Phytoseiidae of Thailand (Acari: Mesostigmata), with a key for their identification
Author
Oliveira, Daniel C.
Author
Charanasri, Vatana
Author
Kongchuensin, Manita
Author
Konvipasruang, Ploychompoo
Author
Chandrapatya, Angsumarn
Author
De, Gilberto J.
text
Zootaxa
2012
3453
1
24
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.282177
68f76539-8e5c-4967-a480-14d2d8e46637
1175-5326
282177
Phytoseius fotheringhamiae
Denmark
& Schicha
Phytoseius fotheringhamiae
Denmark
& Schicha, 1975
: 177
;
Schicha, 1984
: 122
;
Moraes
et al
., 2004b
: 237
;
Chant & McMurtry, 2007
: 129
.
Phytoseius
(
Phytoseius
)
fotheringhamiae
.—
Moraes
et al
., 1986
: 221
.
Specimens examined.
Two females, on
Cestrum aurantiacum
Lindl.
, at Chiang Rai Province,
January 1992
, collected by M. Kongchuensin.
Female
Dorsal shield 280–295 long and 160 wide;
j1
32–33,
j3
45–46,
j4
5,
j5
4,
j6
5,
J5
6–7,
z2
12,
z3
34–35,
z
4
10–12,
z5
4,
Z4
85–86,
Z5
70–72,
s4
106–115,
s6
81
–82,
r3
43–45; distances between
St1-St3
59–75,
St2-St2
62–64,
St5-St5
63–64; ventrianal shield 100–105 long, 35–40 wide at level of
ZV2
, 55 at anus level; calyx of spermatheca 2 long and
7 in
diameter; fixed cheliceral digit 20 long, movable cheliceral digit 23–24 long;
Sge
IV
20–22,
Sti
IV
50–51,
St
(basitarsus)
IV
26–28
,
St
(telotarsus)
IV
27.
Chaetotaxy: genu
II 2
, 2/0-2/0, 1; genu
III 1
, 2/ 0-2/0, 1.
Previous records.
Australia
and
New Zealand
.
Remarks.
Measurements of the specimens examined are similar to those of the original description and those reported by
Schicha (1984)
for specimens from
Australia
. However, seta
Z5
is slightly shorter than the lower limit of the range shown for this seta in the original description.