Classification:

Subfamily: Amblyseiinae

Tribe: Kampimodromini

Subtribe: Kampimodromina

Genus: Paraphytoseius

Species: Paraphytoseius horrifer

 
Holotype:

Paraphytoseius horrifer (Pritchard & Baker, 1962): 295; Ruwenzori, Kivu, DR Congo, on Hoslundia opposita.

 
Synonyms:
Junior synonym of: Paraphytoseius multidentatus Swirski & Shechter — Matthysse & Denmark (1981); Paraphytoseius multidentatus Swirski & Shechter — Denmark et al. (1999);
Not junior synonym of: Paraphytoseius multidentatus Swirski & Shechter — Chant & McMurtry (2003b);
 
Other Names:
Amblyseius (Ptenoseius) horrifer (original designation) — Pritchard & Baker (1962)
Amblyseius horrifer — Meyer & Rodrigues (1966)
Amblyseius (Paraphytoseius) horrifer — Van der Merwe (1968)
Proprioseius (Paraphytoseius) horrifer — Karg (1983)
 
Distribution:
ANJOUAN ISLAND (COMOROS): Kreiter et al. (2021b);
BENIN: Moraes et al. (2007b); Yaninek & Onzo (1988);
DR CONGO: Moraes et al. (2007b); Pritchard & Baker (1962);
GHANA: Moraes et al. (2007b);
GRANDE COMORE ISLAND (COMOROS): Kreiter et al. (2021e);
INDIA — UTTAR PRADESH: Gupta (1981a);
KENYA: Moraes et al. (2007b);
MADAGASCAR ISLAND: Blommers & Gutierrez (1975)OBS;
MALAWI: Zannou et al. (2005a);
MAURITIUS: Kreiter & Abo-Shnaf (2020b);
MAYOTTE ISLAND: Kreiter et al. (2020a);
MOZAMBIQUE: Meyer & Rodrigues (1966); Rodrigues (1968); Zannou et al. (2005a);
REUNION ISLAND: Kreiter et al. (2020d);
RODRIGUES ISLAND (MAURITIUS): Kreiter & Abo-Shnaf (2020a);
SENEGAL: Kade et al. (2011);
SOUTH AFRICA: Van der Merwe (1968);
UGANDA: Moraes et al. (2007b);
VIETNAM: Kreiter et al. (2020c);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Lamiaceae: Hoslundia opposita — Pritchard & Baker (1962);
 
Catalog: Moraes et al. (1986); Moraes et al. (2004a);
Redescription: Chant & McMurtry (2003b); Chant & McMurtry (2007); Kade et al. (2011); Kreiter et al. (2020c); Kreiter et al. (2020d); Moraes et al. (2007b); Rowell et al. (1978); Van der Merwe (1968);
 
Notes:
- (a): Specimens from West Bengal — India (Gupta, 1970b) reidentified as P. bhadrakaliensis — Gupta & Ray (1981). ;
- (b): Specimens from Uttar Pradesh — India (Gupta, 1982) reidentified as P. multidentatus — Gupta (1986). ;
- (c): Specimens from West Bengal — India (Gupta, 1975) reidentified as P. multidentatus — Gupta (1986). ;
- (d): Specimens from India (Prasad, 1974) reidentified as Paraphytoseius multidentatus — Gupta (1986). ;
 

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