Phytoseiid mites of the subtribes Typhlodromalina and Euseiina (Acari: Phytoseiidae: Euseiini) from subSaharan Africa
Author
De Moraes, G. J.
Author
Zannou, I. D.
Author
Oliveira, A. R.
Author
Yaninek, J. S.
Author
Hanna, R.
text
Zootaxa
2006
1114
1
52
journal article
50806
10.5281/zenodo.171564
467e7665-5271-4158-ad87-6711075640b2
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171564
Ueckermannseius havu
(Pritchard &
Baker
)
Amblyseius
(
Amblyseius
)
havu
Pritchard &
Baker
, 1962
: 257
Amblyseius havu
,
Ghai & Menon, 1967
: 70
Amblyseius
(
Typhlodromalus
)
havu
,
Gupta, 1985
: 361
Typhlodromalus havu
,
Moraes et al., 2004
: 197
Ueckermannia havu
,
Chant & McMurtry, 2005a
: 203
FEMALE — (Specimens measured —
Democratic Republic of Congo
:
holotype
)
Dorsum — Dorsal shield smooth in the central area and with some striation along lateral margins, [374] long and [263] wide. Setae j1 [39], j3 [41], j4 [27], j5 [22], j6 [22], J2 [24], J5 [5], z2 [34], z4 [39], z5 [22], Z1 [31], Z4 [28], Z5 [63], s4 [44], S2 [36], S4 [30], S5 [30], r3 [22], R1 [24]. All setae smooth.
Venter — Distances between St1–St3 [71], St2–St2 [77], St5–St5 [78]. Ventrianal shield [75] wide at level of Zv2 (length and width at level of anus, of ventrianal shield not possible to measure); with a pair of elliptical pores posterior to Jv2. One pair of metapodal shields; caudoventral setae smooth and sharptipped, except Jv5 which is knobbed; Jv4 absent.
Spermatheca — Calyx with distal 3/5 slender and basal 2/5 bulged [56] long; atrium distinct.
Legs — Macrosetae sharptipped on leg II and knobbed on legs III and IV; Sge II [38], Sge III [47], Sti III [39], Sge IV [68], Sti [55], St [75].
SPECIMENS EXAMINED:
Democratic Republic of Congo
(
Belgian Congo
):
Holotype
female from Lwiro, on
Maesa rufescens
,
16V1955
, E.W.
Baker
.
REMARKS — This species was described from specimens collected in Lwiro,
Democratic Republic of Congo
(
Belgian Congo
) on
Maesa rufescens
. No specimens were collected in this study.
WORLD DISTRIBUTION —
Democratic Republic of Congo
.