Euseius lokele (Pritchard & Baker)

K, Moustapha Touré, KwadjoK, Koffi Eric, DoumbiaK, Mamadou & KreiterK, Serge, 2025, New records of species of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Ivory Coast, Acarologia 65 (1), pp. 3-35 : 23-25

Euseius lokele (Pritchard & Baker)

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) lokele Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 271 .

Euseius lokele, Moraes et al. 1986: 47 , 1989a: 99, 1989b: 85, 2004b: 72 ; Chant & McMurtry

2005b: 215, 2007: 121.

Euseius lokele was found on Solanum aethiopicum in association with tetranychid and tarsonemid mites in southern Benin ( Moraes et al. 2001). But, its biology is unknown. This is the first record of this species from the Ivory Coast.

Specimens examined — a single specimen (1 ♀) collected between 05/IV/2017 and 17/IV/ 2018 in Toumodi, Yobouekro (aasl 184 m, Lat 6°31′19.196″N, Long 5°6′41.36″W) and

12 ♀♀ and 6 ♂♂ collected between 14/III/2017 and 10/III/ 2018 in Abidjan, Anyama Ahoue (aasl 42 m, Lat 5°26′00.87″N, Long 3°55′00.60″W) on Carica papaya L.

World distribution — Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, DR Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda.

Remarks — The measurements of specimens from the Ivory Coast (tables 15 and 16) are very close to those of specimens from other regions of Africa.