Description of a new species of Neoparaphytoseius Chant and McMurtry (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) from Peru, with a redefinition of the genus Author Jiménez, Sofía Author De Moraes, Gilberto J. text Zootaxa 2014 3841 2 293 300 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.2.8 90f6f482-8e24-4b57-951c-1ba269332237 1175-5326 231012 6D9D45D2-8611-486C-A57F-C4F9538825CF Redefinition of Neoparaphytoseius Based on the examination of specimens considered in this study, Neoparaphytoseius can be redefined as follows: dorsal shield about twice as long as wide, smooth or mostly areolate, with a shallow notch near r3 , bearing the following setae: j1 , j3–j6 , J2 , J5 , z2 , z4 , z5 , Z1 , Z4 , Z5 , s4 , S2 , S5 ; setae j3 , s4 , Z4 and Z5 stout and serrate, other setae variable; j3 , Z4 , Z5 and s 4 set on tubercles, which are more pronounced for Z4 and Z5 . Distinctly from most other phytoseiids, s 4 set anteriad of insertion of j5 (also observed in species of other genera, as Iphiseioides , Maunaseius , Paraphytoseius , Phytoseiulus , Proprioseius , and some species of Amblyseius Berlese and Proprioseiopsis ). Setae r3 and R1 on unsclerotised cuticle in adult females and on dorsal shield in adult males. Sternal shield with three pairs of setae. Ventrianal shield vase-shaped, with shallow lateral concavity, to subpentagonal, with three pairs of setae and a pair of pores posteromesad of JV2 . Two pairs of metapodal shields. Peritreme reaching base of j1 . Fixed cheliceral digit multidentate; movable digit with three teeth. Calyx of spermatheca cup-shaped or funnel-shaped. Tíbia and tarsus of leg IV with thickened macrosetae; genu of leg IV with or without a thickened macroseta; other legs without macrosetae. Chaetotaxy of genu and tibia: genua: I—2 , 2/1, 2/1, 2 or 2, 2/2, 2/1, 2; II– 2 , 2/1, 2/0, 1; III—1 , 2/1, 2/0, 1; IV—1 , 2/1, 2/0, 1; tibiae: I—2 , 2/1, 2/1,2 or 2, 2/2, 2/1,2; II—1 , 1/1, 2/1, 1; III—1 , 1/1, 2/1, 1; IV—1 , 1/1, 2/0, 1. Spermadactyl L-shaped.