title: Distribution of Amblydromalus limonicus in northeastern Spain and diversity of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) in tomato and other vegetable crops after its introduction.
abstract: Amblydromalus limonicus (Garman and McGregor) was detected for the first time in 2011 on tomatoes of several locations of the northeastern Spain. During 2012 and 2013 samplings on tomato crop cultivars in the two provinces of Catalonia where the species was found were carried out. The goals of the study were to know the range of spread of the species in these two provinces, its abundance in tomato cultivars, non-crop vegetation among them, in the different parts of the tomato plant and in some other vegetable crops. Results showed that A. limonicus was present at both regions sampled, although there were significant differences in the abundance of the species between sampling points. It is the second in abundance in tomato and the cultivars that most frequently host A. limonicus were Anaidis, Hybrid and Marmande. No significant differences were found in the abundance of A. limonicus among tomato plant canopy strata. On average, it accounted for 31.6 % of all sampled phytoseiids. It was present in four crops (tomato, bean, cucumber and strawberry) and in Amaranthus cruentus, Chenopodium polyspermum, Cynodon dactylon, Mentha sp., Parietaria officinalis and Phleum pratense. Amblydromalus limonicus is well established in the extreme northeast of Spain all year round in crops and non-crops.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Entomology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chorąży
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Entomology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kropczyńska-Linkiewicz
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, Research Institute of Horticulture, Skierniewice, Poland.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sas
authors.affiliation: Sustainable Plant Protection (Entomology), Mas Badia Agricultural Experimental Station, Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology (IRTA), 17134, La Tallada d'Empordá, Girona, Spain. adriana.escudero@irta.cat.
authors.forename: Lucia-Adriana
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Escudero-Colomar
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000469:parasitology*; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000469:parasitology; D008925:Mites / Q000502:physiology*; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D011156:Population Density; D013030:Spain
keywords: Abundance; Amblydromalus limonicus; Distribution; Phytoseiid mites; Strawberry, cucumber, bean, exotic species; Tomato