Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot, 1962

Kade, N., Gueye-Ndiaye, A., Duverney, C. & de Moraes, G. J., 2011, PHYTOSEIID MITES (ACARI: PHYTOSEIIDAE) FROM SENEGAL Niokhor K, Absa G - N, Claude D and Gilberto J. de M, Acarologia 51 (1), pp. 133-138 : 134-135

Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot

Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot, 1962: 5 ; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 81; Zannou et al., 2007: 27 Typhlodromips swirskii, Moraes et al. 2004: 227

Measurements of 3 adult females collected are: dorsal shield 348 (345 – 350) long and 208 (203 – 215) wide; j1 31 (30 – 33), j3 51 (48 – 55), j4 9 (8 – 10), j5 9 (6 – 15), j6 10 (8 – 13), J2 12 (10 – 13), J5 8 (6 – 10), z2 12 (8 – 14), z4 13 (10 – 15), z5 7 (6 – 8), Z1 9 (8 – 10), Z4 75 (73 – 77), Z5 108 (100 – 115), s4 79 (75 – 85), S2 17 (15 – 18), S4 10 (8 – 13), S5 9 (8 – 10), r3 21 (18 – 24), R1 12 (10 – 15); distances between st1 – st3 63 (54 – 68), st2 – st2 74 (73 – 75) and st5 – st5 76 (75 – 78); ventrianal shield 117 (103 – 130) long, 91 (88 – 92) wide at level of ZV2, 85 (83 – 87) wide at anus level; calyx of spermatheca 10 (8 – 13) long; Sge I 24 (23 – 25), Sge II 22 (20 – 23), Sge III 27 (25 – 28), Sti III 26 (25 – 28), Sge IV 55 (52 – 58), Sti IV 47 (43 – 50), St IV 53 (52 – 55).

Chaetotaxy — genu II 2, 2/0-2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1-2/0, 1.

Remarks — Measurements of the specimens collected are very similar to those reported by Zannou et al. (2007) for specimens of sub-Saharan Africa and Israel.

Specimens collected — 23 females and 6 males on Passiflora foetida L., in June 2009, and 56 females and 17 males, on Solanum aethiopicum L., in May 2009, at Malika. In both cases, the predator was commonly associated with T. evansi and Tetranychus urticae Koch.

World distribution — This species has been reported from the Mediterranean region, southwest Asia and northern and sub-Saharan Africa.