Female dorsal view

Other Names

Iphidulus fallacis Garman, 1948
Amblyseius (Typhlodromopsis) fallacis (Garman)
Amblyseius (Amblyseius) fallacis (Garman)
Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) fallacis (Garman)
Amblyseius fallacis (Garman)
Typhlodromus fallacis (Garman)
Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) fallacis (Garman)

Synonyms

none

Distribution

Cosmopolitan: North America, Central and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia: Tasmania, NSW, Victoria; New Zealand; see Moraes et al. (2004) for the complete distribution list.

Notes

Widely distributed in North America. Found on crops in Australia - soybean, apple, strawberry (Schicha, 1987; Beard, 2001); released in New Zealand as biological control agent (Christchurch, Nelson, Hawke's Bay) on various orchard and greenhouse crops (Collyer, 1982).

References

Beard, J.J. (2001) A review of Australian Neoseiulus Hughes and Typhlodromips de Leon (Acari: Phytoseiidae: Amblyseiinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 73-158.

Collyer, E. (1982) The Phytoseiidae of New Zealand (Acarina). 1. The genera Typhlodromus and Amblyseius - keys and new species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 9: 185-206.

Halliday, R.B. (1998) Mites of Australia: A Checklist and Bibliography. Monographs on Invertebrate Taxonomy, vol. 5. CSIRO Australia, 317 p.

Moraes, G.J. de, McMurtry, J.A., Denmark, H.A., and Campos, C.B. (2004) A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. Zootaxa 434: 1-494.

Schicha, E. (1987) Phytoseiidae of Australia and Neighboring Areas. Indira Publishing House, Oak Park, Michigan, USA. 187 p.