Amblyseius operculatus

Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 3700 (3), pp. 301-347 : 308

Amblyseius operculatus De Leon

Amblyseius operculatus De Leon, 1967: 26; Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001: 72; Zacarias & Moraes, 2001: 581; Moraes et al., 1986: 26; 2004b: 45; Denmark et al., 1999: 21; Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 201; 2007: 80.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) operculatus . — Denmark & Muma 1989: 47; Denmark & Evans, 2011: 58.

Specimens examined. Cananéia, February 2001, 2 females on Psidium guajava L.; Cananéia, March 2001, 1 female on Byrsonima sp., 2 females on Euterpe edulis Mart. , 1 female on Hedyosmum brasiliense Mart. and 1 female on Piper sp.; Cananéia, July 2001, 3 females on Coussapoa microcarpa (Schott) Rizziniand ; Cananéia, October 2001, 2 females on Piptocarpha sp. and 1 female on Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.) Pers. ; Cananéia, July 2002, 1 female on Cyathea sp. and 1 female on unidentified plant; Pariquera-Açu, March 2001, 6 females on unidentified Arecaceae , 1 female on Miconia sp. and 1 female on Nectandra aff. lanceolata Nees & Mart. ex Nees; Pariquera-Açu, April 2001, 1 female on unidentified plant; Pariquera-Açu, July 2001, 1 female on Vochisia bifalcata Warm. ; Pariquera-Açu, October 2001, 2 females on Davilla rugosa Poir. and 1 female on Julocroton triqueter Baill. ; Pariquera-Açu, July 2002, 1 female on Alchornea glandulosa Poepp. & Endl. , 1 female on Brunfelsia uniflora D. Don , 4 females on Cinnamomum verum J. Presl , 1 female on Clidemia hirta D. Don , 1 female on Erythrina speciosa Andr. , 4 females on Guatteria australis St. Hil., 2 females on Inga vera Willd. , 2 females on Malpighia punicifolia L., 1 female on Ocotea venulosa Benth. & Hook. f., 1 female on Piper sp. and 17 females on unidentified plants.

Previous records. Brazil [States of Pernambuco and São Paulo (Moraes et al., 2004b); Ceará (Furtado et al., 2005); Rio Grande do Sul (Ferla et al., 2005); Bahia (Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008) and Minas Gerais (Silva et al., 2010)]; Costa Rica and Trinidad (Moraes et al., 2004b) and USA ( Denmark & Evans, 2011).

Remarks. The measurements of ten adult females collected in this work fit the redescription provided by Gondim Jr. & Moraes (2001) based on specimens from the State of São Paulo.