Classification:

Subfamily: Phytoseiinae

Genus: Phytoseius

Species: Phytoseius ferox

 
Holotype:

Phytoseius ferox Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 230; Stanleyville, Eastern Province, DR Congo, on ?Bixa sp..

 
Other Names:
Phytoseius (Phytoseius) ferox (original designation) — Pritchard & Baker (1962)
Phytoseius (Dubininellus) ferox — Denmark (1966)
Phytosus forex [sic] — El-Banhawy & Abou-Awad (1989)
 
Distribution:
CUBA: Martinez et al. (2004);
DR CONGO: Pritchard & Baker (1962); Ueckermann et al. (2007);
KENYA: Swirski & Ragusa (1978); Ueckermann et al. (2007);
MADAGASCAR ISLAND: Blommers & Gutierrez (1975);
MALAWI: Zannou et al. (2005a);
TANZANIA: El-Banhawy & Abou-Awad (1989);
UGANDA: Ueckermann et al. (2007);
ZAMBIA: Ueckermann et al. (2007);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Plant species not confirmed: ?Bixa sp. — Pritchard & Baker (1962);
 
Catalog: Moraes et al. (2004a); Moraes et al. (2004a); Prasad (2012);
Redescription: Chant & McMurtry (2007); Denmark (1966); El-Banhawy & Abou-Awad (1989); Ueckermann et al. (2007); Ueckermann & Loots (1985a);
 

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