Platyseiella eliahui Ueckermann 1992

Platyseiella eliahui Ueckermann Platyseiella eliahui Ueckermann 1992: 20; Moraes et al. 2004a: 259; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 131. This species belongs to the platypilis species group as setae r3 are inserted on the dorsal shield and setae JV1 are off the ventrianal shield (Chant and McMurtry 1994). It was only recorded from South Africa (Demite et al. 2019). Its biology is totally unknown. This is the first record of this species in La Réunion Island. Specimens examined: 2 ♀♀ in total, both measured. Le Tampon – Grand Tampon, Janick Bénard farm (aasl 1100 m, Long 55°34’12” E, Lat 21°16’48” S), 2 ♀♀ on P. aquilinum, 7/1/2016. Remarks: measurements of morphological characters (Table 36) agree well with those obtained for specimens from South Africa and Zambia.Published as part of Kreiter, Serge, Payet, Rose-My, Douin, Martial, Fontaine, Olivier, Jacques, Fillâtre & Bellec, Fabrice Le, 2020, Phytoseiidae of La Réunion Island (Acari: Mesostigmata): three new species and two males described, new synonymies, and new records, pp. 111-195 in Acarologia 60 (1) on page 180, DOI: 10.24349/acarologia/20204361, http://zenodo.org/record/387981