Amblyseius microorientalis Wainstein & Beglyarov, 1808

Kreiter, Serge, Amiri, Karima, Douin, Martial, Bohinc, Tanja, Trdan, Stanislav & Tixier, Marie-Stéphane, 2020, Phytoseiid mites of Slovenia (Acari: Mesostigmata): new records and first description of the male ofAmblyseius microorientalis, Acarologia 60 (2), pp. 203-242 : 216

Amblyseius microorientalis Wainstein & Beglyarov

Amblyseius microorientalis Wainstein & Beglyarov 1971: 1808 .

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) microorientalis, Wainstein 1979: 141 .

Amblyseius (Multiseius) microorientalis , Denmark & Muma 1989: 113. Moraes et al. 1986:

22; 2004: 38.

Amblyseius microorientalis, Chant & McMurtry 2004a: 201 ; 2007: 80.

Like the previous species, A. microorientalis belongs to the obtusus species group of the genus Amblyseius but having the calyx of the spermatheca long and saccular, it belongs to the nicola species subgroup.

The biology of that species is totally unknown.

This is the first report of that species from Slovenia.

World distribution: Russia.

Specimens examined: 3 ♀♀ and 1 ♂ in total. Veržej, Near the football stadium (aasl 182 m, lat. 46°35’27”N, long. 16°10’1”E), 3 ♀♀ and 1 ♂ on Fraxinus excelsior L. ( Oleaceae ), 20/VI/2019.

Remarks: The description and measurements of the three adult females ( Table 4 ) collected agree well with those provided by Wainstein and Beglyarov (1971) and by Denmark and Muma (1989) for specimens from Russia with some slightly longer setae (j1, Z4, Z5, JV5, SgeIV and StiIV) in the Slovenian specimens. The male of that species is unknown and the description of the single specimen male collected is provided thereunder.