TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Complementary description of Neoseiulus tunus (De Leon) (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) and observation on its reproductive strategy VL - 57 IS - 3 SP - 591 EP - 599 PY - 2017 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Cavalcante, Ana C. C. AU - Demite, Peterson R. AU - Amaral, Felipe S. R. AU - Lofego, Antonio C. AU - de Moraes, Gilberto J. UR - https://doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20174178 DO - 10.24349/acarologia/20174178 DA - 2017-05-16 ET - 2017-05-16 KW - phytoseiid, taxonomic, parthenogenesis, thelytoky AB - Neoseiulus tunus (De Leon) is one of the most frequent species of this genus in the Neotropical Region, reported on several plants and localities. In this study, the morphological characterization of various Brazilian populations of this species is presented. Females and males are illustrated. Neoseiulus neotunus (Denmark & Muma) is here considered a junior synonymn of N. tunus. Thelytokous parthenogenesis is reported for the first time for this species, based on two populations. ER -