Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant)

Lofego, Antonio Carlos, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo, Demite, Peterson Rodrigo & Moraes, Gilberto José De, 2024, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of the subfamily Amblyseiinae from Brazil, Zootaxa 5439 (1), pp. 1-306 : 32-35

Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant) ( Figure 21)

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) herbicolus Chant, 1959 ; 84.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) herbicolus . — Muma, 1961: 287; Gupta, 1986: 45; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 59.

Typhlodromus herbicolus .— Hirschmann, 1962: 6.

Amblyseius herbicolus . — Denmark & Muma, 1975: 285; Moraes et al., 1986: 14, 2004b: 27; Wu et al., 1997: 36; Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 208, 2007: 78; Zannou et al., 2007: 14 ; Guanilo et al., 2008a: 5, 2008b: 5; Ferragut et al., 2010: 116; Ferla et al., 2011: 17; Kade et al., 2011: 134 ; Oliveira et al., 2012a: 3 ; Gonçalves et al., 2013: 358; Rocha et al., 2015: 24; Akyazi et al., 2016: 238 ; Kreiter et al., 2018b: 531 , 2020a: 86 , 2020b: 152 ; Ma et al., 2019: 528 ; D̂ker et al., 2022b: 1071.

Amblyseius (Typhlodromopsis) deleoni Muma, 1962: 7 (synonymy according to Daneshvar & Denmark, 1982: 5).

Amblyseius deleoni .— Muma et al., 1970: 68; Muma, 1975: 56; Schicha, 1981a: 107; Moraes et al., 1986: 15, 2004b: 28; Zhang, 2001: 109; Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 208, 2007: 78.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) deleoni . — Blommers, 1976: 94; Gupta, 1985: 338.

Amblyseius (Amblyseialus) deleoni .— Karg, 1983: 313.

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) amitae Bhattacharyya, 1968: 677 (synonymy according to Denmark & Muma, 1989: 59).

Amblyseius amitae .— Moraes et al., 1986: 7, 2004b: 28; Chant & McMurtry 2004a: 208, 2007: 75.

Amblyseius giganticus Gupta, 1981: 33 ; Moraes et al., 1986: 14, 2004b: 29; Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 210, 2007: 78 (synonymy according to Gupta, 1986: 45).

Amblyseius impactus Chaudhri, 1968: 553 ; Moraes et al., 1986: 16, 2004b: 29; Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 208, 2007: 78 (synonymy according to Daneshvar & Denmark, 1982: 5).

Amblyseius (Amblyseialus) thermophilus Karg, 1991: 12 , replacement name for A. deleoni Muma & Denmark, in Muma et al. (1970) (synonymy according to Daneshvar & Denmark, 1982: 5).

Amblyseius thermophilus . — Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 208, 2007: 81; Moraes et al., 2004b: 29.

Specimens measured. PE, SP (6, 8).

Dorsal shield of female smooth, with scant anterolateral striae, 381 (342–413) long and 257 (225–325) wide. Setal lengths: j1 36 (31–48), j3 42 (35–48), j4 7 (5–8), j5 6 (5–7), j6 8 (6–10), J2 10 (9–11), J5 9 (7–12), z2 12 (8–15), z4 10 (9–14), z5 6 (4–6), Z1 11 (9–12), Z4 107 (89–122), Z5 261 (202–303), s4 101 (87–113), S2 12 (11–14), S4 12 (11–12), S5 10 (9–11), r3 14 (12–14) and R1 9 (9–11). Peritreme extending to level of j1. Distances between st1–st3 70 (64–84), st2–st2 75 (67–80), st5–st5 67 (60–73). Ventrianal shield 123 (108–132) long, 54 (51–57) wide at level of Zv2 and 69 (60–73) at anus level. Spermathecal calyx trumpet-shaped, 27 (22–31) long; atrium nodular. Fixed cheliceral digit 29 (28–30) long, with 11 teeth; movable digit 33 (31–34) long, with four teeth. Macrosetae of legs I–IV, sharp-tipped; SgeI 47 (43–51), SgeII 39 (35–41), SgeIII 47 (43–51), SgeIV 122 (111–140), StiIII 40 (40–41), StiIV 85 (80–89) and StIV 71 (68–75) .

Distribution in Brazil. Amapá ( Mineiro et al., 2009b), Amazonas ( Cruz et al., 2019), Bahia ( Nuvoloni et al., 2015a), Ceará ( Barros et al., 2020), Goiás ( Demite et al., 2017); Minas Gerais ( Pallini Filho et al., 1992; Spongoski et al., 2005; Silva et al., 2010; Abreu et al., 2012; Carvalho et al., 2012; Toledo et al., 2018; Ferraz et al., 2022), Northeast Region ( Moraes et al., 1990), Paraná (Santana & Flechtmann, 1988; Barroso et al., 2019), Pernambuco ( Vasconcelos et al., 2006; França-Beltr„o et al .., 2023), Rio Grande do Norte ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Rio Grande do Sul ( Ferla & Moraes, 2002b; Ferla et al., 2005, 2011; Moura et al., 2013; Silva et al., 2013, 2020; Rocha et al., 2015; Toldi et al., 2021a, b), Roraima (Gondim Jr. et al., 2012) and São Paulo (Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001; Zacarias & Moraes, 2001a; Mineiro et al., 2004, 2006a, 2008, 2009a; Feres et al., 2007; Picoli et al., 2010; Demite et al., 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015; Montes et al., 2011, 2012; Romero et al., 2011; Parecis-Silva et al., 2016; Lofego et al., 2017; Baldo et al., 2018; Mineiro & Raga, 2020).

Distribution elsewhere. Anjouan Island, Argentina, Australia, Azores, Belgium, Burundi, Canary Islands, Canada, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eastern Island, El Salvador, Ghana, Grande Comore Island, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Hawaii, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Les Saintes, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaysia, Martinique, Mauritius, Mohéli Island, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Reunion Island, Rodrigues Island, Rwanda, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Indies and Western Samoa.

Remarks. Few measurements were provided in the original description of the species. The measurements of the Brazilian specimens are similar to those of the redescription by Denmark & Muma (1989).