Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) of the Cook Islands Author Ma, Min Author Fan, Qing-Hai Author Zhang, Zhi-Qiang text Zootaxa 2019 2019-07-25 4646 3 527 540 journal article 25971 10.11646/zootaxa.4646.3.5 89a4a893-4099-4440-a980-1b0956caf4e5 1175-5326 3351090 BCA9B519-7BEA-4B9C-B510-D04AD3E0D0E0 Amblyseius herbicolus ( Chant, 1959 ) ( Figure 1D ) Typhlodromus ( Amblyseius ) herbicolus Chant, 1959: 84 . Amblyseius ( Amblyseius ) herbicolus . Muma, 1961: 287 . Typhlodromus herbicolus . Hirschmann, 1962: 23 . Diagnosis. This species is very similar to Amblyseius fijiensis in many aspects, but its female can be differentiated from the latter by having an expanded spermathecal atrium, the calyx of spermathecal apparatus long and narrow and gradually flaring terminally, and the major duct elongate and tubular. Cheliceral fixed digit with 11 teeth. Specimens examined. Rarotonga: Papua stream, 1 female , ex. bitter melon ( Momordica charantia ) leaves, 22 October 2017 , by Q.-H. Fan; 3 females , ex. Sanchezia speciosa leaves, same locality, date and collector . Remarks . This species was originally described from bromeliad imported from Portugal in USA ( Chant 1959 ). It is also known from more than 40 countries in the Afrotropical, Australasian, Neotropical, Oriental, and Palaearctic regions ( Moraes et al . 2004 ; Demite et al . 2018 ). It is now recorded from the Cook Islands for the first time.