Classification:

Subfamily: Phytoseiinae

Genus: Phytoseius

Species: Phytoseius spoofi

 
Holotype:

Phytoseius spoofi (Oudemans, 1915a): 184; Abo, Turun Ja Porin Laani, Finland, on Salix caprea.

 
Synonyms:
Junior synonym of: Phytoseius horridus Ribaga — Berlese (1918); Phytoseius macropilis (Banks) — Cunliffe & Baker (1953); Phytoseius macropilis (Banks) — Chant (1957a); Phytoseius macropilis (Banks) — Chant (1959b); Phytoseius macropilis (Banks) — Chant & Athias-Henriot (1960); Phytoseius macropilis (Banks) — Westerboer & Bernhard (1963); Phytoseius macropilis (Banks) — Denmark (1966); Phytoseius macropilis (Banks) — Karg (1971b);
Not junior synonym of: Phytoseius horridus Ribaga — Nesbitt (1954); Phytoseius macropilis (Banks) — Wainstein (1975); Phytoseius macropilis (Banks) — Yoshida-Shaul & Chant (1995a); Phytoseius macropilis (Banks) — Yoshida-Shaul & Chant (1995b); Phytoseius macropilis (Banks) — Faraji et al. (2007a);
Suspected junior synonym of: Phytoseius macropilis (Banks) — Nesbitt (1951); Phytoseius macropilis (Banks) — Nesbitt (1954);
 
Other Names:
Seiulus spoofi (original designation) — Oudemans (1915a)
Typhlodromus spoofi — Buitendijk (1945)
Phytoseius (Dubininellus) spoofi — Arutunjan (1970)
Phytoseius (Phytoseius) spoofi — Moraes et al. (1986)
Dubininellus spoofi — Steeghs et al. (1993)
 
Distribution:
ARMENIA: Arutunjan (1970); Arutunjan (1971b);
CANADA: Nesbitt (1951); QUEBEC: Parent (1954);
DENMARK: Nesbitt (1951);
ENGLAND: Collyer (1953); Murgatroyd (1952); Nesbitt (1951);
FINLAND: Oudemans (1915a);
FRANCE: Nesbitt (1951);
IRAN: Faraji et al. (2007a);
NETHERLANDS: Nesbitt (1951);
NORWAY: Mofakhar Hossain (1996);
RUSSIA — SIBERIA: Prokof ev (1966); YAROSLAVL PROVINCE: Wainstein (1975);
SERBIA: Stojnić & Petanović (1994);
SLOVAKIA: Jedlickova (1997b);
SWEDEN: Nesbitt (1951); Sellnick (1958); Steeghs et al. (1993);
USA — NORTHERN STATES: Nesbitt (1951); WASHINGTON: Hantsbarger & O\'Neill (1954);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Salicaceae: Salix caprea — Oudemans (1915a);
 
Catalog: Buitendijk (1945); Moraes et al. (1986); Moraes et al. (2004a); Prasad (2012);
Redescription: Arutunjan (1977); Faraji et al. (2007a); Hajizadeh & Mortazavi (2015); Nesbitt (1951); Oudemans (1915b); Oudemans (1930c); Parent (1954); Steeghs et al. (1993); Wainstein (1975); Yoshida-Shaul & Chant (1995a);
 

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