Classification:

Subfamily: Phytoseiinae

Genus: Phytoseius

Species: Phytoseius amba

 
Holotype:

Phytoseius amba Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 224; Beni, Kivu, DR Congo, on Tithonia speciosa.

 
Other Names:
Phytoseius (Pennaseius) amba  (original designation) — Pritchard & Baker (1962)
Phytoseius (Phytoseius) amba — Denmark (1966)
Typhlodromus (Phytoseius) amba — Van der Merwe (1968)
Pennaseius amba — Matthysse & Denmark (1981)
 
Distribution:
ANJOUAN ISLAND (COMOROS): Kreiter et al. (2021b);
BENIN: Ueckermann et al. (2007);
BURUNDI: Moraes et al. (1989a); Ueckermann et al. (2007);
CAMEROON: Ueckermann et al. (2007);
CAPE VERDE: Ferragut & Baumann (2021); Ueckermann (1992b);
DR CONGO: Moraes et al. (1989a); Pritchard & Baker (1962); Ueckermann et al. (2007);
GRANDE COMORE ISLAND (COMOROS): Kreiter et al. (2018b); Kreiter et al. (2021e);
KENYA: El-Banhawy & Knapp (2011a); Moraes et al. (1989c); Swirski & Ragusa (1978); Ueckermann et al. (2007);
MADAGASCAR ISLAND: Blommers (1976);
MALAWI: Zannou et al. (2005a);
MOZAMBIQUE: Rodrigues (1968); Zannou et al. (2005a);
NIGERIA: Matthysse & Denmark (1981); Moraes et al. (1989a);
REUNION ISLAND: Kreiter et al. (2020d); Quilici et al. (2000);
RWANDA: Pritchard & Baker (1962); Ueckermann et al. (2007);
SENEGAL: Kade et al. (2011);
SOUTH AFRICA: Ueckermann et al. (2007); Ueckermann & Loots (1985a); Van der Merwe (1968);
ZAMBIA: Ueckermann et al. (2007);
ZIMBABWE: McMurtry & Moraes (1991);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Asteraceae: Tithonia speciosa — Pritchard & Baker (1962);
 
Catalog: Moraes et al. (1986); Moraes et al. (2004a); Prasad (2012);
Redescription: Arutunjan (1970); Blommers (1976); Chant & McMurtry (2007); Denmark (1966); Ferragut & Baumann (2021); Kade et al. (2011); Kreiter et al. (2002b); Kreiter et al. (2020d); Moraes et al. (1989c); Ragusa & Swirski (1982); Rowell et al. (1978); Ueckermann (1992b); Ueckermann et al. (2007); Ueckermann & Loots (1985a); Van der Merwe (1968); Yaninek et al. (1989);
 
Notes:
- Specimens reported by Blommers & Gutierrez (1975) reidentified as Phytoseius hongkongensis Swirski & Schechter — Blommers (1976).;
 

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