Open AccessA NEW PREDACIOUS SPECIES OF AMBLYSEIUS BERLESE FROM STRAWBERRY IN AUSTRALIA, AND A. LONGISPINOSUS (EVANS) REDESCRIBED (ACARI: PHYTOSEIIDAE)
Author(s) -
Schicha E.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1975.tb02010.x
Subject(s) - phytoseiidae , amblyseius , biology , acari , mite , botany , zoology , predation , ecology , predator
A new species of predacious mite, Amblyseius womersleyi sp. n. is described and figured. It is closely related to the strictly Oriental Amblyseius longispinosus (Evans), but can be distinguished from the latter by several morphological features.