Phytoseius amba Pritchard &amp; Baker 1962
Creators: name: Kreiter, Serge
name: Payet, Rose-My
name: Douin, Martial
name: Fontaine, Olivier
name: , Jacques
name: Fillâtre
name: Bellec, Fabrice Le
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Phytoseius
Phytoseius amba

description: <i>Phytoseius amba</i> Pritchard &amp; Baker <i>Phytoseius</i> (<i>Pennaseius</i>) <i>amba</i> Pritchard &amp; Baker 1962: 224; Blommers 1976: 85. <i>Phytoseius</i> (<i>Phytoseius</i>) <i>amba</i>, Denmark 1966: 46. <i>Typhlodromus</i> (<i>Phytoseius</i>) <i>amba</i>, van der Merwe 1968: 101. <i>Pennaseius amba</i>, Matthysse &amp; Denmark 1981: 352. <i>Phytoseius amba</i>, Swirski &amp; Ragusa 1978: 408; Moraes <i>et al.</i> 1986: 210, 2004a: 232; Chant &amp; McMurtry 2007: 129; El-Banhawy &amp; Knapp 2011: 47. This species belongs to the <i>plumifer</i> species group as setae <i>J2</i> and <i>R1</i> are present (Chant and McMurtry 1994). It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar (Demite <i>et al.</i> 2019), in La Réunion (Quilici <i>et al.</i>, 2000; Demite <i>et al.</i> 2019) and recently from one island of the Comoros Archipelago, Grande Comore (Kreiter <i>et al.</i> 2018b). The biology of this species remains totally unknown. If all details of collections were provided in the previous paper concerning La Réunion (Quilici <i>et al.</i> 2000), measurements of specimens collected and identified were not published. Measurements of specimens collected during this study are provided in table 30. Sources of measurements – For &amp;female;&amp;female;: Africa (Benin 2&amp;female;&amp;female;, Ghana 1&amp;female;, Kenya 2&amp;female;&amp;female;, Rwanda 8&amp;female;&amp;female;, Uganda 1&amp;female;): Moraes <i>et al.</i> (2001); Madagascar: Blommers (1976); Holotype Rwanda and Kenya: Moraes <i>et al.</i> (1989). For &amp;male;&amp;male;: Madagascar: Blommers (1976). -: not provided. <b>Specimens examined</b>: 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; + 1 &amp;male; + 3 im. in total, 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; + 1 &amp;male; measured. Piton de la Fournaise – Pas de Bellecombe (aasl 2350 m, Long 55°41’20” E, Lat 21°13’20” S), 1 &amp;female; + 1 &amp;male; + 3 im. on <i>Psiadia anchusifolia</i>, 29/12/2016; Sainte-Rose – Forêt Mourouvin (aasl 871m, Long 55°46’12” E, Lat 21°10’48” S), 1 &amp;female; on <i>Boehmeria penduliflora</i> Wedd. ex D.G. Long, 21/1/2017. <b>Remarks</b>: measurements of characters of the two females of <i>P. amba</i> from La Réunion (Table 30) compared to those of specimens from neighbouring countries show a slight variation of dimensions depending of the geographical origin. Measurements of characters of the two collected females are close from those of specimens from South Africa (Moraes <i>et al</i>. 1989), especially setae <i>j1, J2, z3, Z5, S6, r3, JV5</i> and spermathecal width. Setae <i>j3</i> and <i>z3</i> are smaller and macrosetae of leg IV are longer in specimens from La Réunion compared to specimens from Comoros Archipelago but numbers of specimens (2 and 1, respectively) are very low in both cases. Sources of measurements – For &amp;female;&amp;female;: Africa (Burundi 8&amp;female;&amp;female;, Cameroon 1&amp;female;, Ghana 2&amp;female;&amp;female;, Kenya 5&amp;female;&amp;female;, Rwanda 7&amp;female;&amp;female;, Sierra Leone 1&amp;female;, South Africa 4&amp;female;&amp;female;, DR Congo 1&amp;female;): Ueckermann <i>et al.</i> (2007); Grande Comore: Kreiter <i>et al.</i> (2018b); Madagascar: Blommers (1976); Senegal: Kade <i>et al.</i> (2011); South Africa: van der Merwe (1968); Holotype Zaïre and Kenya: Moraes <i>et al.</i> (1989). For &amp;male;&amp;male;: South Africa: van der Merwe (1968). -: not provided. For male specimens, measurements (Table 30) concern only one individual from La Réunion Island and one from South Africa. Values obtained for the male of La Réunion Island are slightly lower, except for some setae and for macrosetae of the leg IV, especially macrosetae of telotarsi of legs IV that are longer in the specimen of La Réunion Island.
description: Published as part of <i>Kreiter, Serge, Payet, Rose-My, Douin, Martial, Fontaine, Olivier, Jacques, Fillâtre &amp; Bellec, Fabrice Le, 2020, Phytoseiidae of La Réunion Island (Acari: Mesostigmata): three new species and two males described, new synonymies, and new records, pp. 111-195 in Acarologia 60 (1)</i> on pages 171-174, DOI: 10.24349/acarologia/20204361, http://zenodo.org/record/3879818
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