Classification:

Subfamily: Amblyseiinae

Tribe: Neoseiulini

Genus: Neoseiulus

Species: Neoseiulus tunus

 
Holotype:

Neoseiulus tunus (De Leon, 1967): 29; Upper Saint John s Road, Tunapuna, Trinidad, on Psidium guajava.

 
Synonyms:
Senior synonym of: Neoseiulus neotunus (Denmark & Muma) — Cavalcante et al. (2017a);
 
Other Names:
Typhlodromips tunus (original designation) — De Leon (1967)
Amblyseius tunusMcMurtry & Moraes (1989)
 
Distribution:
BRAZIL — BAHIA: Ferragut & Navia (2022a); Nuvoloni et al. (2015a);CEARÁ: Furtado et al. (2005);DISTRITO FEDERAL: Phytoseiidae mites associated with native and cultivated solanaceous in Central-West Brazil.Systematic & Applied Acarology, 26(12), 2358–2384." class="pop-tooltip">Duarte et al. (2021);GOIÁS: Demite et al. (2017b); Rezende et al. (2012); Rezende & Lofego (2011); Teixeira et al. (2017);MATO GROSSO DO SUL: Rezende & Lofego (2011);MATO GROSSO: Daud & Feres (2013); Demite et al. (2009); Demite et al. (2021b); Ferla & Moraes (2002a);MINAS GERAIS: Intercropped plants provide a reservoir of predatory mites in coffee crop. Agriculture,13, 285." class="pop-tooltip">Ferla et al. (2023); Ferragut & Navia (2022a); Fiaboe et al. (2007); Rezende & Lofego (2011);PARANÁ: Ferragut & Navia (2022a); Furtado et al. (2006); Hata et al. (2021);RIO GRANDE DO SUL: Phytoseiid mites associated with Asteraceae plants in the Pampa biome with description of two new species. Interntional Journal of Acarology, 50(7), 570–586." class="pop-tooltip">Castro et al. (2024); Diehl et al. (2012); Ferla et al. (2007); Ferla et al. (2011); Ferla & Moraes (1998); Ferla & Moraes (2002b); Furtado et al. (2006); Gonçalves et al. (2013); Gonçalves et al. (2015); Horn et al. (2011); Johann et al. (2014); Klock et al. (2011); Lorenzato (1988); Marchetti & Ferla (2011); Moura et al. (2013); Reichert et al. (2014); Rocha et al. (2015); Silva et al. (2008); Silva et al. (2020b); Influência das cultivares de videiras (Vitis vinifera L.) e do sistema de condução sobre a acarofauna. Entomological Communications, 3,ec03023." class="pop-tooltip">Silva et al. (2021a); Mites associated with Vitis labrusca (Vitaceae) in southern Brazil: population dynamics and ecology.Systematic and Applied Acarology,28(6), 985–994." class="pop-tooltip">Silva et al. (2023c); Mite fauna associated with different environments in the Southern Pampa, Brazil. International Journal of Acarology, 47, 387–­395." class="pop-tooltip">Toldi et al. (2021a); Toldi et al. (2021b);SANTA CATARINA: Furtado et al. (2006);SÃO PAULO: Bellini et al. (2005a); Bellini et al. (2005b); Bellini et al. (2008); Daud et al. (2010); Demite et al. (2011); Demite et al. (2012); Demite et al. (2013); Demite et al. (2015); Demite & Feres (2005); Denmark & Muma (1973); Feres et al. (2005); Feres et al. (2007); Feres & Moraes (1998); Lofego et al. (2004); Lofego et al. (2017); Parecis-Silva et al. (2016);
MARIE GALANTE: Moraes et al. (2000);
TRINIDAD: De Leon (1967);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Myrtaceae: Psidium guajava — De Leon (1967);
 
 

JUNIOR SYNONYM:

 
Classification:

Subfamily: Amblyseiinae

Tribe: Neoseiulini

Genus: Neoseiulus

Species: Neoseiulus neotunus

 
Holotype:

Neoseiulus neotunus (Denmark & Muma, 1973): 255; Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, on Pothomorphe sidaefolia.

 
Synonyms:
Junior synonym of: Neoseiulus tunus (De Leon) — Cavalcante et al. (2017a);
 
Other Names:
Typhlodromips neotunus (original designation) — Denmark & Muma (1973)
Amblyseius neotunusMoraes & Mesa (1988)
 
Distribution:
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Piperaceae: Pothomorphe sidaefolia — Denmark & Muma (1973);
 
 

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