Classification:

Subfamily: Amblyseiinae

Tribe: Amblyseiini

Subtribe: Proprioseiopsina

Genus: Proprioseiopsis

Species: Proprioseiopsis messor

 
Holotype:

Proprioseiopsis messor (Wainstein, 1960): 688; Eastern Georgia, Georgia, on grass.

 
Synonyms:
Senior synonym of: Proprioseiopsis apheles (van der Merwe) — Ueckermann & Loots (1988); Proprioseiopsis lindquisti (Schuster & Pritchard) — Abbasova (1972);
 
Other Names:
Typhlodromus messor  (original designation) — Wainstein (1960)
Amblyseius messor — Athias-Henriot (1961)
Amblyseius (Amblyseius) messor — Ehara (1966a)
Amblyseius (Amblyseiulus) messor — Arutunjan (1970)
Proprioseiopsis (Amblyseiulus) messor — Karg (1989b)
 
Distribution:
ALGERIA: Athias-Henriot (1957a); Athias-Henriot (1958b)OBS; Athias-Henriot (1959)OBS; Athias-Henriot (1961); Athias-Henriot (1966);
ARGENTINA: Ruiz et al. (2005);
ARMENIA: Arutunjan (1970); Arutunjan (1971b);
AUSTRALIA — AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY: Schicha (1987); NEW SOUTH WALES: Schicha (1983); SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Schicha (1983); Whitney & James (1996); Womersley (1954)OBS; TASMANIA: Schicha (1983);
AZERBAIJAN: Abbasova (1972);
CANARY ISLANDS: Ferragut & Peña-Estévez (2007); Moraza & Peña (2005);
EGYPT: Abo-Shnaf & Moraes (2014);
FRANCE: Barbar et al. (2005); Kreiter et al. (2000); Tixier et al. (2000b);
GAZA STRIP: Amitai & Swirski (1978);
GEORGIA: Wainstein (1960); Wainstein & Vartapetov (1973a);
GERMANY: Karg (1965);
GREECE: Badieritakis et al. (2014); Papadoulis & Emmanouel (1990a); Papadoulis & Emmanouel (1991a); Papadoulis et al. (2009);
HUNGARY: Ripka & Szabó (2010); Salmane & Kontschán (2005);
IRAN: Asali Fayaz & Khanjani (2012); Ostovan et al. (2012); Panahi et al. (2014);
ISRAEL: Amitai & Swirski (1978); Amitai & Wysoki (1974); Swirski & Amitai (1965); Swirski & Amitai (1968); Swirski & Amitai (1984); Swirski & Amitai (1997a); Swirski & Amitai (1997b);
ITALY: Athias-Henriot (1961); Duso et al. (1993)OBS; Ragusa (1977); Ragusa & Ciulla (1991); Ragusa Di Chiara & Tsolakis (1996); Ragusa Di Chiara & Tsolakis (2001); Ragusa & Paoletti (1985); Tsolakis et al. (2020);
LATVIA: Salmane (1999); Salmane (2003); Salmane (2005); Salmane & Petrova (2002); Salmane & Spungis (2008);
MOROCCO: Kreiter et al. (2004); McMurtry & Bounfour (1989); Tixier et al. (2016);
NEW ZEALAND: Schicha (1987);
PORTUGAL: Espinha et al. (1998b); Pereira et al. (2006);
ROMANIA: Călugăr et al. (2023);
SAUDI ARABIA: Negm et al. (2012a);
SLOVAKIA: Fend’a (2010);
SOUTH AFRICA: Athias-Henriot (1966); Meyer & Ueckermann (1988); Moraes et al. (2007a); Ueckermann & Loots (1988);
SPAIN: Athias-Henriot (1961); Athias-Henriot (1966); Escudero & Ferragut (1998); Escudero & Ferragut (1999); Iraola Calvo et al. (1999); Iraola et al. (1997); Moreno (1998);
SYRIA: Barbar (2013); Barbar (2014); Barbar (2016);
TURKEY: Çobanoğlu (1989c); Çobanoğlu & Özman (2002);
TURKMENISTAN: Kolodochka (1982);
UKRAINE: Kolodochka & Sklyar (1981); Livshitz & Kuznetsov (1972);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Poaceae: Grass — Wainstein (1960);
 
