Amblyseius largoensis (Muma)

Kreiter, Serge, Tixier, Marie-Stéphane & Etienne, Jean, 2006, New records of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from the French Antilles, with description of Neoseiulus cecileae sp. nov., Zootaxa 1294, pp. 1-27 : 9

Amblyseius largoensis (Muma)

Amblyseiopsis largoensis Muma, 1955: 266 ; Garman, 1958: 76; Ehara, 1959: 293. Amblyseius largoensis, Ehara, 1959: 293 ; Muma et al., 1970: 69; Denmark & Muma, 1973: 238; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 55; McMurtry & Moraes, 1984: 29; Moraes et al., 2000: 239; Moraes et al., 2004: 33.

Amblyseius amtalasensis, Gupta, 1977: 53 (synonymy according to Gupta 1986: 51). Amblyseius sakalava, Blommers, 1976: 96 (synonymy according to Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 70).

Notes

This species is known from a large number of countries around the world: Angola, Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Fiji, all islands of French Antilles, Futuna Island, Georgia, Gilbert Islands, Guatemala, Guyana, Hawaii, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Madeira Island, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Reunion Island, Saint­Barthelemy, Saint Kitts, Saint­Martin, Singapore, Tahiti, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad, Turkey, USA, US Samoa, Vanuatu, Venezuela. The measurements of the specimens collected agree well with those of Denmark & Muma (1989), except Z4 and Z5 which are longer in our specimens, as also mentioned in Moraes et al. (2000) for other specimens collected in this area.