Amblyseius largoensis (Muma)

ZahidiK, Abdelaziz, Akchour, Abdellah, K, Serge Kreiter, TixierK, Marie-Stéphane, MsandaK, Fouad & MousadikK, Abdelhamid El, 2023, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Central West Morocco: new records and key to females of all recorded Moroccan species, Acarologia 63 (3), pp. 691-724 : 700-701

Amblyseius largoensis (Muma)

Amblyseiopsis largoensis Muma 1955: 266 .

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) largoensis, Chant 1959: 96 .

Amblyseius (Amblyseialus) largoensis, Muma 1961: 287 .

Typhlodromus largoensis, Hirschmann 1962 .

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) largoensis, Ehara 1966: 22 ; Ehara & Bhandhufalck 1977: 67 ; Denmark & Evans 2011: 69.

Amblyseius largoensis, Ehara 1959: 293 ; Muma & Denmark 1970: 69 ; McMurtry & Moraes

1984: 29; Moraes et al. 1986: 17, 2000: 239, 2004a: 143, 2004b: 33 ; Chant & McMurtry

2004: 208, 2007: 78.

Amblyseius sakalava Blommers, 1976: 96 (Synonymy according to Ueckermann & Loots

1988).

Amblyseius amtalaensis Gupta, 1977: 53 (Synonymy according to Gupta 1986).

Amblyseius magnoliae Denmark & Evans, 2011: 69 (Synonym according to Denmark & Evans 2011).

World distribution — Angola, Anjouan Island, Australia, Benin, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Figi, French Guiana, Futuna Island, Georgia, Gilbert Islands, Grande Comore Island, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, La Désirade Island, Madagascar Island, Madeira Island, Malaysia, Marie-Galante Island, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte Island, Mexico, Mohéli Island, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Reunion Island, Rodrigues Island, Saint Barthélémy, Saint Kitts, Saint Martin, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad, Turkey, USA, US Samoa, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.

Specimens examined — 3 ♀♀ collected on Cupressus spp. L. ( Cupressaceae ) used as windbreaks at Ouled Abdellah in September 2018. This is the first record of this species in Morocco.

Remarks — The description and measurements of the adult females collected agree with those provided by McMurtry and Moraes (1984) for specimens from South Pacific, by Karmakar et al. 2017 for specimens from West Bengal ( India) and by Fang et al. (2020) for specimens from Vietnam. This species is an important natural enemy of mite pests in China ( Wu et al. 2009). It prefers high humidity environment, and was found the dominant native species in surveyed citrus orchards in Vietnam ( Fang et al. 2020). Amblyseius largoensis is a generalist predator that feeds on a diversity of phytophagous mites, mainly those of the families Eriophyidae , Tenuipalpidae , and Tetranychidae , small insects and other food types, including pollen ( Rodriguez and Ramos 2004 ; Navia et al. 2007).