Amblyseiinae,

Ferla, Noeli Juarez, Johann, Liana, Klock, Crisna, Majolo, Fernanda & Botton, Marcos, 2011, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from vineyards in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, Zootaxa 2976, pp. 15-31: 17-18

Subfamily Amblyseiinae  Edit

Amblyseius herbicolus ( Chant, 1959)  Edit

Typhlodrumus (Amblyseius) herbicolus Chant, 1959: 84  Edit .

Amblyseius herbicolus  Edit . — Daneshvar & Denmark, 1982: 5; McMurtry & Moraes, 1984: 34; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 59. Amblyseius deleoni Muma  Edit & Denmark, in Muma et al., 1970: 68 (synonymy according to Daneshvar & Denmark, 1982). Amblyseius impactus Chaudhri, 1968  Edit (synonymy according to Daneshvar & Denmark, 1982).

Specimens examined. BOQUEIRÃO DO LEÃO: Bordo (Ives), Vitis  Edit labrusca L., Leaf, I/ 2007 (1).

Measurements of the single female collected are: dorsal shield 375 long and 250 wide, j 1 33, j 3 43, j 4 5, j 5 5, j 6 8, J 2 8, J 5 10, z 2 13, z 4 8, z 5 5, Z 1 13, Z 4 98, Z 5 238, s 4 88, S 2 13, S 4 10, S 5 10, r 3 13, R 1 8, SgI 43, SgII 45, SgIII 48, StiIII 38, SgIV 110, StiIV 80, StIV 73, st 1 -st 3 68, st 2 -st 2 73, st 5 -st 5: 65, ventrianal shield 53 anterior width, 68 posterior width and 118 long, spermatheca cervix 20 in length, fixed digit 8 in length, movable digit 3 in length. Number of teeth on the chelicerae was not visible.

Previous records in Brazil. Pernambuco ( Moraes et al., 1990); Minas Gerais ( Pallini et al., 1992); Paraná ( Santana & Flechtmann, 1998); Rio Grande do Sul ( Ferla & Moraes, 2002); São Paulo ( Gondim & Moraes, 2001; Zacarias & Moraes, 2001). This species has already been reported on native plants in Rio Grande do Sul state ( Ferla & Moraes, 2002), however it is now found on vines for the first time.