Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant)

Fang, Xiao-Duan, Li, Jun & Wu, Wei-Nan, 2022, Phytoseiid mites of Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, China (Acari: Mesostigmata, Phytoseiidae), Acarologia 62 (2), pp. 474-496 : 477

Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant)

Typhlodromus ( Amblyseius) herbicolus Chant, 1959: 84 .

Typhlodromus herbicolus, Hirschmann, 1962: 23 .

Amblyseius deleoni ( Muma & Denmark, 1970: 68) (synonymy according to Denmark & Muma, 1989).

Amblyseius impactus ( Chaudhri, 1968: 553) (synonymy according to Daneshvar & Denmark, 1982).

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

Amblyseius herbicolus, Moraes et al., 2004: 27 ; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 78 ; Wu et al., 2021: 115.

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

World Distribution — China ( Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan,

Heilongjiang, Henan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Sichuan, Yunnan, Taiwan), Argentina,

Australia, Benin, Brazil, Burundi, Chile (Easter Island), Colombia, Comoros Islands, Congo,

Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, El Salvador, French oversea Islands ( Guadeloupe, Les

Saintes, Martinique, New Caledonia, Réunion), Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Iran,

Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius (Mainland, Rodrigues Island), Papua New Guinea,

Peru, Philippines, Portugal (Mainland, Azores), Rwanda, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa,

Spain (Mainland, Canary Islands), Thailand, Turkey, Venezuela, Vietnam, the United States

(Mainland, Puerto Rico, Hawaii), the West Indies.

Specimens examined — 37 ♀♀ collected at Ruyuan Grand Canyon ( 402 m asl, 24°31′14″

N, 113°07′28″ E ; 427 m asl, 24°31′18″ N, 113°07′29″ E ; 477 m asl, 24°31′10″ N, 113°07′35″

E; 493 m asl, 24°31′19″ N, 113°07′50″ E ; 495 m asl, 24°31′18″ N, 113°07′29″ E ; 547 m asl,

24°31′18″ N, 113°07′29″ E ; 520 m asl, 24°31′14″ N, 113°07′28″ E), on B. nivea , C. cuspidata ,

F. hispida , I. tessellatus , O. frutescens , P. radicans , P. linearis and unknown plant; 9 ♀♀ and

1 ♂ collected at Tianjingshan National Forest Park ( 455 m asl, 24°41′09″ N, 112°59′32″

E; 467 m asl, 24°41′09″ N, 112°59′32″ E ; 468 m asl, 24°41′10″ N, 112°59′30″ E ; 485 m asl,

24°41′09″ N, 112°59′30″ E), on Bambusa sp. , H. reticulata , I. cairica , R. rivulare and unknown plant; 15 ♀♀ and 1 ♂ collected at Nanling National Nature Reserve ( 730 m asl, 24°54′57″

N, 113°02′28″ E ; 827 m asl, 24°35′00″ N, 113°02′03″ E ; 831 m asl, 24°54′58″ N, 113°02′11″

E) on E. chinensis , Q. phillyraeoides , T. siamensis and unknown plant; 6 ♀♀ collected at Bibei

Village ( 218 m asl, 25°0′57″ N, 113°16′53″ E) on Ligustrum sp. ; one ♀ collected at Banling

Village ( 305 m asl, 25°01′01″ N, 113°16′52″ E), on C. oleifera ; 4 ♀♀ collected at Yunxi

Village ( 692 m asl, 25°03′32′N, 113°08′07″ E), on unknown plant.