Phytoseiid mites of the tribes Afroseiulini, Kampimodromini and Phytoseiulini, and complementary notes on mites of the tribes Euseiini and Neoseiulini (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa
Author
De, Gilberto J.
Author
Zannou, Ignace D.
Author
Ueckermann, Eddie A.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1628
1
22
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.179339
1df3b260-9991-4237-b92a-4abdd6871bb4
1175-5326
179339
Kampimodromus
Nesbitt
Kampimodromus
Nesbitt, 1951
: 53
;
Chant & McMurtry, 2003b
: 195
;
Moraes
et al.
, 2004
: 93
.
Paradromus
Muma, 1961
: 286
(
Chant & McMurtry 2003b
).
Amblyseius
(
Kampimodromus
)
section
Kampimodromus
,
Wainstein, 1962
: 14
.
Key characteristics of species in this genus are: dorsal shield usually strongly ornamented; idiosomal setal pattern 10A:8C/JV-3:ZV; S4 absent; setae J2, S2, S5 and JV4 present; lateral dorsal setae medium in length, subequal, slightly thickened; without prominent pores associated with z5; peritreme not extending to level of j1; posterior margin of sternal shield concave; ST3 inserted on or off the sternal shield; posterior margin of genital shield truncate; female ventrianal shield much longer than wide; preanal pores minute; imaginary line connecting ZV2, JV1 and JV2 forming an acute angle; calyx of spermatheca cup-shaped; fixed cheliceral digit with few teeth; legs without macrosetae or with a single macroseta on basitarsus IV.
Both species reported in this paper have peritreme extending to level between z2 and j3.