Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant)

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 : 3-4

Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant)

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) herbicolus Chant, 1959: 84 .

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) herbicolus .— Muma, 1961: 287; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 59; Denmark & Evans, 2011: 68.

Amblyseius herbicolus .— Daneshvar & Denmark, 1982: 5; McMurtry & Moraes, 1984: 34; Moraes et al., 1986: 14; 2004b: 27; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 59; Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 208; 2007: 78.

Amblyseius amitae Bhattacharyya, 1968: 667 (synonymy according to Denmark & Muma, 1989: 59).

Amblyseius deleoni Muma & Denmark, in Muma et al., 1970: 68; Schicha, 1981b: 107 (synonymy according to Daneshvar & Denmark, 1982: 5).

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) deleoni .— Ehara & Bhandhufalck, 1977: 67.

Amblyseius giganticus Gupta, 1981: 33 (synonymy according to Gupta, 1986: 45).

Amblyseius impactus Chaudhri, 1968: 553 (synonymy according to Daneshvar & Denmark, 1982: 5). Amblyseius thermophilus Karg, 1991: 12 (objective synonym according to Moraes et al., 2004b: 27).

Specimens examined. One female on Brugmansia sp., at Chiang Mai Province, August 2003, collected by M. Kongchuensin.

Female

Dorsal shield 360 long and 194 wide; j1 37, j3 38, j4 6, j5 5, j6 8, J2 9, J5 7, z2 13, z4 10, z5 7, Z1 13, Z4 94, Z5 270, s4 95, S2 10, S4 11, S5 9, r3 13, R1 9; distances between St1-St3 67, St2-St2 73, St5-St5 68; ventrianal shield 117 long, 56 wide at level of ZV2, 70 at anus level; calyx of spermatheca 25 long; fixed cheliceral digit 34 long, movable cheliceral digit 35 long; Sge I 50, Sge II 39, Sti II 30, Sge III 48, Sti III 40, St III 30, Sge IV 110, Sti IV 85, St IV 72. Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2/0-2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1-2/0, 1.

Previous records. Cosmopolitan, including Thailand (Provinces of Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Rayong, Ehara & Bhandhufalck, 1977).

Remarks. Measurements of the specimen examined are similar to those reported by Schicha (1981b) for the holotype and for specimens from New South Wales, Australia.