Amblyseius pascuus Van
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Description
Amblyseius pascuus Van der Merwe
Amblyseius (Amblyseius) pascuus Van der Merwe, 1968: 116.
Specimens examined: Site 941, 3 females; Site 943, 2 females; Site 944, 2 females; Site 9411, 1 female; Site 9431, 1 female.
Amblyseius pascuus is an endemic South African species that was described from soil covered with Eragrostis curvula at Potchefstroom (Van der Merwe, 1968). In the present survey it was found at scattered localities, but was always rare, with only 7 specimens in the entire survey. Phytoseiidae are predators that have been used successfully as biological control agents, but almost always in controlled situations such as glasshouses and orchards, and rarely in extensive pastures or crops (McMurtry, 1983; Gerson & Smiley, 1990). An exception is the use of a complex of phytoseiid species to control the cassava green mite Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar) under field conditions in West Africa (reviewed by Gerson et al., 2003).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Phytoseiidae
- Genus
- Amblyseius
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Mesostigmata
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Van
- Species
- pascuus
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- McMurtry, J. A. (1983) Phytoseiid predators in orchard systems: a classical biological control success story. In M. A. Hoy, G. L. Cunningham & L. Knutson (eds.). Biological Control of Pests by Mites (University of California Press: Berkeley). pp. 21 - 26.
- Gerson, U. & Smiley, R. L. (1990) Acarine Biological Control Agents. An Illustrated Key and Manual. London: Chapman and Hall, 174 pp.
- Gerson, U., Smiley, R. L. & Ochoa, R. (2003) Mites (Acari) for Pest Control. Oxford: Blackwell, 539 pp.