Phytoseiidae of Thailand (Acari: Mesostigmata), with a key for their identification
Author
Oliveira, Daniel C.
Author
Charanasri, Vatana
Author
Kongchuensin, Manita
Author
Konvipasruang, Ploychompoo
Author
Chandrapatya, Angsumarn
Author
De, Gilberto J.
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Zootaxa
2012
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.282177
68f76539-8e5c-4967-a480-14d2d8e46637
1175-5326
282177
Amblyseius largoensis
(Muma)
Amblyseiopsis largoensis
Muma, 1955
: 266
.
Amblyseius largoensis
.—
Muma
et al
., 1970
: 69
;
Schicha, 1981b
: 105
;
McMurtry & Moraes, 1984
: 29
;
Moraes
et al
., 1986
: 17
; 2000: 239; 2004a: 143; 2004b: 33;
Denmark
& Muma, 1989
: 55
;
Chant & McMurtry, 2004a
: 208
; 2007: 78; Zannou
et al
., 2007: 16.
Amblyseius
(
Amblyseius
)
largoensis
.—
Ehara & Bhandhufalck, 1977
: 67
;
Denmark
& Evans, 2011
: 69
.
Amblyseius amtalaensis
Gupta, 1977
: 53
(synonymy according to
Gupta, 1986
: 51
).
Amblyseius magnolia
e
Muma, 1961
: 289
(synonymy according to
Denmark
& Evans, 2011
: 69
).
Amblyseius sakalava
Blommers, 1976
: 96
(synonymy according to
Ueckermann & Loots, 1988
: 70
).
Specimens examined.
One female, on
Durio zibethinus
, at Chanthaburi Province,
March 1993
; and one female on
Plumeria
sp., at Rayong Province,
August 1997
.
Female
Dorsal shield 330–365 long and 180–225 wide;
j1
33–34,
j3
40–48,
j4
5–7,
j5
4–5,
j6
7,
J2
8,
J5
7–9,
z2
11,
z
4
9–10,
z5
5,
Z
1
10–11,
Z4
89–93,
Z5
266–272,
s4
89
–95,
S
2
11
–14,
S4
11
,
S
5
8
–10,
r
3
11–12,
R
1
10–17; distances between
St1-St3
60,
St2-St2
71,
St5-St5
68; ventrianal shield 105–113 long, 46–48 wide at level of
ZV2
, 68–69 at anus level; calyx of spermatheca 23 long; fixed cheliceral digit 26–27 long, movable cheliceral digit 33 long;
Sge
I
41–42,
Sge
II
35–37,
Sge
III
42–47,
Sti
III
39–41,
Sge IV
120–121,
Sti
IV
78–86,
St
IV
59–65. Chaetotaxy: genu
II 2
, 2/0-2/0, 1; genu
III 1
, 2/1-2/0, 1.
Previous records.
Cosmopolitan, including
Thailand
(Provinces of Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Nakhon Pathom and Nakhon Ratchasima,
Ehara & Bhandhufalck, 1977
).
Remarks.
Measurements of the specimens examined are similar to those reported by
Denmark
& Muma (1989)
for a specimen of unspecified origin. However, our specimens differ by having longer
Z5
(266–272 instead of 206) and cervix of spermatheca (23 instead of 18).
Moraes
et al
. (2000)
had also observed such differences for specimens from the Caribbean. Our measurements agree with those reported by
Moraes
et al
. (2000)
and
Schicha (1981b)
for specimens from the South Pacific,
Moraes
et al
. (2004a)
for specimens from
Sri Lanka
and Zannou
et al
. (2007) for specimens from sub-Saharan Africa.