Classification:

Subfamily: Phytoseiinae

Genus: Phytoseius

Species: Phytoseius macropilis

 
Holotype:

Phytoseius macropilis (Banks, 1909): 135; Guelph, Ontario, Canada, on large-toothed aspen.

 
Synonyms:
Not senior synonym of: Phytoseius spoofi (Banks) — Wainstein (1975); Phytoseius spoofi (Banks) — Yoshida-Shaul & Chant (1995a); Phytoseius spoofi (Banks) — Yoshida-Shaul & Chant (1995b); Phytoseius spoofi (Banks) — Faraji et al. (2007a);
Senior synonym of: Phytoseius spoofi (Banks) — Cunliffe & Baker (1953); Phytoseius spoofi (Banks) — Chant (1957a); Phytoseius spoofi (Banks) — Chant (1959b); Phytoseius spoofi (Banks) — Chant & Athias-Henriot (1960); Phytoseius spoofi (Banks) — Westerboer & Bernhard (1963); Phytoseius spoofi (Banks) — Denmark (1966); Phytoseius spoofi (Banks) — Karg (1971b); Phytoseius spoofi (Banks) — Chant et al. (1978b);
Suspected senior synonym of: Phytoseius spoofi (Banks) — Nesbitt (1951); Phytoseius spoofi (Banks) — Nesbitt (1954);
 
Other Names:
Sejus macropilis (original designation) — Banks (1909)
Phytoseius macropilis Cunliffe & Baker (1953)
Phytoseius (Dubininellus) macropilisWainstein (1959)
Dubininellus macropilis Muma (1961a)
Typhlodromus (Phytoseius) macropilisWesterboer & Bernhard (1963)
Phytoseius (Phytoseius) macropilisEhara (1966a)
Phytoseius (Typhlodromus) macropilis Schruft (1967)
 
Distribution:
ALBANIA: Kontschán (2013);
ARMENIA: Arutunjan (1969b);
AUSTRALIA: Chant (1959b)OBS;
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Kropczynska & Petanović (1987);
CAUCASUS REGION: Abbasova (1966); Wainstein (1959);
GEORGIA: Wainstein (1959);
INDIA — ARUNACHAL PRADESH: Gupta (1987); Chant (1959b); DELHI: Narayanan et al. (1960); ORISSA: Gupta (1977e); UTTAR PRADESH: Gupta (1982)OBS; WEST BENGAL: Gupta (1970b)OBS; Gupta (1992);
LITHUANIA: Pauriene (1970);
NORTHERN IRELAND: MacQuillan (1966);
RUSSIA — KRASNODAR REGION: Beglyarov (1957a); Beglyarov (1957b); Beglyarov (1958);
TAJIKISTAN: Wainstein (1959);
WEST INDIES: Chant (1959b);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Salicaceae: Large-toothed aspen — Banks (1909);
 
 
Notes:
- (a): Specimens reported by Womersley (1954) reidentified as Phytoseius fotheringhamiae — Wainstein (1977). ;
- (b): Specimens reported by Readshaw (1969) reidentified as Phytoseius fotheringhamiae — Schicha (1984a). ;
- (c): The reports of Phytoseiulus macropilis (Banks) in Nova Scotia, Canada (Sanford, 1967) and Warsaw, Poland (Dabrowski, 1968) probably refer to Phytoseius macropilis (Banks). See also Dabrowski (1970a) and MacPhee & Sanford (1956). ;
 

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