Classification:

Subfamily: Amblyseiinae

Tribe: Amblyseiini

Subtribe: Amblyseiina

Genus: Amblyseius

Species: Amblyseius modestus

 
Holotype:

Amblyseius modestus (Chant & Baker, 1965): 10; Lancetilla, Honduras, on unknown plant.

 
Other Names:
Iphiseius modestus (original designation) — Chant & Baker (1965)
Amblyseius (Amblyseius) modestus  — Denmark & Muma (1989)
 
Distribution:
HONDURAS: Chant & Baker (1965); Denmark et al. (1999);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Plant family unidentified: Unknown plant — Chant & Baker (1965);
 
Catalog: Moraes et al. (1986); Moraes et al. (2004a); Prasad (2012);
Redescription: Chant & McMurtry (2004a); Chant & McMurtry (2007); Denmark et al. (1999); Denmark & Muma (1989); Rowell et al. (1978);
 

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