''Amblyseius'' is a large genus of

predator Predation is a biological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common List of feeding behaviours, feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation ...

mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as eac ...

s belonging to the family

Phytoseiidae The Phytoseiidae are a family of mites which feed on thrips and other mite species. They are often used as a biological control agent for managing mite pests. Because of their usefulness as biological control agents, interest in Phytoseiidae has ...

.de Moraes, G. J. (2005)
Phytoseiidae Species Listing
Biology Catalog, Texas A&M University. Retrieved on August 19, 2010. Many members of this genus feed on other mites such as red spider mites, and also on

thrips Thrips (Order (biology) , order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Entomologists have species description , described approximately 7,700 species. They fly on ...

. Several species are popular as biological control agents to control these pests.

Species

A

* '' Amblyseius abbasovae'' Wainstein & Beglyarov, 1971 * '' Amblyseius acalyphus'' Denmark & Muma, 1973 * '' Amblyseius adhatodae'' Muma, 1967 * '' Amblyseius adjaricus'' Wainstein & Vartapetov, 1972 * '' Amblyseius aequipilus'' Berlese, 1914 * '' Amblyseius aerialis'' (Muma, 1955) * '' Amblyseius alpigenus'' Wu, 1987 * '' Amblyseius alpinia'' Tseng, 1983 * '' Amblyseius americanus'' Garman, 1948 * '' Amblyseius ampullosus'' Wu & Lan, 1991 * '' Amblyseius anacardii'' De Leon, 1967 * '' Amblyseius andersoni'' (Chant, 1957) * '' Amblyseius angulatus'' Karg, 1982 * '' Amblyseius animos'' Khan, Afzal & Akbar, 2000 * '' Amblyseius ankaratrae'' Blommers, 1976 * '' Amblyseius anomalus'' van der Merwe, 1968 * '' Amblyseius araraticus'' Arutunjan & Ohandjanian, 1972 * '' Amblyseius aricae'' Karg, 1976 * '' Amblyseius armeniacus'' Arutunjan & Ohandjanian, 1972 * '' Amblyseius asperocervix'' McMurtry & Moraes, 1985

B

* '' Amblyseius bahiensis'' Lofego, Moraes & McMurtry, 2000 * '' Amblyseius bayonicus'' Athias-Henriot, 1966 * '' Amblyseius begljarovi'' Abbasova, 1970 * '' Amblyseius bellatulus'' Tseng, 1983 * '' Amblyseius bidens'' Karg, 1970 * '' Amblyseius bidibidi'' (Collyer, 1964) * '' Amblyseius boina'' Blommers, 1976 * '' Amblyseius brevicervix'' Wu & Li, 1985 * ''Amblyseius bufortus'' Ueckermann & Loots, 1988 * '' Amblyseius bulga'' Khan, Khan & Akbar, 1997

C

* '' Amblyseius calidum'' Khan, Afzal & Akbar, 2000 * '' Amblyseius carnis'' Khan, Khan & Akbar, 1997 * ''Amblyseius caspiansis'' (Denmark & Daneshvar, 1982) * '' Amblyseius caudatus'' Berlese, 1914 * '' Amblyseius caviphilus'' Karg, 1986 * '' Amblyseius celsus'' Khan, Khan & Akbar, 1997 * '' Amblyseius cessator'' De Leon, 1962 * '' Amblyseius changbaiensis'' Wu, 1987 * '' Amblyseius chanioticus'' Papadoulis, 1997 * '' Amblyseius channabasavannai'' Gupta & Daniel, in Gupta 1978 * '' Amblyseius chiapensis'' De Leon, 1961 * '' Amblyseius chilcotti'' Chant & Hansell, 1971 * ''Amblyseius chorites'' Schuster & Pritchard, 1963 * '' Amblyseius chungas'' Denmark & Muma, 1989 * '' Amblyseius cinctus'' Corpuz-Raros & Rimando, 1966 * '' Amblyseius circumflexis'' De Leon, 1966 * '' Amblyseius coffeae'' De Leon, 1961 * '' Amblyseius colimensis'' Aponte & McMurtry, 1987 * '' Amblyseius collaris'' Karg, 1983 * '' Amblyseius comatus'' Ueckermann & Loots, 1988 * '' Amblyseius compositus'' Denmark & Muma, 1973 * '' Amblyseius corderoi'' Chant & Baker, 1965 * '' Amblyseius crassicaudalis'' Karg, 1998 * '' Amblyseius crowleyi'' Congdon, 2002 * '' Amblyseius cucurbitae'' Rather, 1985 * '' Amblyseius cupulus'' Denmark & Muma, 1989 * '' Amblyseius curiosus'' (Chant & Baker, 1965) * '' Amblyseius curticervicalis'' Moraes & Mesa, in Moraes, Mesa & Braun 1991 * ''Amblyseius cydonus'' Ueckermann & Loots, 1988

