Classification:

Subfamily: Amblyseiinae

Tribe: Amblyseiini

Subtribe: Amblyseiina

Genus: Amblyseius

Species: Amblyseius fraterculus

 
Holotype:

Amblyseius fraterculus Berlese, 1916a: 172; La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, in nest of the ant Acromyrmex lundi.

 
Other Names:
Typhlodromus fraterculusChant (1957a)
Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) fraterculusChant (1959b)
Amblyseius (Typhlodromopsis) fraterculusMuma (1961a)
Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) fraterculusWesterboer & Bernhard (1963)
Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) fraterculusGupta (1985b)
Amblyseius (Typhlodromips) fraterculusKarg (1991)
 
Distribution:
ARGENTINA: Berlese (1916a);
CANADA — BRITISH COLUMBIA: Anderson et al. (1958); Chant (1957c);
HUNGARY: Bozai (1980);
INDIA — TAMIL NADU: Ghai & Menon (1967); WEST BENGAL: Bala & Karmakar (2022c);
POLAND: Dziuba (1972);
SWITZERLAND: Schweizer (1961);
URUGUAY: Chant (1957c);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Substrate: Nest of the ant Acromyrmex lundi (ant) — Berlese (1916a);
 
 
Notes:
- Part of the mites reported by Schweizer (1961) as Amblyseius [sic] alpinus (Schweizer) is probably A. fraterculus — Athias-Henriot (1966).;
 

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