Canadian Journal of Zoology (2006) 84, 1216-1222

M.-S. Tixier, S. Kreiter, F. Ferragut and B. Cheval (2006)
The suspected synonymy of Kampimodromus hmiminai and Kampimodromus adrianae (Acari: Phytoseiidae): morphological and molecular investigations
Canadian Journal of Zoology 84 (8), 1216-1222
Abstract: Kampimodromus hmiminai McMurtry and Bounfour, 1989 and Kampimodromus adrianae Ferragut and Peña-Estévez, 2003 are two morphogically close species belonging to the family Phytoseiidae. They are the only two species within the genus Kampimodromus Nesbitt, 1951 that bear six solenostomes and a reduced ventrianal shield. Only some characters, such as the idiosomal seta lengths, idiosomal dorsal ornamentation, and setae ornamentation, distinguish them. Kampimodromus hmiminai has being reported from France and Morocco and K. adrianae from the Canary Islands. Our study tests the hypothesis of synonymy between these two species, using morphological measurements and molecular typing (mtDNA, cytochrome C oxidase I (COI)). The differences in idiosomal setae lengths between K. adrianae and K. hmiminai seem to be large enough to support their species status. However, genetic distances between these two species correspond to an intraspecific range of variation. According to the present data, K. adrianae and K. hmiminai could be considered synonyms, with morphologic differentiation as a result of geographic isolation. This result indicates that comparative setal length, seta serration, and dorsal shield ornementation should be used with caution for species differentiation within the genus Kampimodromus.
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Database assignments for author(s): Serge Kreiter, Francisco Ferragut, Marie-Stéphane Tixier

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
identification/taxonomy

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
Kampimodromus (genus - predators)