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Species Euseius victoriensis (Womersley, 1954)

Introduction

This species is available commercially in Australia as a biological control agent (Llewellyn 2002).

 

General References

Beard, J.J. & Walter, G.H. 2001. Host plant specificity in several species of generalist mite predators. Ecological Entomology 26: 562–570 (as Euseius victoriensis)

Beaulieu, F. & Weeks, A.R. 2007. Free-living mesostigmatic mites in Australia: their roles in biological control and bioindication. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 47: 460–478 (as Euseius victoriensis)

Chant, D.A. 1959. Phytoseiid mites (Acarina : Phytoseiidae). Part I. Bionomics of seven species in southeastern England. Part II. A taxonomic review of the family Phytoseiidae, with descriptions of 38 new species. The Canadian Entomologist Supplement 12: 1-166 (as Typhlodromus victoriensis)

Chant, D.A. & McMurtry, J.A. 2005. A review of the subfamily Amblyseiinae Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae): Part VI. The tribe Euseiini n. tribe, subtribes Typhlodromalina n. subtribe, Euseiina n. subtribe, and Ricoseiina n. subtribe. International Journal of Acarology 31: 187–224 (as Euseius victoriensis)

Chant, D.A. & McMurtry, J.A. 2007. Illustrated Keys and Diagnoses for the Genera and Subgenera of the Phytoseiidae of the World (Acari: Mesostigmata). West Bloomfield, Michigan : Indira Publishing House pp. 220. (as Euseius victoriensis)

Demite, P.R., Moraes, G.J. de, McMurtry, J.A., Denmark, H.A. & Castilho, R.C. September 2016. Phytoseiidae Database. Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. www.lea.esalq.usp.br/phytoseiidae [Date of access 31 December 2016] (Euseius victoriensis)

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

Denmark, H.A. & Evans, G.A. 2011. Phytoseiidae of North America and Hawaii (Acari: Mesostigmata). West Bloomfield, Michigan : Indira Publishing House pp. 451. (as Euseius victoriensis)

James, D.G. 1990. Biological control of Tetranychus urticae (Koch) (Acari : Tetranychidae) in southern New South Wales peach orchards : The role of Amblyseius victoriensis (Acarina : Phytoseiidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 645-655 (as Amblyseius victoriensis)

James, D.G. 1993. Pollen, mould mites and fungi: improvements to mass rearing of Typhlodromus doreenae and Amblyseius victoriensis. Experimental and Applied Acarology 17: 271-276 (as Amblyseius victoriensis)

James, D.G. & Taylor, A. 1992. Effect of temperature on development and survival of Amblyseius victoriensis (Womersley) (Acari: Phytoseiidae). International Journal of Acarology 18: 93-96 (as Amblyseius victoriensis)

James, D.G. & Whitney, J. 1991. Biological control of grapevine mites in inland south-eastern Australia. Wine Industry Journal 6: 210-214 (as Amblyseius victoriensis)

James, D.G. & Whitney, J. 1993. Mite populations on grapevines in south-eastern Australia: Implications for biological control of grapevine mites (Acarina: Tenuipalpidae, Eriophyidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology 17: 259-270 (as Amblyseius victoriensis)

Llewellyn, R. 2002. The Good Bug Book. Richmond NSW : Integrated Pest management Pty Ltd. 2, pp. 110. (as Euseius victoriensis)

McMurtry, J.A. & Croft, B.A. 1997. Life-styles of phytoseiid mites and their roles in biological control. Annual Review of Entomology 42: 291-321 (as Euseius victoriensis)

Morewood, W.D. 1993. Diapause and cold hardiness of phytoseiid mites (Acarina : Phytoseiidae). European Journal of Entomology 90: 3-10 (as Euseius victoriensis)

Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] (as Amblyseius victoriensis)

Schicha, E. 1977. Amblyseius victoriensis (Womersley) and A. ovalis (Evans) compared with a new congener from Australia (Acari : Phytoseiidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 16: 123-132 (as Amblyseius victoriensis)

Schicha, E. 1979. Three new species of Amblyseius Berlese (Acarina : Phytoseiidae) from Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 103: 217-226 (as Amblyseius victoriensis)

Schicha, E. 1984. The family Phytoseiidae in Australia and the Indo-Pacific region. pp. 228-232 in Griffiths, D.A. & Bowman, C.E. (eds). Acarology VI. Chichester : Ellis Horwood Vol. 1. (as Amblyseius victoriensis)

Schicha, E. 1987. Phytoseiidae of Australia and Neighboring Areas. Oak Park, Michigan : Indira Publishing 187 pp. (as Amblyseius victoriensis)

Smith, D. & Papacek, D.F. 1991. Studies of the predatory mite Amblyseius victoriensis (Acarina : Phytoseiidae) in citrus orchards in south-east Queensland: Control of Tegolophus australis and Phyllocoptruta oleivora (Acarina : Eriophyidae), effect of pesticides, alternative host plants and augmentative release. Experimental and Applied Acarology 12: 195-217 (as Amblyseius victoriensis)

Wainstein, B.A. 1977. A contribution to the fauna of the family Phytoseiidae (Parasitiformes) in Australia. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 56: 1413-1416 (as Amblyseius victoriensis)

Walter, D.E. 1999. Review of Australian Asperoseius Chant, Euseius Wainstein, Okiseius Ehara and Phytoscutus Muma (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) with a key to the genera of Australian Amblyseiinae and descriptions of two new species. Australian Journal of Entomology 38: 85-95 (as Euseius victoriensis)

Walter, D.E., Halliday, R.B. & Smith, D. 1995. The oriental red mite, Eutetranychus orientalis (Klein) (Acarina: Tetranychidae), in Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 34: 307-308 (as Euseius victoriensis)

Whitney, J. & James, D.G. 1996. The phytoseiid fauna of grapevines in Australia. International Journal of Acarology 22: 279-284 (as Amblyseius victoriensis)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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06-Nov-2011 06-Nov-2011 MOVED
08-Aug-2010 08-Aug-2010 MOVED
08-Aug-2010 09-Jul-2010 ADDED
09-Jul-2010 09-Jul-2010 ADDED
08-Jul-2010 MODIFIED