D

* '' Amblyseius daliensis'' Liang & Ke, 1984 * '' Amblyseius deductus'' Chaudhri, Akbar & Rasool, 1979 * '' Amblyseius deleonellus'' Athias-Henriot, 1967 * '' Amblyseius denticulosus'' (Hirschmann, 1962) * '' Amblyseius divisus'' De Leon, 1961 * '' Amblyseius duncansoni'' Specht & Rasmy, 1970 * '' Amblyseius duplicesetus'' Moraes & McMurtry, 1988

E

* '' Amblyseius eharai'' Amitai & Swirski, 1981 * '' Amblyseius erlangensis'' (Hirschmann, 1962) * '' Amblyseius euanalis'' (Karg, 1983) * '' Amblyseius euterpes'' Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001 * '' Amblyseius euvertex'' Karg, 1983 * '' Amblyseius excelsus'' Chaudhri, Akbar & Rasool, 1979

F

* '' Amblyseius faerroni'' Denmark & Evans, in Denmark, Evans, Aguilar, Vargas & Ochoa 1999 * '' Amblyseius fernandezi'' Chant & Baker, 1965 * '' Amblyseius fieldsi'' Denmark & Muma, 1989 * '' Amblyseius fijiensis'' McMurtry & Moraes, 1984 * '' Amblyseius filicinae'' Karg, 1998 * '' Amblyseius filixis'' Karg, 1970 * '' Amblyseius firmus'' Ehara, 1967 * '' Amblyseius fletcheri'' Schicha, 1981 * '' Amblyseius foenalis'' Berlese, 1914 * '' Amblyseius forfex'' Khan, Khan & Akbar, 1997 * '' Amblyseius franzellus'' Athias-Henriot, 1967 * '' Amblyseius fraterculus'' Berlese, 1916

G

* '' Amblyseius genualis'' De Leon, 1967 * '' Amblyseius geonomae'' Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001 * '' Amblyseius gliricidii'' De Leon, 1961 * '' Amblyseius gracilis'' (Garman, 1958) * '' Amblyseius gramineous'' Wu, Lan & Zhang, 1992 * ''Amblyseius graminis'' Chant, 1956 * '' Amblyseius gruberi'' Denmark & Muma, 1989 * '' Amblyseius guianensis'' De Leon, 1966 * '' Amblyseius guntheri'' McMurtry & Schicha, 1987

H

* '' Amblyseius hainanensis'' Wu, in Wu & Qian 1983 * '' Amblyseius haleakalus'' Prasad, 1968 * '' Amblyseius hederae'' Denmark & Muma, 1989 * '' Amblyseius herbicoloides'' McMurtry & Moraes, 1984 * '' Amblyseius herbicolus'' (Chant, 1959) * '' Amblyseius hexadens'' Karg, 1983 * '' Amblyseius humilis'' Khan, Khan & Akbar, 1997 * '' Amblyseius hurlbutti'' Denmark & Muma, 1989

