taxonID	type	description	language	source
039287BCFF88FFD8FE206621FACAF997.taxon	materials_examined	According to the genus concept by Chant and McMurtry (2005), this species belongs to the asiaticus species group of the genus Scapulaseius as setae R 1 are inserted on the lateral margin of the dorsal shield of the adult female. The species group comprises 24 species. Species of the genus Scapulaseius are supposed to belong to the life-type III (McMurtry and Croft 1997 ; McMurtry et al. 2013), i. e. a polyphagous generalist predator. Evans (1953) has indicated that the specimens collected were feeding in colonies of tetranychid mites. Despite these qualitative observations on the group, the biology of S. asiaticus itself remains totally unknown. The material examined had been collected in Java Island, Indonesia (Evans 1953), in Mauritius Island (Kreiter and Abo-Shnaf 2020 b ; Ferragut and Baumann 2019) and in Vietnam (Kreiter et al. 2020 b). World distribution Angola, China, Cyprus, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius Island, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.	en	Kreiter, Serge, Ferragut, Francisco (2021): Scapulaseius asiaticus (Evans) andS. reptans (Blommers) (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae): one or two species? Acarologia 61 (3): 747-757, DOI: 10.24349/tyea-u51Q, URL: https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4467
039287BCFF88FFD8FE206621FACAF997.taxon	description	Specimens examined 33 ♀♀, 6 ♂♂ and 2 imm. in total. INDONESIA (3 ♀♀ and 1 ♂): Bogor (Java) (aasl 265 m on average, 6 ° 21 ′ 36 ″ S, 106 ° 28 ′ 48 ″ E), 1 ♀ (holotype, slide n ° 1952 - 10 - 10.1), 1 ♂ (paratype male, slide n ° 1952 - 10 - 10 - 2) and 1 ♀ paratype (, slide n ° 1952 - 10 - 10.3) on Gossypium hirsutum L. (Malvaceae), XI / 1951 ; MALAYSIA: Kuala Lumpur (aasl 66 m on average, 101 ° 41 ′ 36 ″ E, 3 ° 8 ′ 27 ″ N), 1 ♀ (paratype, slide n ° 1952 - 10 - 10.4) on an unknown host plant (collected by A. Newsam), 1952 ; MAURITIUS (23 ♀♀ and 5 ♂♂): Côte d’Or, Village (aasl 443 m, 57 ° 32 ′ 21 ″ E, 20 ° 15 ′ 26 ″ S), 2 ♀♀ on Clibadium surinamense L. (Asteraceae), 28 / X / 2018 ; Curepipe, Trou aux cerfs (aasl 593 m, 57 ° 30 ′ 47 ″ E, 20 ° 19 ′ 04 ″ S), 1 ♀ on Rubus apetalus Poiret (Rosaceae), 29 / X / 2018 ; Mare aux Vacoas (aasl 572 m, 57 ° 29 ′ 59 ″ E, 20 ° 21 ′ 40 ″ S), 11 ♀♀ on Tibouchina heteromalla Cogniaux (Melastomataceae) and 2 ♀♀ on Litsea monopetala (Roxburgh) Person (Lauraceae), 30 / X / 2018 ; Quartier Militaire (aasl 472 m, 57 ° 36 ′ 05 ″ E, 20 ° 19 ′ 11 ″ S), 1 ♀ on Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don (Melastomataceae), 1 / XI / 2018 ; Curepipe, Bld Pasteur (aasl 510 m, 57 ° 31 ′ 45 ″ E, 20 ° 19 ′ 21 ″ S), 1 ♀ on Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae), 4 / XI / 2018 ; Curepipe, Anderson street (aasl 560 m, 57 ° 31 ′ 52 ″ E, 20 ° 19 ′ 11 ″ S), 5 ♀♀ and 3 ♂♂ on Erigeron canadensis (L.) Cronquist (Asteraceae) and 3 ♀♀ and 2 ♂♂ on Sonchus oleraceus L. (Asteraceae), 4 / XI / 2018 ; Mare aux Vacoas (aasl 581 m, 57 ° 29 ′ 31 ″ E, 20 ° 22 ′ 05 ″ S), 1 ♀ on Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacquemin) P. H. Raven (Onagraceae), 5 / XI / 2018 ; VIETNAM (7 ♀♀ and 2 imm.): Ma, in P 1 plot (aasl 63 m, 105 ° 1 ′ 28 ″ E, 21 ° 45 ′ 53 ″ N), 1 ♀ on Chromolaena odorata (L.) King and Robinson (Asteraceae), 9 / V / 2017 ; Muoi, in P 7 plot (aasl 66 m, 104 ° 38 ′ 22 ″ E, 21 ° 54 ′ 51 ″ N), 1 ♀ on Crassocephalum crepidioides (Bentham) Moore (Asteraceae), 16 / V / 2017 ; in P 9 plot (aasl 66 m, 104 ° 38 ′ 18 ″ E, 21 ° 54 ′ 46 ″ N), 1 ♀ on an unknown plant support, 18 / V / 2017 ; in P 11 plot (aasl 66 m, 104 ° 38 ′ 14 ″ E, 21 ° 54 ′ 30 ″ N), 1 imm. on C. odorata (Asteraceae), 31 / V / 2017 ; in P 15 plot (aasl 66 m, 104 ° 38 ′ 46 ″ E, 21 ° 54 ′ 56 ″ N), 1 ♀ on C. odorata (Asteraceae), 31 / V / 2017 ; in P 8 plot (aasl 66 m, 104 ° 38 ′ 9 ″ E, 21 ° 54 ′ 46 ″ N), 2 ♀♀ and 1 imm. on Xanthium strumarium L. (Asteraceae), 2 / VI / 2017 ; in P 13 plot (aasl 66 m, 104 ° 38 ′ 46 ″ E, 21 ° 54 ′ 50 ″ N), 1 ♀ on X. strumarium (Asteraceae), 29 / VII / 2017.	