Phytoseiid mites of the subfamily Phytoseiinae (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa Author Ueckermann, Eddie A. Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag X 134, Queenwood, Pretoria 0121, South Africa. Author Zannou, Ignace D. Depto. Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, ESALQ-Universidade de São Paulo- 13418 - 900 Piracicaba-SP, Brazil. E-mail: gjmoraes @ carpa. ciagri. usp. br Author De Moraes, Gilberto J. Depto. Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, ESALQ-Universidade de São Paulo- 13418 - 900 Piracicaba-SP, Brazil. E-mail: gjmoraes @ carpa. ciagri. usp. br Author Oliveira, Anibal R. Depto. Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, ESALQ-Universidade de São Paulo- 13418 - 900 Piracicaba-SP, Brazil. E-mail: gjmoraes @ carpa. ciagri. usp. br Author Hanna, Rachid Biological Control Centre for Africa, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 08 B. P. 0932, Cotonou, Benin, West Africa Dept. Entomology, Smith Hall Room 100, 901 W. State Street, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 - 2089, USA Author Yaninek, John S. text Zootaxa 2007 2007-12-11 1658 1 1 20 https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1658.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.1658.1.1 1175­5334 5104092 7ECF7D0B-5B53-47F8-BBBC-8BC28CD5F534 Platyseiella Muma Platyseiella Muma, 1961: 280 ; Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 233 ; Moraes et al ., 2004: 259 . Amblyseius ( Platyseiella ), Van der Merwe, 1968: 168 . Phytoseius ( Platyseiella ), Wainstein, 1970: 1726 . Proprioseiopsis ( Platyseiella ), Karg, 1983: 302 . Stable characters mentioned by Chant & McMurtry (1994) for the species of this genus are: Seta z3 absent and s6 present; genu II with 7 setae; some dorsal setae and Jv5 elongate, thick and strongly serrate, Jv4 absent; and calyx of spermatheca funnel-shaped. Two species of this genus are reported in this study. They have female idiosomal setal pattern 11D:5A/JV- 3,4:ZV; R1 on interscutal membrane; 1 pair of metapodal shields; 1 pair of round preanal pores, chaetotaxy of genua II and III 2-2/0, 2/0-1 and 1-2/0, 2/0-1, respectively.