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A new species of Amblyseius Berlese (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Japan

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A new phytoseiid mite species, Amblyseius marunumus sp. n., is described and illustrated based on female and male specimens collected from Gunma, Japan. The new species belongs to the americanus species-group, due to the presence of setae J2 and Z1, and having setae z4 longer than z2. Amblyseius marunumus sp. n. is morphologically close to A. yadongensis Wu, but differs conspicuously in the length of the dorsal idiosomal setae z4, r3, S2, S5 and the shape of spermatheca.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to greatly thank Dr. Yasuki Kitashima and Mr. Koshin Takahashi (Ibaraki University, Japan) for providing the material described here as new species.

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  1. Laboratory of Applied Entomology & Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ami, Ibaraki, 300-0393, Japan

    Mohamed W. Negm

  2. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, 71526, Egypt

    Mohamed W. Negm

  3. Faculty of Economics, Ryutsu Keizai University, Ryugasaki, Ibaraki, 301-8555, Japan

    Tetsuo Gotoh

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Negm, M.W., Gotoh, T. A new species of Amblyseius Berlese (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Japan. Biologia 75, 1977–1981 (2020). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-020-00519-6

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