Amblyseius tamatavensis Blommers

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Amblyseius tamatavensis Blommers

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) tamatavensis Blommers, 1974: 144 .

Amblyseius tamatavensis .—Schicha, 1981: 40; Moraes et al., 1986: 31; 2004b: 52; Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 203; 2007: 81.

Amblyseius aegyptiacus Denmark & Matthysse, in Matthysse & Denmark, 1981: 343 (synonymy according to Denmark & Muma, 1989: 13).

Amblyseius maai Tseng, 1976: 123 (synonymy according to Denmark & Muma, 1989: 13).

Specimens examined. Two females, on Durio zibethinus Murray , at Chanthaburi Province, September, 1991; three females, on Ipomoea pes -tigridis, at Rayong Province, August 1995; two females, on Garcinia mangostana L., at Chanthaburi Province, February, 2002, collected by Pichet; one female and one male, on Vitis vinifera L., at Udon Thani Province, October 2003; and one female, on Morus alba L., at Bangkok Province, December, 2004, collected by P. Vichitbandha.

Female

Dorsal shield 337 (310–360) long and 213 (190–230) wide; j1 32 (28–37), j3 52 (49–55), j4 5 (4–5), j5 4 (3–4), j6 5 (4–6), J2 5 (5–7), J5 6 (4–7), z2 7 (6–9), z4 7 (5–9), z5 4 (3–5), Z1 6 (5–7), Z4 107 (86–116), Z5 231 (212–240), s4 86 (80–92), S2 7 (6–9), S4 6 (5–9), S5 6 (5–9), r3 14 (9–17), R1 7 (6–8); distances between St1-St3 60 (58–65), St2-St2 70 (67–75), St5-St5 74 (69–80); ventrianal shield 117 (110–125) long, 89 (79–100) wide at level of ZV2; calyx of spermatheca 12 (9–15) long; fixed cheliceral digit 31 (29–35) long, movable cheliceral digit 38 (35–41) long; Sge I 39 (37–44), Sge II 36 (34–38), Sge III 55 (50–60), Sti III 46 (42–48), St III 21 (20–25), Sge IV 106 (100–120), Sti IV 72 (65–77), St IV 66 (62–70). Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2/0-2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1-2/0, 1.