en	Kreiter, Serge, Ferragut, Francisco (2021): Scapulaseius asiaticus (Evans) andS. reptans (Blommers) (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae): one or two species? Acarologia 61 (3): 747-757, DOI: 10.24349/tyea-u51Q, URL: https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4467
039287BCFF8FFFD9FE206629FC05FB97.taxon	description	This species is mentioned only from the Indian Ocean area, Madagascar (Blommers 1974), La Réunion (Quilici et al. 2000) and recently Mauritius (Kreiter et al. 2018 a). Species of this genus Scapulaseius are supposed to be of type III (McMurtry and Croft 1997 ; McMurtry et al. 2013), i. e. polyphagous generalist predators. However, the biology of S. reptans remains unknown. World distribution La Réunion Island, Madagascar, Mauritius Island. Specimens examined 26 ♀♀ and 9 ♂♂ in total. LA RÉUNION ISLAND (2 ♀♀, 1 ♂ and 1 imm.): Ravine Langevin, Grand-Galet Waterfall (aasl 850 m, 55 ° 21 ′ 33 ″ E, 21 ° 17 ′ 47 ″ S), 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ on Desmodium incanum De Candolle (Fabaceae), 11 / 12 / 2016 ; Petite Île, Piton Bloc, Yébo Luguy farm (aasl 973 m, 55 ° 34 ′ 64 ″ E, 21 ° 18 ′ 64 ″ S), 1 ♀ and 1 imm. on Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae), 9 / 1 / 2017. MADAGASCAR (22 ♀♀ and 7 ♂♂): Tamatave city, 1 ♀ (holotype), 4 ♀♀ and 3 ♂♂ (paratypes), and 8 ♀♀ and 4 ♂♂ additional (material) on Psidium guajava L. (Myrtaceae), 28 / VII / 1972 ; Tamatave Ivoloina, 3 ♀♀ (additional material) on Rubus sp., 25 / VII / 1972, 1 ♀ (additional material) on Pueraria phaseoloides (= javanica) (Roxburgh) Bentham (Fabaceae), 1 / VIII / 1972 ; 3 ♀♀ (additional material) on Passiflora foetida L. (Passifloraceae), 5 / VII / 1972 (2 ♀♀) and 24 / VII / 1972 (1 ♀), 2 ♀♀ (additional material) on Phaseolus lunatus L. (Fabaceae), 11 / II / 1972. MAURITIUS ISLAND (2 ♀♀ and 1 ♂): Chamouny (aasl 128 m, 57 ° 27 ′ 58.00 ″ E, 20 ° 28 ′ 55.99 ″ S), 2 ♀♀ and 1 ♂ on an unknown host plant, 21 / IX / 2017.	en	Kreiter, Serge, Ferragut, Francisco (2021): Scapulaseius asiaticus (Evans) andS. reptans (Blommers) (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae): one or two species? Acarologia 61 (3): 747-757, DOI: 10.24349/tyea-u51Q, URL: https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4467
039287BCFF8FFFD9FE206629FC05FB97.taxon	discussion	Discussion on the possible synonymy Scapulaseius asiaticus was described by Evans (1953) under the name Typhlodromus asiaticus from specimens collected in Java Island, Indonesia, on cotton Gossypium hirsutum L. (Malvaceae) as indicated on slides of the type material. One female was added from Malaysia, Kwala Lumpur, to this type material (Evans 1953). The closely related Scapulaseius reptans (Blommers) was described by Blommers in 1974 from Tamatave (Madagascar) under the name Amblyseius (Amblyseius) reptans from specimens collected on Psidium guajava L. (Myrtaceae).	en	Kreiter, Serge, Ferragut, Francisco (2021): Scapulaseius asiaticus (Evans) andS. reptans (Blommers) (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae): one or two species? Acarologia 61 (3): 747-757, DOI: 10.24349/tyea-u51Q, URL: https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4467
