Phytoseiid mites (Acari) associated with yerba mate in southern Brazil, with description of a new species Author Gonçalves, Dinarte Author Silva, Guilherme Liberato Da Author Ferla, Noeli Juarez text Zootaxa 2013 3746 2 357 371 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.2.6 7fe968c2-9baf-4303-964a-b014f9931bb1 1175-5326 218553 9943C9D4-5F45-4AD3-9050-34E100D3F220 Typhlodromina tropica (Chant) Typhlodromus tropicus Chant, 1959: 54 ; Chant & Baker , 1965: 8; McMurtry & Moraes, 1989: 179. Paraseiulella tropica .—Muma 1961: 294. Typhlodromina tropica .— Denmark & Muma, 1973: 273; Moraes et al ., 2004: 306. Typhlodromina aristidesi El-Banhawy, 1976: 532; McMurtry & Moraes, 1989: 179. (Synonymy by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1983). Specimens examined. ILÓPOLIS: (H) , August 2004 (1); (N) , August 2003 (1); July 2004 (1). Adult Female . One specimen examined. Dorsum . Dorsal shield with 365 long, 263 wide at level of s4 ; j1 25, j3 43, j4 30, j5 28, j6 broke, J2 broke, J5 13, z2 25, z3 48, z4 48, z5 38, Z4 73, Z5 73, s4 53 , s6 63 , S5 50 , r3 23, R1 18. Venter . Distances between St1–St3 65, St2–St2 68, St5–St5 78. Ventrianal shield with 125 long, 75 wide at level of ZV2 and 65 wide at level of anus. Chelicera . Fixed digit 30 long and movable digit 28 long. Legs . Sge I 25 , Sge IV 30 , Sti IV 35 and St IV broke. Previous records in Rio Grande do Sul. Sério (Ferla & Moraes, 1998); Capitão (Ferla et al ., 2005); Bento Gonçalves (Klock et al ., 2011). Comments. Setae R1 were 50% longer than in the original description (Chant, 1959). This species has been reported on yerba mate in Rio Grande do Sul state (Ferla et al ., 2005).