I

* '' Amblyseius igarassuensis'' Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001 * '' Amblyseius impeltatus'' Denmark & Muma, 1973 * '' Amblyseius impressus'' Denmark & Muma, 1973 * '' Amblyseius incognitus'' Schuster, 1966 * '' Amblyseius indirae'' Gupta, 1985 * '' Amblyseius indocalami'' Zhu & Chen, 1983 * ''Amblyseius infundibulatus'' Athias-Henriot, 1961 * '' Amblyseius intermedius'' Gonzalez & Schuster, 1962 * ''Amblyseius invictus'' Schuster, 1966 * '' Amblyseius ipomoeae'' Ghai & Menon, 1967 * '' Amblyseius irinae'' Wainstein & Arutunjan, 1973 * '' Amblyseius ishizuchiensis'' Ehara, 1972 * '' Amblyseius isuki'' Chant & Hansel, 1971 * '' Amblyseius italicus'' (Chant, 1959)

J

* ''Amblyseius jailensis'' Kolodochka, 1981 * '' Amblyseius januaricus'' Wainstein & Vartapetov, 1973 * ''Amblyseius jilinensis'' Wu, 1987 * '' Amblyseius juliae'' Schicha, 1983

k

* ''Amblyseius kadii'' El-Halawany & Abdel-Samad, 1990 * '' Amblyseius kadzhajai'' Gomelauri, 1968 * '' Amblyseius kaguya'' Ehara, 1966 * '' Amblyseius kalandadzei'' Gomelauri, 1968 * '' Amblyseius keni'' Schicha, 1987 * '' Amblyseius kokufuensis'' Ehara & Kato, in Ehara, Okada & Kato 1994 * '' Amblyseius koreaensis'' Denmark & Muma, 1989 * '' Amblyseius koumacensis'' Schicha, 1981 * '' Amblyseius kulini'' Gupta, 1978

L

* '' Amblyseius largoensis'' (Muma, 1955) * '' Amblyseius laselvius'' (Denmark & Evans, 1999) * '' Amblyseius lassus'' Schuster, 1966 * '' Amblyseius lemani'' Tencalla & Mathys, 1958 * '' Amblyseius lencus'' Denmark & Evans, in Denmark, Evans, Aguilar, Vargas & Ochoa 1999 * '' Amblyseius lentiginosus'' Denmark & Schicha, 1974 * '' Amblyseius leonardi'' McMurtry & Moraes, 1989 * '' Amblyseius lianshanus'' Zhu & Chen, 1980 * ''Amblyseius lituatus'' Athias-Henriot, 1961 * '' Amblyseius longicollis'' Denmark & Evans, in Denmark, Evans, Aguilar, Vargas & Ochoa 1999 * '' Amblyseius longimedius'' Wang & Xu, 1991 * '' Amblyseius longisaccatus'' Wu, Lan & Liu, 1995 * ''Amblyseius longulus'' Berlese, 1914 * '' Amblyseius lynnae'' McMurtry & Moraes, 1989

M

* '' Amblyseius magnoliae'' Muma, 1961 * ''Amblyseius mahabaeus'' Schicha & Corpuz-Raros, 1992 * ''Amblyseius malovi'' Beglyarov, 1981 * ''Amblyseius martini'' Collyer, 1982 * '' Amblyseius martus'' De Leon, 1966 * '' Amblyseius matinikus'' Schicha & Corpuz-Raros, 1992 * '' Amblyseius mazatlanus'' Denmark & Muma, 1989 * '' Amblyseius mcmurtryi'' Muma, 1967 * '' Amblyseius megaporos'' De Leon, 1961 * '' Amblyseius meghriensis'' Arutunjan, 1968 * '' Amblyseius meridionalis'' Berlese, 1914 * '' Amblyseius microorientalis'' Wainstein & Beglyarov, 1971 * '' Amblyseius modestus'' (Chant & Baker, 1965) * '' Amblyseius monacus'' Wainstein, 1975 * ''Amblyseius morii'' Ehara, 1967 * ''Amblyseius mountus'' Ryu, 1995 * '' Amblyseius multidentatus'' (Chant, 1959) * '' Amblyseius muraleedharani'' Gupta, 1986 * ''Amblyseius murteri'' Schweizer, 1961

