Amblyseius andersoni (Chant)

ZahidiK, Abdelaziz, Akchour, Abdellah, K, Serge Kreiter, TixierK, Marie-Stéphane, MsandaK, Fouad & MousadikK, Abdelhamid El, 2023, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Central West Morocco: new records and key to females of all recorded Moroccan species, Acarologia 63 (3), pp. 691-724 : 699-700

Amblyseius andersoni (Chant)

Typhlodromus andersoni Chant 1957: 296 .

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) andersoni, Chant 1959: 92 .

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) andersoni, Muma 1961: 287 .

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) andersoni, Westerboer & Bernrhard 1963: 682 .

Amblyseius (Multiseius) andersoni , Denmark & Muma 1989: 84.

Amblyseius andersoni, Athias-Henriot 1958: 33 ; Moraes et al. 1986: 7, 2004a: 14 ; Chant & McMurtry 2004: 199, 2007: 75.

Amblyseiopsis potentillae Garman, 1958: 7 (Synonymy according to Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1990).

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) britannicus Chant, 1959: 87 (Synonymy according to Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1990).

Amblyseius charui Gupta 1969: 126 (Synonymy according to Gupta 1985).

Amblyseius reflexus Knisley & Denmark 1978: 8 (Synonymy according to Chant and Yoshida-Shaul 1990).

World distribution — Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Canada, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, and USA.

Previous records from Morocco — This species was reported from Morocco on citrus ( Tixier et al. 2003). It has been observed in many regions on many other plants such as Malva spp. (L.) ( Malvaceae ), Quercus suber L. ( Fagaceae ), Erica arborea L. ( Ericaceae ), and Cistus parviflorus L. ( Cistaceae ) ( Tixier et al. 2016).

Specimens examined — 6 ♀♀ + 2 ♂♂ on Malva parviflora L. ( Malvaceae ) collected in May 2017, at Ouled Abdellah orchard (Taroudant); 3 ♀♀ + 1 ♂ on citrus leaves (Washington sanguine variety) ( Rutaceae ) collected at Stah Al Madina (Taroudant) in September 2018.

Remarks — The description and measurements of adult females collected agree with those provided by Denmark and Muma (1989). This species is cosmopolitan and considered a polyphagous predatory mite. It has been reported on a wide range of plants, particularly in vineyards ( Kreiter et al. 2000) and on fruit trees like in apple orchards as reported by Tixier et al. (2013). In addition, it feeds on many species of mites, such as Aculops lycopersici (Tryon) ( Eriophyidae ) responsible for tomato russet, key pests of ornamental coniferous plants, i.e., Oligonychus ununguis (Jacobi) and Pentamerismus taxi (Haller) , and pollen of Pinus sylvestris L. ( Pinaceae ) ( Lara et al. 2012 ; Puchalska et al. 2021).