Amblyseius tsugawai Ehara, 1959

Liao, Jhih-Rong, Ho, Chyi-Chen & Ko, Chiun-Cheng, 2021, Predatory mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) intercepted from samples imported to Taiwan, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4927 (3), pp. 301-330 : 305

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.3.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9A141A50-151D-4261-9A62-FD300B521E86

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4542256

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039687BC-FFA1-F52B-FF25-6872FAC4224D

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Plazi

scientific name

Amblyseius tsugawai Ehara, 1959
status

 

Amblyseius tsugawai Ehara, 1959 View in CoL

Amblyseius tsugawai Ehara, 1959: 290 View in CoL .

Material examined. Japan: one female ( QAR 101H028) from Perilla frutescens (Lamiaceae) , 28 Sept 2011.

Previous records. Asia: China ( Zhu & Chen 1980), Japan ( Ehara 1959), South Korea ( Ryu & Kim 1998).

Remarks. This species is distributed in East Asia, especially Japan, and is a major predator of spider mites in orchards in Japan. It is considered as Type III generalist predators ( Funayama & Sonoda 2014). The food sources of the species ranges from spider mites, thrips, whiteflies, pyralid moths, and pollens ( Yang et al. 2019).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Mesostigmata

Family

Phytoseiidae

Genus

Amblyseius

Loc

Amblyseius tsugawai Ehara, 1959

Liao, Jhih-Rong, Ho, Chyi-Chen & Ko, Chiun-Cheng 2021
2021
Loc

Amblyseius tsugawai

Ehara, S. 1959: 290
1959
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