N

* '' Amblyseius nahatius'' Schicha & Corpuz-Raros, 1992 * '' Amblyseius nambourensis'' Schicha, 1981 * '' Amblyseius nayaritensis'' De Leon, 1961 * '' Amblyseius nemorivagus'' Athias-Henriot, 1961 * '' Amblyseius neoankaratrae'' Ueckermann & Loots, 1988 * '' Amblyseius neobernhardi'' Athias-Henriot, 1966 * '' Amblyseius neochiapensis'' Lofego, Moraes & McMurtry, 2000 * '' Amblyseius neocinctus'' Schicha & Corpuz-Raros, 1992 * '' Amblyseius neofijiensis'' Wu, Lan & Liu, 1995 * '' Amblyseius neofirmus'' Ehara & Okada, in Ehara, Okada & Kato 1994 * '' Amblyseius neolargoensis'' van der Merwe, 1965 * '' Amblyseius neolentiginosus'' Schicha, 1979 * '' Amblyseius neopascalis'' Wu & Ou, 2001 * '' Amblyseius neoperditus'' Moraes & Mesa, in Moraes, Mesa & Braun 1991 * '' Amblyseius neorykei'' Gupta, 1977 * ''Amblyseius newelli'' (Chant, 1960) * '' Amblyseius nicola'' Chant & Hansell, 1971 * ''Amblyseius nonfraterculus'' Schicha, 1987

O

* '' Amblyseius oatmani'' Denmark, 1974 * '' Amblyseius obtuserellus'' Wainstein & Beglyarov, 1971 * '' Amblyseius obtusus'' (Koch, 1839) * ''Amblyseius ochii'' Ehara & Yokogawa, 1977 * '' Amblyseius omaloensis'' Gomelauri, 1968 * ''Amblyseius oocarpus'' (Denmark & Evans, 1999) * '' Amblyseius operculatus'' De Leon, 1967 * '' Amblyseius orientalis'' Ehara, 1959 * '' Amblyseius ovalitectus'' van der Merwe, 1968

P

* '' Amblyseius pamperisi'' Papadoulis, 1997 * '' Amblyseius paraaerialis'' Muma, 1967 * ''Amblyseius parabufortus'' (Denmark & Evans, 1999) * '' Amblyseius parakaguya'' Denmark & Edland, 2002 * '' Amblyseius parasundi'' Blommers, 1974 * '' Amblyseius pascalis'' Tseng, 1983 * '' Amblyseius passiflorae'' Blommers, 1974 * ''Amblyseius patellae'' Karg, 1982 * '' Amblyseius paucisetis'' Wainstein, 1983 * '' Amblyseius paucisetosus'' McMurtry & Moraes, 1985 * '' Amblyseius perditus'' Chant & Baker, 1965 * '' Amblyseius perlongisetus'' Berlese, 1916 * '' Amblyseius perplexus'' Denmark & Evans, in Denmark, Evans, Aguilar, Vargas & Ochoa 1999 * '' Amblyseius phillipsi'' McMurtry & Schicha, in McMurtry & Moraes 1984 * ''Amblyseius piracicabae'' (Denmark & Muma, 1973) * ''Amblyseius polisensis'' Schicha & Corpuz-Raros, 1992 * '' Amblyseius pravus'' Denmark, 1977 * '' Amblyseius pretoriaensis'' Ueckermann & Loots, 1988 * '' Amblyseius pritchardellus'' Athias-Henriot, 1967 * '' Amblyseius proresinae'' Karg, 1970 * '' Amblyseius punctatus'' Muma, Metz & Farrier, 1967 * '' Amblyseius pustulosus'' Karg, 1994

Q

* ''Amblyseius quichua'' McMurtry & Moraes, 1989

R

* '' Amblyseius raoiellus'' Denmark & Muma, 1989 * ''Amblyseius readshawi'' Schicha, 1987 * ''Amblyseius rhabdus'' Denmark, 1965 * ''Amblyseius riodocei'' El-Banhawy, 1984

