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Amblyseius chiapensis De

Description

Amblyseius chiapensis De Leon

Amblyseius chiapensis De Leon, 1961: 85; 1962: 175; McMurtry, 1983: 250; Moraes & Mesa, 1988: 72; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 94; McMurtry & Moraes, 1989: 185; Gondim Jr & Moraes, 2001: 67.

Amblyseius triplaris De Leon, 1967: 25 (synonymy according to Denmark & Muma, 1989: 94).

Specimens examined. Jarabacoa (Cordillera Central), 30-IX-2008, six females and five males on Cecropia peltata L. (Cecropiaceae); four females and one male on Inga vera Willdenow (Leguminosae). Manabao (Cordillera Central), 30-IX-2008, one female on Ocotea leucoxylon (Swartz) Lanessan (Lauraceae).

Remarks. This species has previously been recorded from Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Perú, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. The measurements of five adult females collected agree well with those of the holotype.

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 37-53 in Zootaxa 2997 on page 39, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201690

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Phytoseiidae
Genus
Amblyseius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
De
Species
chiapensis
Taxon rank
species

References

  • De Leon, D. (1961) Eight new Amblyseius from Mexico with collection notes on two other species (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Florida Entomologist, 44, 85 - 91.
  • de Moraes, G. J. & Mesa, N. (1988) Mites of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari) in Colombia, with description of a new species. International Journal of Acarology, 14, 71 - 88.
  • Denmark, H. A. & Muma, M. H. (1989) A revision of the genus Amblyseius Berlese, 1914 (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Occasional papers of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods, 4, 1 - 149.
  • Gondim Jr, M. G. C. de & Moraes, G. J. (2001) Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) associated with palm trees (Arecaceae) in Brazil. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 6, 65 - 94.
  • De Leon, D. (1967) Some mites of the Caribbean area. Part I. Acarina on plants in Trinidad, West Indies. Allen Press Inc., Lawrence, Kansas, 66 pp.