| abstract | This paper describes three new species of the genus Amblyseius Berlese collected from Mt. Wuyi, Jiangxi Province. The types of the species are deposited in the Biological Department, Jiangxi University.
Amblyseius sangangensis, sp. nov. (figs. 1-6)
This new species is near Amblyseius masseei (Nesbitt) 1951, but differs from the latter in its much longer seta L9 and in its L setae all longer than the distances between their bases.
Holotype ♀, 26 VII. 1980, Mt. Wuyi, Jiangxi Province, 880 m, by Shi Su-hua, on Phyllostachys nidularia Munro.
Amblyseius indocalami, sp. nov. (figs. 7-12)
This new species is similar to Amblyseius kaguya Ehara 1966 in the dorsal chaetotaxy and in the shape of the ventrianal shield, but differs from the latter in having shorter setae L4, L9 and M2, narrower spermathecal cervix and shorter macroseta in tibia IV. This new species is also similar to Amblyseius waltersi Schicha 1981, but differs ftom the latter in having leg IV with three much shorter macrosetae.
Holotype ♀, 25. VII. 1980, Mt. Wuyi, Jiangxi Province, 820 m, by Zheng Ke-qin, on Indocalamus tessellatus (Munro.) Keng. F. Paratypes 4♀, data same as for holotype.
Amblyseius cryptomeriae, sp. nov. (figs. 13-18)
This new species is similar to Amblyseius koyamanus Ehara et Yokogawa 1977, but differs from the latter in the relative lengths of setae, in the placement of ventrianal pores and in the shape of spermathecal. This new species is also similar to Amblyseius atsak Chant et Hansell 1971, but differs from the latter in the shape of ventrianal shield and spermatheca.
Holotype ♀, 25. VII. 1980, Mt. Wuyi, Jiangxi Province, 820 m, by Zhu Zhi-min, on Cryptomeria fortunei Hooib. Paratypes 2♀♀, data same as for holotype, 1♀, on Eurya ja-ponica Thunb. |