Classification:

Subfamily: Phytoseiinae

Genus: Phytoseius

Species: Phytoseius mexicanus

 
Holotype:

Phytoseius mexicanus De Leon, 1960: 269; Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico, on Cecropia peltata.

 
Other Names:
Phytoseius (Pennaseius) mexicanus — De Leon (1965c)
Phytoseius (Phytoseius) mexicanus — Denmark (1966)
 
Distribution:
BRAZIL — PERNAMBUCO: Rosa et al. (2005);
COSTA RICA: Denmark et al. (1999);
GUATEMALA: McMurtry (1983);
HONDURAS: Chant & Baker (1965); Denmark et al. (1999);
MEXICO:De Leon (1959c)OBS; De Leon (1960); Denmark & Evans (2011); Monjarás-Barrera et al. (2019); Spatial distribution and fluctuating populations of predatory mites (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae), phytophagous mites (Acari: Eriophyidae, Tetranychidae) and their relationships with wild chili pepper phenological stages in two Natural Protected Areas of Mexico. Systematic and Applied Acarology,27(1), 118–140." class="pop-tooltip">Monjarás-Barrera et al. (2022);
USA — FLORIDA:De Leon (1959c)OBS; Denmark (1966); Denmark & Evans (2011); Muma & Denmark (1970);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Cecropiaceae: Cecropia peltata — De Leon (1960);
 
Catalog: Moraes et al. (1986); Moraes et al. (2004a); Prasad (2012);
Redescription: Chant & Baker (1965); Chant & McMurtry (2007); De Leon (1965c); Denmark (1966); Denmark et al. (1999); Denmark & Evans (2011); Phytoseius Ribaga (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) in the Brazilian Espinhaço Range: seven new species, renaming of the plumifer species group, and a criticalreview of its taxonomic characters. Zootaxa,5493(3): 201–245." class="pop-tooltip">Ferragut & Navia (2024b); McMurtry (1983); Muma & Denmark (1970); Rowell et al. (1978); Wainstein (1969);
 
Notes:
-(a): Objective synonym of Phytoseius leonmexicanus (Hirschmann) — Chant & McMurtry (2007).;
-(b): Type specimens reported by De Leon (1959c) as Phytoseius plumifer (Canestrini & Fanzago).;
 

JUNIOR SYNONYM:

 
Classification:

Subfamily: Phytoseiinae

Genus: Phytoseius

Species: Phytoseius leonmexicanus

 
Holotype:

Phytoseius leonmexicanus (Hirschmann, 1962): 6; unjustified replacement name for Phytoseius mexicanus De Leon.

 
Other Names:
Typhlodromus leonmexicanus (original designation) — Hirschmann (1962)
Phytoseius (Pennaseius) leonmexicanus — Moraes et al. (1986)
 
Distribution:
BRAZIL — MINAS GERAIS: Fiaboe et al. (2007);PERNAMBUCO: Fiaboe et al. (2007);SERGIPE: Fiaboe et al. (2007);
 
Catalog: Moraes et al. (1986); Moraes et al. (2004a); Prasad (2012);
Redescription: Chant & McMurtry (2007); Hirschmann (1962);

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