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.
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Zootaxa
2007
2007-12-11
1658
1
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https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1658.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1658.1.1
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Phytoseius kisumuensis
Moraes & McMurtry
Phytoseius kisumuensis
Moraes & McMurtry
, in
Moraes
et al
. (1989)
: 87
;
Moraes
et al
., 2004: 243
.
REMARKS. This species was described from specimens collected near Lake Victoria,
Kisumu
,
Kenya
, on unknown plant. No additional specimens were collected in the present study. Female idiosomal setal pattern 12A:5A/JV-3,4:ZV. The reexamination of the
holotype
of this species confirmed that setae j3, s4, s6 and r3 are serrate as stated and not smooth as illustrated in its original description. The presence of setae J2 and R
1 in
this species places it in the
plumifer
species group (
Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1992a
;
Chant & McMurtry 1994
).
World distribution.
Kenya
.