Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant)

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) herbicolus Chant, 1959: 84 .

Amblyseius herbicolus .— Denmark & Muma, 1975: 285; Daneshvar & Denmark, 1982: 5; McMurtry & Moraes, 1984: 34; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 59; Moraes et al., 1991: 118; Aponte & McMurtry, 1993: 150; Moraes et al. 2000: 239; Denmark et al., 1999: 27; Quilici et al., 2000: 98; Kreiter et al., 2006: 9.

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

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

Amblyseius impactus Chaudhri, 1968: 553 (synonymy according to Daneshvar & Denmark, 1982).

Specimens examined. Jarabacoa (Cordillera Central), 30-IX-2008, one female on Cecropia peltata L. ( Cecropiaceae).

Remarks. Species with a wide geographical distribution, including tropical, subtropical and Mediterranean areas in Central and South America, Caribbean Islands, Canary Islands, Iberian Peninsula, Angola, Kenya, South Africa, Iran, India, Southeastern Asia, China, Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia) and Hawaii (USA). The setal measurements of a single female collected correspond quite well to the values given by Schicha (1981).