Amblyseius largoensis (Muma, 1955)

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 : 304

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4542251
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scientific name	Amblyseius largoensis (Muma, 1955)
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Amblyseius largoensis (Muma, 1955) View in CoL

Amblyseiopsis largoensis Muma, 1955: 266 .

Material examined. USA: one female ( HAL 100B062) from Persea americana (Lauraceae) , 19 May 2011.

Previous records. Africa: Angola (Carmona 1968), Benin ( Zannou et al. 2007), Ivory Coast ( Moraes et al. 1989a), Kenya ( Swirski & Ragusa 1978), Mozambique ( Rodrigues 1968), Sierra Leone ( Zannou et al. 2007), Tanzania ( El-Banhawy & Abou-Awad 1990). Asia: China ( Chen et al. 1980), India ( Gupta 1978) , Iran ( Daneshvar 1980), Malaysia ( Ehara 2002a), Oman ( Hountondji et al. 2010), the Philippines ( Corpuz & Rimando 1966), Saudi Arabia ( Alatawi et al. 2017), Singapore ( Corpuz-Raros 1995), Sri Lanka ( Moraes et al. 2004b), Taiwan ( Ehara 1970), Thailand ( Ehara & Bhandhufalck 1977), Turkey ( Çobanoðlu 1989b), Vietnam ( Fang et al. 2020). Central America: Cuba ( Rodriguez et al. 1981), Dominican Republic ( Ferragut et al. 2011), Guatemala ( Chant 1959), Mexico ( Chant 1959), Jamaica ( Denmark & Muma 1978), Puerto Rico ( De Leon 1965). Europe: Georgia ( Wainstein & Vartapetov 1973). North America: USA (Muma 1955). Oceania: Australia ( Collyer 1980), Fiji ( Collyer 1980), Hawaii ( Prasad 1968), New Caledonia ( Schicha 1981b), New Zealand ( Collyer 1964b), Papua New Guinea (Schicha & Gutierrez 1985), Vanuatu ( Schicha 1981b). South America: Brazil (Ehara 1966), Colombia ( Moraes & Mesa 1988), Guyana ( De Leon 1966), Trinidad ( De Leon 1967), Venezuela ( Aponte & McMurtry 1993).

Remarks. The species is distributed worldwide; however, it is doubtful if all recorded specimens are real A. largoensis (see D̂ker et al. 2020). Many researchers (e.g., Liao et al. 2020) indicated that the species can be identified by the parallel tubular calyx of the spermatheca. Additionally, this species is dominant in southern Taiwan, especially in the tropical region. This species has also been studied in terms of its potential in biological control of red palm mite, Raoiella indica Hirst (e.g., Mendes et al. 2018).