Amblyseius segregans De, 1966

Kreiter, S., Mailloux, J., Tixier, M. - S., Le Bellec, F., Douin, M., Guichou, S. & Etienne, J., 2013, New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata), Acarologia 53 (3), pp. 285-303 : 297

Amblyseius segregans De Leon

Amblyseius segregans De Leon, 1966: 90 ; McMurtry, 1983: 252; Denmark and Muma, 1989: 126; Denmark et al., 1999: 30; Moraes et al., 2000: 241.

The biology of this species found only four times in British Guyana (2 females), Guatemala and Honduras (2 females), Guadeloupe (1 female) and Martinique (1 female) on various plants ( De Leon, 1966; McMurtry, 1983; Denmark and Muma, 1989; Moraes et al., 2000; Moraes et al., 2004b) remains unknown.

Previous Records — British Guyana ( De Leon, 1966), Guadeloupe and Martinique ( Moraes et al., 2000), Honduras and Guatemala ( Moraes et al., 2004b).

Specimens examined — Guadeloupe, Basse- Terre , RiviŁre Corossol, Cascade des Ecrevisses, 16°11’N, 61°39’W, alt. 177 m, 4 ♀ on a small schrub, Kreiter coll., 26 Dec. 2008 ; Basse-Terre , 1 Łre Chute du Carbet, 16°03’N, 61°39’W, alt. 890 m, 2 ♀ on Miconia furfuracea, Kreiter coll., 30 December 2008 ; Grande-Terre , Porte d’Enfer, beach, 16°31’N, 61°28’W, alt. 2 m, 1 ♀ on Pluchea symphytifolia, Kreiter coll., 27 December 2008 .

Remarks — the measurements and description of the specimens collected fit very well those mentioned by Moraes et al. (2000).