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Amblyseius comatus Ueckermann & Loots

Description

Amblyseius comatus Ueckermann & Loots

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) comatus Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 68.

Amblyseius comatus, Chant & McMurtry, 2004: 199; Moraes et al. 2004: 21.

REMARKS—Idiosomal setal pattern 10A:9B/JV-3:ZV. This species was described from specimens collected in Golden Gate Highland National Park, Free State Province, South Africa, on Filicia filifolia. No additional specimens were collected in the present study.

WORLD DISTRIBUTION—South Africa.

Notes

Published as part of Zannou, Ignace D., De, Gilberto J., Ueckermann, Eddie A., Oliveira, Anibal R., Yaninek, John S. & Hanna, Rachid, 2007, Phytoseiid mites of the subtribe Amblyseiina (Acari: Phytoseiidae: Amblyseiini) from sub-Saharan Africa, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 1550 on page 9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.178081

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ueckermann & Loots
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Mesostigmata
Family
Phytoseiidae
Genus
Amblyseius
Species
comatus
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Ueckermann, E. A. & Loots, G. C. (1988) The African species of the subgenera Anthoseius De Leon and Amblyseius Berlese (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Entomology Memoir, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Republic of South Africa, South Africa, 73, 168 pp.
  • Chant, D. A. & McMurtry, J. A. (2004) A Review of Subfamily Amblyseiinae Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae): Part III. The tribe Amblyseiini Wainstein, subtribe Amblyseiina n. subtribe. International Journal of Acarology, USA, 30 (3), 171 - 228.
  • Moraes, G. J. de, McMurtry, J. A., Denmark, H. A., Campos, C. B. (2004) A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. Zootaxa, New Zealand, 434, 1 - 494.