Amblyseius operculatus De Leon, 1967

Ferla, Noeli Juarez, Johann, Liana, Klock, Crisna, Majolo, Fernanda & Botton, Marcos, 2011, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from vineyards in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, Zootaxa 2976, pp. 15-31 : 18

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.204387

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6194851

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scientific name

Amblyseius operculatus De Leon, 1967
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Amblyseius operculatus De Leon, 1967 View in CoL

Amblyseius operculatus De Leon, 1967: 26 View in CoL ; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 47.

Specimens examined. ENCRUZILHADA DO SUL: Pinot Noir, V. vinifera, Leaf, IV-2007 (1). BOQUEIRÃO DO LEÃO: Bordo (Ives), V. labrusca, Leaf, I/2007 (1).

Measurements: dorsal shield 415 long and 308 wide, j1 38, j3 48, j4 5, j5 5, j6 8, J2 8, J5 3 8(6–9), z 2 5 12 (9– 16), z4 10, z5 8, Z1 10, Z4 138, Z5 305, s4 115, S2 5, S4 10, S 5 5 13 (12–16), r3 15, R1 10, SgI 63, SgII 45, SgIII 50, StiIII 40, SgIV 140, StiIV 58 84 (72–92), StIV 93, st1-st3 78, st2-st2 93, st5-st5 90, ventrianal shield 90 anterior wide, 100 posterior wide and 148 long, spermatheca cervix 14, fixed digit 50, movable digit 45.

Previous records in Brazil. Pernambuco ( Moraes & Oliveira, 1982; Gondim & Moraes, 2001); São Paulo ( Denmark & Muma, 1973; Gondim & Moraes, 2001, Zacarias & Moraes, 2001); Rio Grande do Sul ( Ferla et al., 2005). All measurements agree with the original description. This species was first mentioned in Rio Grande do Sul in yerba mate crop ( Ferla et al., 2005) and was also observed on strawberry in the same state ( Ferla et al., 2007a).

De Leon, D. (1967) Some Mites of the Caribbean Area. Part I. Acarina on Plants in Trinidad, West Indies. Alles Press Inc. Lawrence, Kansas, pp. 66.

Denmark, H. A. & Muma, M. H. (1973) Phytoseiidae mites of Brazil (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 33, 235 - 276.

Denmark, H. A. & Muma, M. H. (1989) A revision of the genus Amblyseius Berlese, 1914 (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Occasional papers of the Florida state collection of Arthropods, 4, 1 - 149.

Ferla, N. J., Marchetti, M. M. & Siebert, J. C. (2005) Acarofauna (Acari) de erva mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.: Aquifoliaceae) no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Biociencias, 13, 133 - 142.

Ferla, N. J., Marchetti, M. M. & Goncalves, D. (2007) Acaros predadores (Acari) associados a cultura do morango (Fragaria sp., Rosaceae) & plantas proximas no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Biota Neotropica, 7, 1 - 8.

Gondim Jr, M. G. C. & de Moraes, G. J. (2001) Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) associated with palm trees (Arecaceae) in Brazil. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 6, 65 - 94.

de Moraes, G. J. & de Oliveira, J. V. (1982) Phytoseiid mites of coastal Pernambuco, in northeastern Brazil. Acarologia, 23, 315 - 318.

Zacarias, M. S. & de Moraes, G. J. (2001) Phytoseiid mites (Acari) associated with rubber trees and other euphorbiaceous plants in southeastern Brazil. Neotropical Entomology, 30, 579 - 586.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Mesostigmata

Family

Phytoseiidae

SubFamily

Amblyseiinae

Genus

Amblyseius