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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Ueckermannseius lugula
El-Banhawy & Irungu
(
Fig. 46
)
Uekermannseius
lugula
El-Banhawy & Irungu, 2009: 133
.
Material examined.
Holotype
female,
Kenya
, from a coffee farm in
Nyeri
,
Central Province
,
June 2006
(
H. Mugo
).
Female:
Dorsal
shield smooth, 350 long, 180 wide, with five pairs of pores.
Measurements
of dorsal setae: j1 32, j3 38, j4, j5 25, j6 28, J2 27, J5 5, z2 32, z4, 46, z5 27, Z1 32, Z4 35, Z5 58,
s4 53
, S2, S4,
S5 32
, r3 28, R1 23, JV5 80.
Setae Z
5, JV5 blunt distally.
Peritrematal
shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level of z2.
Sternal
shield smooth, with posterior medium lobe, distances between
St
I-St
III 69
,
St
II-St
II 69
,
St
IV
on small platelets.
Genital
shield smooth, 125 wide.
Ventri-anal
shield longer than wide, 115 long, 70 wide, with a pair of crescentic pre-anal pores and three pairs of pre-anal setae (JV1, JV2, ZV2). A pair of metapodal platelets, five pairs of small round platelets, two pairs of sigillar sclerites and four pairs of setae surrounding ventri-anal shield.
Fixed
digit of chelicera with 12 teeth, movable digit with three teeth.
Spermatheca
calyx 42 long, anteriorly enlarged, with posterior filament, 28 long, flared distally.
Macrosetae
pointed distally on
Sge
II 32
,
blunt on
Sge
III 32
,
Sti
III 32
,
Sge
IV 58
;
40,
Sti
IV 52
;
51; 40,
St
IV 62
.
Chaetotaxy
: genu
II 2
,
2
/
0, 2/0, 1, genu
III 1
,
2
/1, 2/0, 1.
Remarks.
This species is similar to
U
.
macrosetosus
(Van der Merwe)
. The shorte
r
peritreme, and the number and shape of macrosetae separate these two species. The male is unknown.