Study of nine paratypes of Paraphytoseius santurcensis De Leon, 1965 (Acari: Phytoseiidae) after 50 years: comments and voucher photos

Prasad, Vikram

doi:10.22073/pja.2026.578672.1006

Study of nine paratypes of Paraphytoseius santurcensis De Leon, 1965 (Acari: Phytoseiidae) after 50 years: comments and voucher photos

Document Type : Original Article

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Vikram Prasad

7247 Village Square Drive, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, USA

10.22073/pja.2026.578672.1006

Abstract

To resolve the controversy of its synonymy, 7 paratype females and 2 paratype males of Paraphytoseius santurcensis, 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 Paraphytoseius orientalis. No significant differences were observed between P. santurcensis and P. orientalis. Therefore, the former is considered to be a junior synonym of the latter, confirming the synonymy established by Matthysse and Denmark in 1981.

Keywords

Paraphytoseius santurcensis

P. orientalis

Puerto Rico

synonym

Trinidad

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