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Amblyseius herbicolus Chant

Description

Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant)

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) herbicolus Chant, 1959: 84.

Amblyseius amitae Bhattacharyya, 1968: 677 (synonymy according to Denmark & Muma, 1989: 59).

Amblyseius deleoni Muma & Denmark, in Muma et al., 1970: 68, Denmark & Muma, 1989: 59 (synonymy according to Daneshvar & Denmark, 1982: 5).

Amblyseius impactus Chaudhri, 1968: 533 (synonymy according to Daneshvar & Denmark, 1982: 5).

Amblyseius giganticus, Gupta 1981: 33 (synonymy according to Gupta, 1986: 45)

Amblyseius herbicolus, Chant, 1959: 84; Daneshvar & Denmark, 1982: 5; McMurtry & Moraes, 1984: 34; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 59; Moraes et al., 2004: 27.

Amblyseius thermophilus, Karg 1991:12 (synonymy according to Karg, 1991: 12).

Notes

This species is known from numerous countries around the world: Angola, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Canary Islands, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Les Saintes, Malaysia, Martinique, New Caledonia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Reunion Island, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, USA, Venezuela, West Indies and Western Samoa. The measurements of the specimens collected agree well with those of Denmark & Muma (1989).

Notes

Published as part of Kreiter, Serge, Tixier, Marie-Stéphane & Etienne, Jean, 2006, New records of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from the French Antilles, with description of Neoseiulus cecileae sp. nov., pp. 1-27 in Zootaxa 1294 on page 9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.173514

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Phytoseiidae
Genus
Amblyseius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Chant
Species
herbicolus
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Chant, D. A. (1959) Phytoseiid mites (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Part I. Bionomics of seven species in southeastern England. Part II. A taxonomic review of family Phytoseiidae, with descriptions of 38 new species. The Canadian Entomologist, 91, Supplement, 12, 166 pp.
  • Denmark, H. A. & Muma, M. H. (1989) A revision of the genus Amblyseius Berlese, 1914 (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Occasional Papers of the Florida Station Collection of Arthropods, 4, 1 - 149.
  • Muma, M. H., Denmark, H. A. & de Leon, D. (1970) Phytoseiidae of Florida. Arthropods of Florida & neighboring land areas, 6. Florida Department of Agriculture, Conservation Service, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, 150 pp.
  • Daneshvar, H. & Denmark, H. A. (1982) Phytoseiids of Iran (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). International Journal of Acarology, 8, 3 - 14.
  • Chaudhri, W. M. (1968) Six new species of mites of the genus Amblyseius (Phytoseiidae) from Pakistan. Acarologia, 10, 550 - 562.
  • Gupta, S. K. (1981 b) (1980) On a collection of Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Himachal Pradesh (India), with descriptions of two new species. Indian Journal of Acarology, India, 5, 32 - 36.
  • Gupta, S. K. (1986) Fauna of India (Acari: Mesostigmata) Family Phytoseiidae. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, India, 350 pp.
  • McMurtry, J. A. & de Moraes, G. J. (1984) Some phytoseiid mites from the South Pacific, with descriptions of news species and definition of the Amblyseius largoensis species group. International Journal of Acarology, 10, 27 - 37.
  • Moraes, G. J. de, McMurtry, J. A., Denmark, H. A. & Campos, C. B. (2004) A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. Zootaxa, 434, 1 - 494.
  • Karg, W. (1991) Die Raubmilbenarten der Phytoseiidae Berlese (Acarina) Mitteleuropas sowie angrenzender Gebiete. Zoologische Jahrbucher Systematik, Germany, 118 (1), 1 - 64.