Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 4 Supplement 1 2015 11 30 Study of nine paratypes of Paraphytoseius santurcensis De Leon, 1965 (Acari: Phytoseiidae) after 50 years: comments and voucher photos 242093 10.22073/pja.2026.578672.1006 EN Vikram Prasad 7247 Village Square Drive, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, USA Journal Article 2015 04 18 To resolve the controversy of its synonymy, 7 paratype females and 2 paratype males of <em>Paraphytoseius santurcensis</em>, borrowed from Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, FL, USA, were studied after 50 years from its original publication. Numerous voucher photos of these were taken and studied along with specimens of <em>Paraphytoseius orientalis</em>. No significant differences were observed between <em>P. santurcensis</em> and <em>P. orientalis</em>. Therefore, the former is considered to be a junior synonym of the latter, confirming the synonymy established by Matthysse and Denmark in 1981. Paraphytoseius santurcensis P. orientalis Puerto Rico synonym Trinidad https://www.persianacarology.org/article_242093_0e197ce427aaaf5e36ea61d5cee11feb.pdf