Catalog: Costa (1966); Ehara (1966a); Kreiter (1991); Moraes et al. (1986); Moraes et al. (2004a); Prasad (2012); Salmane (2001); Salmane & Brumelis (2010); Swirski & Amitai (1997b); Vacante et al. (1989);
Redescription: Abo-Shnaf et al. (2019); Abo-Shnaf & Moraes (2014); Abo-Shnaf & Zaki (2022); Amitai & Wysoki (1974); Arutunjan (1977); Athias-Henriot (1958b)OBS; Athias-Henriot (1961); Athias-Henriot (1966); Barbar (2013); Călugăr et al. (2023); Chant & McMurtry (2005a); Chant & McMurtry (2007); Döker et al. (2014b); Faraji et al. (2007a); Faraji et al. (2011a); Ferragut et al. (2010); Gilyarov et al. (1977); Guanilo et al. (2008a); Hajizadeh & Mortazavi (2015); Hirschmann (1962); Karg (1965); Karg (1971b); Karg (1989b); Karg (1991); Karg (1993b); Livshitz & Kuznetsov (1972); Moraes et al. (2007a); Negm et al. (2012a); Negm et al. (2012b); Ostovan et al. (2012); Panahi et al. (2014); Papadoulis & Emmanouel (1991b); Papadoulis et al. (2009); Schicha (1983); Swirski et al. (1998); Tixier et al. (2013); Tixier et al. (2016); Tsolakis & Ragusa (2010); Ueckermann & Loots (1988); Wainstein (1977b);
 
Notes:
- Specimens from New Zealand reported as P. mexicanus by Collyer (1964b, 1982) are probably P. messor — Schicha (1987).;
 

JUNIOR SYNONYM:

 
Classification:

Subfamily: Amblyseiinae

Tribe: Amblyseiini

Subtribe: Proprioseiopsina

Genus: Proprioseiopsis

Species: Proprioseiopsis apheles

 
Holotype:

Proprioseiopsis apheles (van der Merwe, 1968): 121; Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa, on Populus sp..

 
Other Names:
Amblyseius (Amblyseius) apheles (original designation) — Van der Merwe (1968)
 
Distribution:
SOUTH AFRICA: Van der Merwe (1968);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Salicaceae: Populus sp. — Van der Merwe (1968);
 
Catalog: Moraes et al. (1986); Moraes et al. (2004a); Prasad (2012);
Redescription: Chant & McMurtry (2005a); Chant & McMurtry (2007);
 
Classification:

Subfamily: Amblyseiinae

Tribe: Amblyseiini

Subtribe: Proprioseiopsina

Genus: Proprioseiopsis

Species: Proprioseiopsis lindquisti

 
Holotype:

Proprioseiopsis lindquisti (Schuster & Pritchard, 1963): 246; 3 miles northwest of Castroville, Monterey, California, USA, from hay in barn.

 
Other Names:
Amblyseius lindquisti (original designation) — Schuster & Pritchard (1963)
Proprioseiopsis (Amblyseiulus) lindquisti — Karg (1989b)
 
Distribution:
EGYPT: Nasr et al. (2011); Zaher (1986);
USA — CALIFORNIA: McMurtry et al. (1971); Oatman (1971); Schuster & Pritchard (1963); WASHINGTON: Congdon (2002);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Substrate: Hay in barn — Schuster & Pritchard (1963);
 
Catalog: Farrier & Hennessey (1993); Moraes et al. (1986); Moraes et al. (2004a); Prasad (2012);
Redescription: Athias-Henriot (1966); Chant & McMurtry (2005a); Chant & McMurtry (2007); Congdon (2002); Denmark & Evans (2011); Karg (1989b); Zaher (1986);

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