Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant)

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

Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant)

Typhlodromus herbicolus Chant, 1959: 84

Amblyseius herbicolus, Moraes et al., 2004: 27 ; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 78; Zannou et al., 2007: 14

Measurements of 2 adult females collected are: dorsal shield 360 – 365 long and 250 – 268 wide; j1 35 – 38, j3 38 – 45, j4 6 – 8, j5 4, j6 8, J2 8 – 9, J5 8 – 10, z2 8 – 9, z4 10 – 11, z5 7 – 9, Z1 8 – 10, Z4 163 – 172, Z5 310 – 345, s4 123 – 135, S2 13 – 15, S4 and S5 8 – 10, r3 10 – 11, R1 9 – 10; distances between st1 – st3 63 – 65, st2 – st2 75 – 78 and st5 – st5 65 – 70; ventrianal shield 113 – 115 long, 65 – 69 wide at level of ZV2, 75 – 78 wide at anus level; calyx of spermatheca 33 – 35 long; Sge I 43 – 48, Sge II 38 – 40, Sge III 48 – 52, Sti III 43 – 45, Sge IV 160 – 162, Sti IV 102 – 115, St IV 76 – 78.

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

Remarks — Most measurements of the specimens collected are similar to those reported by Zannou et al. (2007) for specimens from sub-Saharan Africa. However, the lengths of s4, Z4, Z5 and leg macrosetae are close to the corresponding upper limits of the ranges shown by those authors for those setae.

Specimens collected — 3 females, on Urena lobata L., at University Cheikh Anta Diop, in July 2006.

World distribution — This species has been reported from tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, Canary Island, Asia and Oceania.