Female dorsal view

Other Names

Typhlodromus manukae Collyer, 1964
Neoseiulella (Neoseiulella) manukae (Collyer)

Synonyms

Neoseiulella glenfieldensis (Schicha, 1980) (= Typhlodromus glenfieldensis Schicha, 1980) [syn. Denmark & Rather, 1996]

Distribution

New Zealand: Auckland, Awanui Inlet (Collyer, 1964; 1982); Australia: NSW (Schicha, 1980; 1987).

Notes

On Leptospermum scoparium (manuka) and L. ericoides in New Zealand (Collyer, 1964; 1982); on orange tree, apple, oak and Eucalyptus parvifolia in Australia (Schicha, 1980; 1987).

References

Collyer, E. (1964) The occurrence of some mites of the Family Phytoseiidae in New Zealand, and descriptions of seven new species. Acarologia 6: 632-646.

Collyer, E. (1982) The Phytoseiidae of New Zealand (Acarina). 1. The genera Typhlodromus and Amblyseius - keys and new species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 9: 185-206.

Demark, H.A., and Rather, A.Q. (1996) Revision of the genus Neoseiulella Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae). International Journal of Acarology 22: 43-77.

Schicha, E. (1980) Two new species of phytoseiid mites from Australia and redescription of six from New Zealand and Japan. General and Applied Entomology 12: 16-31.

Schicha, E. (1987) Phytoseiidae of Australia and Neighboring Areas. Indira Publishing House, Oak Park, Michigan, USA. 187 p.