Phytoseiid mites of Rodrigues Island (Acari: Mesostigmata)
Author
Kreiter, Serge
Author
Abo-Shnaf, Reham I. A.
Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Agricultural Research Centre (ARC), 7 Nadi El-Seid Street, Dokii, 12611 Giza, Egypt.
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Acarologia
2020
2020-05-11
60
2
449
468
journal article
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10.24349/acarologia/20204376
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Amblyseius largoensis
(Muma)
Amblyseiopsis largoensis
Muma 1955: 266
.
Typhlodromus
(
Amblyseius
)
largoensis
,
Chant 1959: 96
.
Amblyseius
(
Amblyseialus
)
largoensis
,
Muma 1961: 287
.
Typhlodromus largoensis
,
Hirschmann 1962: 2
.
Amblyseius
(
Amblyseius
)
largoensis
,
Ehara 1966: 22
.
Amblyseius largoensis
,
Swirski & Golan 1967: 225
.
Amblyseius magnolia
Muma 1961: 289
(Synonymy according to
Denmark
& Evans 2011
).
Amblyseius sakalava
Blommers 1976: 96
(Synonymy according to
Ueckermann & Loots
1988).
Amblyseius amtalaensis
Gupta 1977: 53
(Synonymy according to
Gupta 1986
).
This species belongs to the
largoensis
species group, and the
largoensis
species subgroup for the same reasons.
It is widespread in all tropical and subtropical regions of the world and was the most abundant species collected by
Moraes
et al.
(2000)
in French Caribbean Islands.
Using morphometric analyses of 36 characters, molecular analyses and crossing tests,
Navia
et al.
(2014)
studied specimens collected from
Brazil
,
La Réunion Island
and
Trinidad and Tobago
to determine whether
A. largoensis
populations from different geographic origins belong to the same taxonomic entity. Though differences in the lengths of some setae were observed, molecular analyses and crossing experiments indicated that populations from Indian Ocean and America were conspecific.
World distribution
: this species is widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, America, Asia and the Pacific Islands.
Specimens examined
:
40 ♀♀
+
6 ♂♂
in total.
Port-Mathurin
, City
Center
(
10 m
aasl, lat.
19°40
′
53
″
S
, long.
63°25
′
17
″
E
),
5 ♀♀
on
Citrus limon
(L.) Burman (
Rutaceae
),
8/XI/2018
and
1 ♀
+
1 ♂
on
Litchi chinensis
Sonnerat
,
14/XI/2018
;
Accacia
(
11 m
aasl, lat.
19°40
′
48
″
S
, long. 63°25
′
°07
″
E),
1 ♀
on
Mangifera indica
L. (Anacardiceae),
9/XI/2018
; Baie aux Huitres (
8 m
aasl, lat.
19°41
′
16
″
S
, long. 63°24
′
°13
″
E),
1 ♀
on
Carica papaya
L. (
Caricaceae
) and
2 ♀♀
on
Polyscias scutellaria
(Burman) Fosberg (Araliaceae)
,
9/XI/2018
;
Quatre-Vents
(293 m aasl, lat.
19°44
′
12
″
S
, long.
63°27
′
19
″
E
),
2 ♀♀
on
Mimusops coriacea
(de Candolle) Miquel (Sapotaceae)
,
3 ♀♀
on
Pandanus heterocarpus
Balfour (Pandanaceae)
,
12/XI/2018
;
Samy
(
201 m
aasl, lat.
19°42
′
28
″
S
, long.
63°24
′
24
″
E
),
3 ♀♀
and
3 ♂♂
on
Citrus limon
(L.) Burman (
Rutaceae
),
12/XI/2018
;
Allée Tamarin
(
71 m
aasl, lat.
19°41
′
22
″
S
, long.
63°24
′
11
″
E
),
4 ♀♀
on
Pittosporum balfouri
Cufodontis (Pittosporaceae)
,
12/XI/2018
;
Baie aux huitres
, Front Sea (
8 m
aasl, lat.
19°41
′
40
″
S
, long.
63°24
′
30
″
E
),
1 ♀
on
Cupressus sempervirens
L. (
Cupressaceae
),
9/XI/2018
;
Petite-Butte
(
80 m
aasl, lat.
19°45
′
00
″
S
, long.
63°23
′
00
″
E
), 3
♀♀
on
Ixora
sp. (
Rubiaceae
) and
1 ♀
and
1 ♂
on
Tarrena borbonica
(E.G. Henderson et A.A. Henderson) Verdcourt (Rubiaceae)
,
14/XI/2018
;
Mont Lubin
(
346 m
aasl, lat.
19°42
′
21
″
S
, long.
63°26
′
40
″
E
),
1 ♀
on
Litsea glutinosa
(Loureiro) Robinson (Lauraceae)
,
15/XI/2018
;
Citronelle
, city parc (
349 m
aasl, lat.
19°42
′
00
″
S
, long.
63°26
′
15
″
E
),
8 ♀♀
on
Cryptomeria japonica
D. Don (Taxodiaceae)
and
3 ♀♀
and
1 ♂
on
Mimusops coriacea
de Candolle (Miquel)
,
16/XI/2020
;
Citronelle
, Plant Protection Service (
388 m
aasl, lat.
19°42
′
02
″
S
, long.
63°25
′
17
″
E
),
1 ♀
on
Prunus persica
(L.) Batsch (
Rosaceae
),
16/XI/2020
.
Remarks
: morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements fit well with measurement values given by
Zannou
et al.
(2007)
for specimens from Africa,
Navia
et al.
(2014)
for specimens from
Brazil
,
La Réunion
and
Trinidad and Tobago
an,d
Ferragut and Baumann (2019)
for specimens from
Mauritius
. This is of the three more numerous species collected during this study and probably one of the more common species on the island, with
A. passiflorae
and
E. ovaloides
.