Amblyseius neolargoensis van der Merwe

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) neolargoensis van der Merwe 1965: 59 .

Amblyseius neolargoensis, Moraes et al. 1986: 23, 2004: 41; Chant & McMurty 2004: 208, 2007: 80; Zannou et al. 2007: 20.

Amblyseius vazimba Blommers & Chazeau 1974: 312 (synonymy according to Ueckermann & Loots 1988).

This species also belongs to the largoensis species group and the largoensis species subgroup (see above for A. largoensis). Its biology is totally unknown. It is the first mention of Amblyseius neolargoensis from Mauritius.

World distribution: Cape Verde, Hawaii, Mozambique, La Réunion Island, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Specimens examined: a single ♀ collected in Mauritius during the survey. Nouvelle-France (aasl 442 m, lat. 20°22 ′ 34 ″ S, long. 57°35 ′ 58 ″ E), 1 ♀ on Camelia sinensis (L.) Kuntze ( Theaceae), 31/X/2018.

Remarks: morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements fit well measurement values given by van der Merwe (1965) for specimens from South Africa and Zannou et al. (2007) for specimens from South Africa and Mozambique.