Mites of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese from Kenya (Acari: Mesostigmata) 2945 Author El-Banhawy, E. M. Author Knapp, M. text Zootaxa 2011 2011-07-08 2945 1 1 176 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2945.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.2945.1.1 1175­5334 5282557 Neoseiulus teke (Pritchard & Baker) ( Fig. 5 ) Amblyseius ( Amblyseius ) teke Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 239 . Amblyseius teke . — Meyer & Rodrigues, 1966: 37 ; Moraes et al ., 1989a: 97 ; 1989b: 83 . Neoseiulus teke . — Chant & McMurtry, 2003 a: 37 ; Moraes et al ., 2004: 147 . Amblyseius ( Amblyseius ) bidens Karg, 1970: 293 . Amblyseius pseudolongispinosus Xin, Liang & Ke, 1981: 75 . Material examined. Kenya : 1 female from above Kaburu KWS post, altitude 2457 m , Mt. Elgon , March , 2005 ( M. Knapp ); 1 female from the Marine Station of the University of Nairobi , Moana-Diani beach , Mombasa , July 26, 2005 (El-Banhawy) . Female: Dorsal shield reticulated, 295 long, 160 wide, with four pairs of large pores. Measurements of dorsal setae: j1 18, j3, j4, j5 39, j6 42, J2 48, J5 9, z2 46, z4 48, z5 35, Z1 44, Z4 55, Z5 58, s4 55 , S2 58 , S4 39 , S5 34 , r3, R1 37, JV5 55. Dorsal setae serrated except j1 and J5. Peritrematal shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level of j3. Sternal shield with posterior margin slightly concave, distances between St I-St III 53 , St II-St II 53 , St IV on small platelets. Genital shield 58 wide. Ventri-anal shield reticulated, 105 long, 80 wide, with a pair of conspicuous pre-anal pores and three pairs of pre-anal setae (JV1, JV2, ZV2). Two pairs of metapodal platelets, two pairs of sigillar sclerites and four pairs of setae surrounding ventri-anal shield. Fixed digit of chelicera with seven teeth, movable digit with two teeth. Spermatheca calyx elongate, 16 long, with a long stalk, 14 long, atrium enlarged, 7 long, forked at junction with broad major duct. Macroseta, St IV 65 . Chaetotaxy: genu II 2 , 2 / 0, 2/0, 1, genu III 1 , 2 /1, 2/0, 1. Remarks. The female holotype was collected at Kinshasa , DRC , April 14, 1955 , E.W. Baker, ( Pritchard & Baker, 1962 ). Ueckermann & Loots (1988) described the male, but did not include its locality. Other localities are Burundi , Ghana , Kenya , Malawi , Mozambique , Sierra Leone ( Zannou et al ., 2006 ).