Abstract
Mayotte is one of the four main islands constituting Comoros Archipelago, with Anjouan, Mohéli and Grande Comore. Among them, it is the closest island to Madagascar. So far, only one species of the mite family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) had been reported from this island in an early study. In addition, only five species were recently collected from Grande Comore. In this paper, we report the results of a survey conducted at the end of 2018 in Mayotte Island, in which 18 species are reported for the first time for the Mayotte Island.
Highlights
Mites of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) are well-known for their predatory behaviour on phytophagous mites and small insects on cultivated plants and wild vegetation
The objective of this paper is to report the phytoseiid species found in a new survey conducted in November 2018 in Mayotte Island
The results of an additional survey made in 2018 in Mayotte Island is presented in this paper
Summary
Mites of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) are well-known for their predatory behaviour on phytophagous mites and small insects on cultivated plants and wild vegetation. Some of them are used to control pest organisms especially in protected crops and to some extent in open fields all around the world (McMurtry and Croft 1997; McMurtry et al 2013). This family is widespread around the world, presents on all continents (except Antarctica). Most of the Indian Ocean constitutes one of the world biodiversity hotspots, a concept defined by Myers (1988) in order to identify the most immediately important areas for biodiversity conservation. The objective of this paper is to report the phytoseiid species found in a new survey conducted in November 2018 in Mayotte Island
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