Classification:

Subfamily: Amblyseiinae

Tribe: Amblyseiini

Subtribe: Amblyseiina

Genus: Transeius

Species: Transeius similis

 
Holotype:

Transeius similis (Koch, 1839): 27.6; Neumarkt, Bayern, Germany, \"from humid places in woods\".

 
Synonyms:
Not senior synonym of: Amblyseius obtusus (Koch) — Willmann (1949); Amblyseius obtusus (Koch) — Chant (1959b); Amblyseius obtusus (Koch) — Chant (1959c); Amblyseius ovalis (Koch) — Willmann (1949); Amblyseius ovalis (Koch) — Chant (1959b); Amblyseius ovalis (Koch) — Chant (1959c); Amblyseius pallens (Koch) — Chant (1959b); Amblyseius truncatus (Oudemans) — Chant (1959b);
Senior synonym of: Amblyseius obtusus (Koch) — Oudemans (1930b); Amblyseius obtusus (Koch) — Oudemans (1936); Amblyseius ovalis (Koch) — Oudemans (1930b); Amblyseius ovalis (Koch) — Oudemans (1936); Amblyseius pallens (Koch) — Oudemans (1930b); Amblyseius pallens (Koch) — Oudemans (1930b); Amblyseius pallens (Koch) — Oudemans (1936); Amblyseius truncatus (Oudemans) — Oudemans (1930b); Transeius wainsteini (Gomelauri) — Beglyarov & Malov (1978);
 
Other Names:
Zercon similis (original designation) — Koch (1839)
Typhlodromus similis — Oudemans (1929b)
Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) similis — Cunliffe & Baker (1953)
Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) similis — Chant (1959b)
Amblyseius (Typhlodromopsis) similis — Muma (1961a)
Amblyseius (Amblyseius) similis — Ehara (1966a)
Typhlodromips similis — Moraes et al. (1986)
 
Distribution:
ARMENIA: Arutunjan (1970); Arutunjan (1971b);
AUSTRIA: Oudemans (1930b)OBS;
AZERBAIJAN: Gadzhiev & Abbasova (1965);
BELARUS: Sidlyarevich (1966); Sidlyarevitsch (1982);
BELGIUM: Chant (1959b);
CAUCASUS REGION: Abbasova (1966);
FRANCE: Oudemans (1930b)OBS;
GEORGIA: Samsoniya (1972); Samsoniya (1977);
GERMANY: Dosse (1957c); Koch (1839); Oudemans (1930b)OBS; Oudemans (1936);
ICELAND: Athias-Henriot (1980);
INDONESIA: Oudemans (1930b)OBS;
IRAN: Daneshvar (1980);
ITALY: Oudemans (1930b)OBS;
LITHUANIA: Pauriene (1970);
MEXICO: Chant (1959b);
NETHERLANDS: Kuenen (1945); Kuenen (1946); Nesbitt (1954); Oudemans (1930b)OBS; Siepel et al. (2018);
POLAND: Suski (1961)OBS; Willmann (1949)OBS;
RUSSIA — KRASNODAR REGION: Beglyarov (1957b); Beglyarov (1958); Sapozhnikova (1966);
USA — CALIFORNIA: Cunliffe & Baker (1953); Fleschner (1958); Fleschner & Ricker (1954); McGregor (1956); TEXAS: Chant (1959b);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Substrate: From humid places in woods — Koch (1839);
 
Catalog: Beglyarov & Malov (1977b); Buitendijk (1945); Ehara (1966a); Moraes et al. (1986); Moraes et al. (2004a); Prasad (2012); Siepel et al. (2018);
Redescription: Arutunjan (1969c); Arutunjan (1977); Beglyarov (1958); Beglyarov (1981); Chant (1959b); Chant & McMurtry (2007); Cunliffe & Baker (1953)OBS; Dosse (1958b); Faraji et al. (2007a); Hirschmann (1962); Karg (1971b); Karg (1982); Livshitz & Mitrofanov (1981); McGregor (1956); Oudemans (1930b); Oudemans (1936)OBS; Schuster & Smith (1960)OBS;
 
Notes:
- (a): Oudemans (1930b, 1936): questioned identification of immatures and females; males reidentified as A. andersoni — Yoshida-Shaul & Chant (1995a).;
- (b): Chant (1959b) suggested that the species commonly called T. [sic] similis in America should probably be different from T. [sic] similis from the Paleartic Region.;
- (c): Specimens from California, USA (Chant, 1959b) reidentified as Amblyseius similoides Buchellos & Pritchard — Buchellos & Pritchard (1960). This should probably also be the case in relation to other reports of T. [sic] similis from California and Texas, USA and Mexico.;
 

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