker (1962);
Zannou et al. (2006);
GHANA:
Zannou et al. (2006);
GRANDE COMORE ISLAND (COMOROS):
Kreiter et al. (2021e);
KENYA:
El-Banhawy & Knapp (2011a);
Moraes et al. (1989c);
Mutisya et al. (2017);
Swirski & Ragusa (1978);
Zannou et al. (2006);
MADEIRA ISLAND (PORTUGAL):
Kreiter et al. (2021a);
MALAWI:
Zannou et al. (2005a);
Zannou et al. (2006);
MAYOTTE ISLAND:
Kreiter et al. (2020a);
MOHÉLI ISLAND (COMOROS):
Kreiter et al. (2021c);
MOZAMBIQUE:
Meyer & Rodrigues (1966);
Rodrigues (1968);
Zannou et al. (2005a);
Zannou et al. (2006);
REUNION ISLAND:
Kreiter et al. (2020d);
Quilici et al. (2000);
RWANDA:
Zannou et al. (2006);
SIERRA LEONE:
Zannou et al. (2006);
SOUTH AFRICA:
Ueckermann & Loots (1988);
Van der Merwe (1968);
TANZANIA:
Moraes et al. (1989a);
ZIMBABWE:
Northcraft (1987b);
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Poaceae: Grass — Pritchard & Baker (1962);
Catalog:
Byrne et al. (1983);
McMurtry (1982);
Moraes et al. (1986);
Moraes et al. (2004a);
Prasad (2012);
Redescription:
Chant & McMurtry (2003a);
Chant & McMurtry (2007);
Kreiter et al. (2002b);
Kreiter et al. (2020a);
Kreiter et al. (2020d);
Ueckermann & Loots (1988);
Van der Merwe (1968);
Yaninek et al. (1989);
Zannou et al. (2006);
Notes:
- Ueckermann & Loots (1988)
considered this species to be the senior synonym of Neoseiulus bibens, without comparing it with Neoseiulus womersleyi, considered by Tseng (1983) to be the senior synonym of Neoseiulus pseudolongispinosus (Xin,
Liang & Ke). Based on the relative lengths of j3 and j4 and the distance
between preanal pores, Tseng (1983)\'s proposition is adopted in this work.;
JUNIOR SYNONYM:
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