Complementary descriptions of three nominal phytoseiid mite species (Parasitiformes: Phytoseiidae) invalid under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

This study reevaluates three phytoseiid mite species: Proprioseiopsis doorco, Indiraseiulus pectoralus, and Paraseiulus parajirofticus, described by Denmark & Evans in 2011. Upon review, we found that the original descriptions of these species did not comply with Article 16.4.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). The species were described after 1999 and a statement was not included indicating the repository for the type specimens. Moreover, our examination of the type specimens revealed that if the names of these species had been made available, they would have been junior synonyms of previously described species: Proprioseiopsis mauiensis (Prasad), Ricoseius loxocheles (De Leon) and Paraseiulus soleiger (Ribaga), respectively. Given that, rather than naming a repository to make those names available, we propose keeping them deliberately as nomina nuda.