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
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2945.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2945.1.1
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Amblyseius hamisi
El-Banhawy & Irungu
(
Fig. 36
)
Amblyseius hamisi
El-Banhawy & Irungu, 2009: 125
.
Material examined.
Holotype
female,
Kenya
, coffee farm in
Embu
,
Eastern Province
,
December 2006
, El-Banhawy (
El-Banhawy & Irungu, 2009
). The male is unknown.
Female:
Dorsal
shield smooth, 300 long, 190 wide, with four pairs of pores.
Measurements
of dorsal setae: j1 32, j3 40 j4, j5, j6, J2, J5 4–6, z2, z4, z5, Z1, 4–6, Z4 150, Z5 370, s4 125, S2, S4,
S5 4
–6, r3, R 15, JV5 90.
Setae Z
4, Z5 slightly serrated.
Peritrematal
shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level of j1.
Sternal
shield smooth, posterior margin straight, distances between
St
I-St
III 65
,
St
II-St
II 74
,
St
IV
on small platelets.
Genital
shield smooth, 87 wide.
Ventri-anal
shield 115 long, 83 wide, with a pair of crescentic pre-anal pores and three pairs of pre-anal setae (JV1, JV2, ZV2).
Two
pairs of metapodal platelets, nine pairs of small round platelets, two pairs of thin elongate sigillar sclerites and four pairs of setae surrounding ventri-anal shield.
Fixed
digit of chelicera with eight teeth, movable digit with three teeth.
Spermatheca
calyx long and slender, constricted midway, 44 long, flared distally, atrium slightly enlarged, major duct conspicuous.
Macrosetae
pointed distally,
Sge
II 37
,
Sge
III 65
,
Sti
III 44
,
Sge
IV 165
,
Sti
IV 97
,
St
IV 110
.
Chaetotaxy
: genu
II 2
,
2
/
0, 2/0, 1, genus
III 1
,
2
/1, 2/0, 1.