Euseius

Euseius stipulatus, from Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias.

Belongs within: Phytoseioidea.

Euseius is a diverse group of predatory mites, including some species used in the biological control of the citrus thrips Scirtothrips citri (Grout 2001). Notable species include E. papayana, characterised by a dorsum bearing several pairs of enlarged sublateral setae and differing from other species in the genus in lacking setae Z1 (Moraes et al. 2001).

<==Euseius Wainstein 1962 MM85
    |--*E. finlandicus (Oudemans 1915) MU01 [=Seiulus finlandicus MU01, Amblyseius finlandicus DG91]
    |--E. africanus (Evans 1954) [=Typhlodromus africanus] MU01
    |--E. aizwai WL01
    |--E. albizziae (Swirski & Ragusa 1978) [=Amblyseius albizziae] MU01
    |--E. andrei (Ueckermann & Loots 1988) [=Amblyseius andrei] MU01
    |--E. baetae (Meyer & Rodrigues 1966) [=Amblyseius baetae; incl. A. kangwanensis Ueckermann & Loots 1988] MU01
    |--E. bambusae MU01
    |--E. batus (Ueckermann & Loots 1988) [=Amblyseius batus] MU01
    |--E. beninensis Moraes & McMurtry in Moraes et al. 1989 MU01
    |--E. bwende (Pritchard & Baker 1962) (see below for synonymy) MU01
    |--E. citri (Van der Merwe & Ryke 1964) [=Amblyseius (Typhlodromalus) citri] MU01
    |--E. dossei (Pritchard & Baker 1962) [=Amblyseius dossei] MU01
    |--E. dowdi (Schicha in Schicha et al. 1993) [=Amblyseius dowdi] W99a
    |--E. eitanae (Swirski & Amitai 1965) [=Amblyseius eitanae; incl. A. insulatus Ueckermann 1992] MU01
    |--E. elinae (Schicha 1977) [=Amblyseius elinae] H98
    |--E. erugatus (Van der Merwe & Ryke 1964) [=Amblyseius (Typhlodromalus) erugatus] MU01
    |--E. fructicolus MC97
    |--E. fustis (Pritchard & Baker 1962) [=Amblyseius fustis] MU01
    |--E. hibisci G01
    |--E. hima (Pritchard & Baker 1962) [=Amblyseius hima] MU01
    |--E. hutu (Pritchard & Baker 1962) [=Amblyseius hutu] MU01
    |--E. kenyae (Swirski & Ragusa 1978) [=Amblyseius kenyae] MU01
    |--E. kodaikanalensis Gupta 1978 MU01
    |--E. lokele (Pritchard & Baker 1962) [=Amblyseius lokele] MU01
    |--E. magucii (Meyer & Rodrigues 1966) [=Amblyseius magucii] MU01
    |--E. mba (Pritchard & Baker 1962) [=Amblyseius mba] MU01
    |--E. mesembrinus BF07
    |--E. minutisetus Moraes & McMurtry in Moraes et al. 1989 MU01
    |--E. myrobalanus (Ueckermann & Loots 1988) [=Amblyseius myrobalanus] MU01
    |--E. natalensis (Van der Merwe 1965) [=Amblyseius natalensis] MU01
    |--E. neodossei Moraes, Ueckermann & Oliveira in Moraes, Ueckermann et al. 2001 MU01
    |--E. neofustis Moraes & McMurtry 1988 MU01
    |--E. neolokele Moraes, Ueckermann & Oliveira in Moraes, Ueckermann et al. 2001 MU01
    |--E. neomagucii Ueckermann, Moraes & Oliveira in Moraes, Ueckermann et al. 2001 MU01
    |--E. neovictoriensis (Schicha 1979) [=Amblyseius neovictoriensis] W99a
    |--E. nicholsi WL01
    |--E. nigeriaensis Moraes, Ueckermann & Oliveira in Moraes, Ueckermann et al. 2001 MU01
    |--E. noumeae (Schicha 1979) [=Amblyseius noumeae] W99a
    |--E. nyalensis (El-Badry 1968) [=Amblyseius nyalensis; incl. A. neotutsi Ueckermann 1992] MU01
    |--E. orygmus (Ueckermann & Loots 1988) [=Amblyseius orygmus] MU01
    |--E. ovalis (Evans 1953) W99b, H98 [=Typhlodromus ovalis H98, Amblyseius (Typhlodromalus) ovalis MM85]
    |--E. ovaloides (Blommers 1974) [=Amblyseius ovaloides] MU01
    |--E. pafuriensis (Van der Merwe 1968) [=Amblyseius pafuriensis] MU01
    |--E. papayana (Van der Merwe 1965) [=Amblyseius papayana] MU01
    |--E. plebeius (Van der Merwe 1968) [=Amblyseius plebeius] MU01
    |--E. prolixus (Van der Merwe 1968) [=Amblyseius prolixus] MU01
    |--E. reticulatus Moraes, Ueckermann & Oliveira in Moraes, Ueckermann et al. 2001 MU01
    |--E. rhusi G01
    |--E. rotundus (Blommers 1973) (see below for synonymy) MU01
    |--E. rubicolus (Van der Merwe & Ryke 1964) (see below for synonymy) MU01
    |--E. sacchari MU01
    |--E. scutalis (Athias-Henriot 1958) MU01 (see below for synonymy)
    |--E. similiovalis WL01
    |--E. sojaensis MC97
    |--E. spermahyphus (Ueckermann & Loots 1988) [=Amblyseius spermahyphus] MU01
    |--E. stipulatus R-CT01
    |--E. subplebeius WL01
    |--E. talinga (Pritchard & Baker 1962) [=Amblyseius talinga] MU01
    |--E. transvaalensis (Van der Merwe & Ryke 1964) [=Amblyseius transvaalensis] MU01
    |--E. tularensis BF07
    |--E. tutsi (Pritchard & Baker 1962) [=Amblyseius tutsi] MU01
    |--E. ugandaensis Moraes, Ueckermann & Oliveira in Moraes, Ueckermann et al. 2001 MU01
    |--E. utilis WL01
    |--E. vandenbergae (Ueckermann & Loots 1988) [=Amblyseius vandenbergae] MU01
    |--E. victoriensis (Womersley 1954) [=Typhlodromus victoriensis, Amblyseius victoriensis] H98
    |--E. zairensis Moraes, Ueckermann & Oliveira in Moraes, Ueckermann et al. 2001 MU01
    `--E. zambiaensis Moraes, Ueckermann & Oliveira in Moraes, Ueckermann et al. 2001 MU01

