Amblyseius aerialis (Muma)

Ferragut, Francisco, Moraes, Gilberto Jose & Navia, Denise, 2011, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) of the Dominican Republic, with a re-definition of the genus Typhloseiopsis De Leon, Zootaxa 2997, pp. 37-53 : 39

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.201690
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3513992
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scientific name	Amblyseius aerialis (Muma)
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Treatment

Amblyseius aerialis (Muma) View in CoL

Amblyseiopsis aerialis Muma.— 1955 : 264; Garman, 1958: 75.

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) aerialis .— Chant, 1959: 88; Muma, 1961: 287.

Amblyseius aerialis View in CoL .— De Leon, 1966: 91; Moraes & Mesa, 1988: 71; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 15; Kreiter & Moraes, 1997: 377; Feres & Moraes, 1998: 126; Moraes et al., 2000: 238; Kreiter et al., 2006: 8 View Cited Treatment ; Guanilo et al., 2008b: 3 View Cited Treatment .

Specimens examined. Jarabacoa (Cordillera Central), 30-IX-2008, one female and one male on Rubus View in CoL sp. ( Rosaceae View in CoL ); two females and one male on a unidentified Melastomataceae View in CoL . Las Galeras (Peninsula de Samaná), 3-X- 2008, one female on Miconia View in CoL sp. ( Melastomataceae View in CoL ).

Remarks. This species has previously been recorded from Algeria, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Florida ( USA), Galápagos, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Louisiana ( USA), Martinique, Mexico, Perú and Venezuela. The measurements of the adult females collected are very similar to the re-descriptions of this species provided by De Leon (1966), Kreiter & Moraes (1997) and Kreiter et al. (2006) for specimens from British Guyana, Guadeloupe and Martinique, respectively.