Classification:

Subfamily: Amblyseiinae

Tribe: Amblyseiini

Subtribe: Arrenoseiina

Genus: Phytoscutus

Species: Phytoscutus gongylus

 
Holotype:

Phytoscutus gongylus (Pritchard & Baker, 1962): 304; Stanleyville, Eastern Province, DR Congo, on Vitex congolensis.

 
Other Names:
Iphiseius (Trochoseius) gongylus (original designation) — Pritchard & Baker (1962)
Iphiseius gongylus  — Swirski & Ragusa (1978)
Trochoseius gongylus  — Matthysse & Denmark (1981)
Amblyseius (Trochoseius) gongylus — Ueckermann & Loots (1985b)
 
Distribution:
CAMEROON: Moraes et al. (2007a);
DR CONGO: Moraes et al. (2007a); Pritchard & Baker (1962);
GHANA: Moraes et al. (2007a);
KENYA: Swirski & Ragusa (1978);
MADAGASCAR ISLAND: Blommers (1976); Blommers & Gutierrez (1975);
MALAWI: Zannou et al. (2005a);
NIGERIA: Matthysse & Denmark (1981); Moraes et al. (2007a);
 
Catalog: Moraes et al. (1986); Moraes et al. (2004a); Prasad (2012);
Redescription: Blommers (1976); Chant & McMurtry (2004b); Chant & McMurtry (2007); Moraes et al. (2007a); Ueckermann & Loots (1985b); Yoshida-Shaul & Chant (1995b); Yoshida-Shaul & Chant (1995b); Yoshida-Shaul & Chant (1997);
 

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