S

* '' Amblyseius salinellus'' Athias-Henriot, 1966 * ''Amblyseius saltus'' (Zack, 1969) * ''Amblyseius sangangensis'' Zhu & Chen, 1983 * ''Amblyseius santoensis'' Schicha, 1981 * ''Amblyseius saopaulus'' Denmark & Muma, 1973 * '' Amblyseius saurus'' De Leon, 1962 * '' Amblyseius schusteri'' (Chant, 1959) * '' Amblyseius sculpticollis'' Denmark & Evans, in Denmark, Evans, Aguilar, Vargas & Ochoa 1999 * '' Amblyseius segregans'' De Leon, 1966 * '' Amblyseius sellnicki'' (Karg, 1960) * '' Amblyseius serratus'' Karg, 1976 * '' Amblyseius shiganus'' Ehara, 1972 * '' Amblyseius siddiqui'' Khan & Chaudhri, 1969 * '' Amblyseius silvaticus'' (Chant, 1959) * '' Amblyseius similicaudalis'' Karg, 1998 * '' Amblyseius similifloridanus'' (Hirschmann, 1962) * '' Amblyseius similoides'' Buchellos & Pritchard, 1960 * '' Amblyseius sinuatus'' De Leon, 1961 * '' Amblyseius sinuatus'' Zhu & Chen, 1980 * ''Amblyseius sobrinulus'' Athias-Henriot, 1967 * '' Amblyseius solani'' Ramos & Rodriguez, 1997 * '' Amblyseius solus'' Denmark & Matthysse, in Matthysse & Denmark 1981 * '' Amblyseius sorakensis'' Ryu, 1995 * '' Amblyseius sparsus'' Kolodochka, 1990 * '' Amblyseius spiculatus'' Denmark & Muma, 1973 * '' Amblyseius stramenti'' Karg, 1965 * '' Amblyseius strobocorycus'' Wu, Lan & Liu, 1995 * '' Amblyseius subpassiflorae'' Wu & Lan, 1989 * '' Amblyseius subtilidentis'' Karg, 1993 * '' Amblyseius sumatrensis'' Ehara, 2002 * '' Amblyseius sundi'' Pritchard & Baker, 1962 * '' Amblyseius supercaudatus'' Karg, 1994 * ''Amblyseius swellendamensis'' Ueckermann & Loots, 1988 * ''

Amblyseius swirskii ''Typhlodromips swirskii'', the Swirski mite (synonymy: ''Amblyseius swirskii'', ''Amblyseius rykei'', ''Neoseiulus swirskii''), is a species of predatory mite in the family Phytoseiidae. It is used in biological pest control of western flower th ...

'' Athias-Henriot, 1962 * '' Amblyseius sylvestris'' Denmark & Muma, 1989

T

* '' Amblyseius tamatavensis'' Blommers, 1974 * ''Amblyseius tee'' Schicha, 1983 * ''Amblyseius tenuis'' Wu & Ou, 2001 * '' Amblyseius tianmuensis'' Liang & Lao, 1994 * '' Amblyseius triangulus'' Wu, Lan & Zeng, 1997 * '' Amblyseius trisetosus'' Tseng, 1983 * '' Amblyseius tsugawai'' Ehara, 1959 * '' Amblyseius tubae'' Karg, 1970 * '' Amblyseius tuscus'' Berlese, 1914

U

* '' Amblyseius utricularius'' Karg, 1994 * '' Amblyseius utriculus'' Karg, 1989

V

* '' Amblyseius valpoensis'' Gonzalez & Schuster, 1962 * '' Amblyseius vasiformis'' Moraes & Mesa, in Moraes, Mesa & Braun 1991 * '' Amblyseius verginensis'' Papadoulis, 1995 * ''Amblyseius volcanus'' Prasad, 1968

W

* '' Amblyseius waltersi'' Schicha, 1981 * '' Amblyseius wangi'' (Yin, Bei & Lu, 1992) * '' Amblyseius wanka'' Schicha & Corpuz-Raros, 1992 * '' Amblyseius williamsi'' Schicha, 1983 * '' Amblyseius wuyiensis'' Wu & Li, 1983

Y

* '' Amblyseius yadongensis'' Wu, 1987

Z

* '' Amblyseius zaheri'' Yousef & El-Brollosy, in Zaher 1986

References

External links

''Amblyseius swirskii''
on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures website. {{Taxonbar, from=Q736838 Phytoseiidae