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Issue: Vol. 5485 No. 1: 23 Jul. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-07-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5485.1.4
Page range: 7-37
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Description of ontogenetic changes in the morphology of Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant, 1959) and Amblyseius lentiginosus Denmark & Schicha, 1974 (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

College of Plant Protection; Shanxi Agriculture University; Taigu; China
Manaaki Whenua—Landcare Research; 231 Morrin Road; Auckland 1072; New Zealand; School of Biological Sciences; University of Auckland; Auckland 1072; New Zealand; Plant Health & Environment Laboratory; Ministry for Primary Industries; Auckland; New Zealand
Manaaki Whenua—Landcare Research; 231 Morrin Road; Auckland 1072; New Zealand; School of Biological Sciences; University of Auckland; Auckland 1072; New Zealand; Plant Health & Environment Laboratory; Ministry for Primary Industries; Auckland; New Zealand
Manaaki Whenua—Landcare Research; 231 Morrin Road; Auckland 1072; New Zealand; School of Biological Sciences; University of Auckland; Auckland 1072; New Zealand; Plant Health & Environment Laboratory; Ministry for Primary Industries; Auckland; New Zealand
Acari Mesostigmata development predatory mites immature stages

Abstract

This paper provides a comprehensive description of the morphological characteristics of the developmental stages (larva, protonymph, deutonymph, and adult) of Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant, 1959) and Amblyseius lentiginosus Denmark & Schicha, 1974. Both species used were sourced from laboratory-reared colonies fed with the dried fruit mite Carpoglyphus lactis (L.) (Acari: Carpoglyphidae).

 

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