Euseius ovaloides (Blommers)

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) ovaloides Blommers, 1974: 147 .

Amblyseius ovaloides Schicha and McMurtry, 1986: 177; Gutierrez and Etienne, 1986: 88.

Euseius ovaloides Quilici et al., 1997: 284; Moraes et al., 2000; Quilici et al., 2000: 100; 242; Moraes et al., 2001: 43.

The biology of this species found only a few times in Madagascar (Blommers, 1974), Papua-New Guinea (Schicha and Gutierrez 1985), Seychelles (Schicha, 1987), Reunion Island, (Quilici et al., 1997, 2000), Guadeloupe, Martinique and Marie-Galante (Moraes et al., 2000; Kreiter et al., 2006) on various plants remains unknown. It was suspected to be a poorly active predator of tetranychid mites (Gutierrez and Etienne, 1986).

Previous Records — French Antilles (Guadeloupe and Marie-Galante) (Moraes et al., 2000), Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Reunion Island (Kreiter et al., 2000), Seychelles (Moraes et al., 2004b).

Specimens examined — Guadeloupe, Basse- Terre, Vieux-Habitants, Station Le Bouchu du CIRAD, 16°03’N, 61°45’W, alt. 21 m, 1 ♀ on Spondias monbim, Kreiter coll., 19 June 2008 ; Grande-Terre, Vieux Bourg, Port, 16°21’N, 61°31’W, alt. 2m, 1 ♀ on Carica papaya, Kreiter coll., 29 december 2008; Basse- Terre, Viard, beach, 16°10’N, 61°35’W, alt. 4 m, 1 ♀ on Ricinus communis, Kreiter and Rault coll., 1 January 2009; Martinique, Saint-Esprit, Quartier RØgal, 14°32’N, 60°58’W, alt. 112 m, 1 ♀ on Spondias dulcis, Kreiter coll., 15 November 2010 ; Le Marin, 14°28’N, 60°51’W, alt. 112 m, 3 ♀ on Annona muricata, Kreiter coll., 16 November 2010; Le Lorrain, Morne DØgras, 14°48’N, 61°05’W, alt. 355 m, 2 ♀ on Carica papaya, Kreiter coll., 22 November 2010.

Remarks — the measurements and description of the specimens collected fit very well those given by Moraes et al. (2000).