Amblyseius largoensis (Muma)

Gupta, S. K. & Bose, Sayani, 2017, Mites (Acari) on medicinal plants in South Bengal, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (2), pp. 154-181 : 171

95. Amblyseius largoensis (Muma)

Amblyseiopsis largoensis Muma, 1955 , Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 48: 266.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) largoensis, Gupta, 1986 , Fauna of India Phytoseiidae : p. 51-55.

Amblyseius largoensis, Gupta, 2003 , Mem. Zool. Surv. India, 20 (1): 22-23.

Amblyseius largoensis, Chant & McMurtry, 2007, p.78 .

Collection data: 2♀, Kakdwip, ex. Syzygium cumini ,

15.03.2015; 2♀, Narendrapur, ex. Ficus hispida ,

04.04.2015; 1♀, Gosaba, ex. Bauhinia acuminata ,

05.05.2015; 2♀, Narendrapur, ex.,

06.06.2015; 2♀, Narendrapur, ex. Bacopa monnieri and Alangium salvifolium , 21.07.2015; 2♀, Narendrapur, ex. Santalum album , 04.09.2015; 1♀, Bardhaman, ex. Cedrus deodara , 09.09.2015; 3♀, 2♂ Narendrapur, ex. Ocimum grattisimum , 12.09.2015; 1♀, Bankura , Jaipur, ex. Nyctanthes arbor-tristis , 16.09.2015; 4♂, Howrah, Amta, ex. Momordica charantia , 02.10.2015; 2♀, Sajnakhali, ex. Michelia champaca , 11.11.2015; 3♀, Canning, ex. Abelmoschus moschatus , 09.12.2015; 5♀, Baruipur, ex. Michelia champaca , 18.12.2015; 2♀, Kulpi, ex. Citrus limon , Citrus medica , 17.01.2016; 2♀, Sonarpur, Piper nigrum , 03.02.2016; 2♀, Chuchura, ex. Colocasia esculenta ,

03.03.2016; 2♀, Narendrapur, ex. Impatines balsamina , Hemidesmus indicus , 01.05.2016; 2♀, Narendrapur, ex. Mangifera indica , 05.05.2016; 3♀, Bethuadohori, ex. Momordica cochinchinensis , 09.08.2016; 5♀, East Medinipur, Ghatal, ex. Aegle marmelos , Mangifera indica ,

30.08.2016; 1♀, Narendrapur, ex. Pterocarpus santalinus , Mangifera indica , 05.09.2016; 1♀, Narendrapur, ex. Piper nigrum , 05.10.2016; 2♀, Birbhum, Siuri, Citrus medica , 11.10.2016; 12♀, Narendrapur, ex. Bixa orellana , Kalanchoe pinnata , 14.11.2016.

Remarks predators collected from a large number of plants in to reddish pigments of the tetranychid mites.