Amblyseius eharai Amitai & Swirski

Oliveira, Daniel C., Charanasri, Vatana, Kongchuensin, Manita, Konvipasruang, Ploychompoo, Chandrapatya, Angsumarn & De, Gilberto J., 2012, Phytoseiidae of Thailand (Acari: Mesostigmata), with a key for their identification, Zootaxa 3453, pp. 1-24 : 3

Amblyseius eharai Amitai & Swirski

Amblyseius eharai Amitai & Swirski, 1981: 60 ; Moraes et al., 1986: 12; 2004b: 22; Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 208; 2007: 78.

Specimens examined. One female on Passiflora edulis Sims , at Sa kaeo Province, November 1998; and one female on Dimocarpus longan Lour. , at Phichit Province, January 2003.

Female

Dorsal shield 338–340 long and 180–197 wide; j1 38–39, j3 48–50, j 4 8–11, j5 6–8, j 6 8–12, J 2 10–12, J 5 9–11, z 2 12–16, z 4 10–14, z5 6–9, Z 1 10–12, Z4 106–115, Z5 300–305, s4 107–110, S 2 13 –16, S 4 10 –16, S5 14, r 3 11–12, R 1 11–15; distances between St1-St3 65, St2-St2 67–69, St5-St5 68–79; ventrianal shield 113–116 long, 58–65 wide at level of ZV2, 68–74 wide at anus level; calyx of spermatheca 15–18 long; fixed cheliceral digit 25 long, movable cheliceral digit 30–31 long; Sge I 46–47, Sge II 36–38, Sge III 50–52, Sti III 43–46, St III 33–35, Sge IV 152–160, Sti IV 113–121, St IV 66–70. Chaetotaxy: genu II 1, 2/1-2/0, 1; genu III 2, 2/1-2/0, 1.

Previous records. China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia and South Korea.

Remarks. Measurements of the specimens examined are similar to those of the original description.