Euseius bwende (Pritchard & Baker 1962) [=Amblyseius bwende; incl. A. (Typhlodromalus) grabouwensis van der Merwe & Ryke 1964] MU01

Euseius rotundus (Blommers 1973) [=Amblyseius rotundus non Amblyseiulus rotundus Muma 1961 (not preoc. if in dif. gen.); incl. A. brevipes Blommers 1973] MU01

Euseius rubicolus (Van der Merwe & Ryke 1964) [=Amblyseius (Typhlodromalus) rubicolus; incl. A. (T.) addoensis Van der Merwe & Ryke 1964, Euseius addoensis, A. (T.) anneckei Van der Merwe & Ryke 1964, A. (T.) capensis Van der Merwe & Ryke 1964, A. (T.) raptor Van der Merwe & Ryke 1964, A. (T.) undulatus Van der Merwe & Ryke 1964] MU01

Euseius scutalis (Athias-Henriot 1958) MU01 [=Typhlodromus scutalis MU01, Amblyseius scutalis MU01; incl. T. (Amblyseius) delhiensis Narayanan & Kaur 1969 MU01, A. gossipi El-Badry 1967 MU01, A. libanesi Dosse 1967 MU01, Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) finlandicus rubini Swirski & Amitai 1961 MU01, Euseius rubini RC91]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BF07] Badii, M. H., A. E. Flores, G. Ponce, J. Landeros & H. Quiroz. 2007. Design of a sequential sampling program and the association rates among citrus mites. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 511–516. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

[DG91] Das, T. K., & S. K. Gupta. 1991. Biological studies of citrus mite, Eutetranychus orientalis (Klein) (Acari: Tetranychidae) under field conditions in West Bengal, India. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 1 pp. 581–587. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

[G01] Grout, T. G. 2001. Advances in understanding the ecology of Euseius (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) species on citrus in southern Africa. In: Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 464–469. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[MC97] McMurtry, J. A., & B. A. Croft. 1997. Life-styles of phytoseiid mites and their roles in biological control. Annual Review of Entomology 42: 291–323.

[MM85] McMurtry, J. A., & G. J. de Moraes. 1985. Some phytoseiid mites (Acari) of Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of six new species. International Journal of Acarology 11 (2): 75–88.

[MU01] Moraes, G. J. de, E. A. Ueckermann, A. R. Oliveira & J. S. Yaninek. 2001. Phytoseiid mites of the genus Euseius (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa. Zootaxa 3: 1–70.

[RC91] Ragusa Di Chiara, S. 1991. Using native phytoseiids in agricultural cropping systems. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 1 pp. 159–166. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

[R-CT01] Ragusa-di Chiara, S., & H. Tsolakis. 2001. Phytoseiid faunas of natural and agricultural ecosystems in Sicily. In: Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Collof, (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 522–529. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[W99a] Walter, D. E. 1999a. Review of Australian Asperoseius Chant, Euseius Wainstein, Okiseius Ehara and Phytoscutus Muma (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) with a key to the genera of Australian Amblyseiinae and descriptions of two new species. Australian Journal of Entomology 38: 85–95.

[W99b] Walter, D. E. 1999b. Cryptic inhabitants of a noxious weed: mites (Arachnida: Acari) on Lantana camara L. invading forests in Queensland. Australian Journal of Entomology 38: 197–200.

[WL01] Wu, W.-N., & W.-M. Lan. 2001. The phytoseiid mites of major crops in China. In: Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 530–532. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

Last updated: 14 March 2019.