Phytoseiid mites of the subtribe Amblyseiina (Acari: Phytoseiidae: Amblyseiini) from sub-Saharan Africa
Author
Zannou, Ignace D.
Author
De, Gilberto J.
Author
Ueckermann, Eddie A.
Author
Oliveira, Anibal R.
Author
Yaninek, John S.
Author
Hanna, Rachid
text
Zootaxa
2007
1550
1
47
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.178081
8da11a75-2497-4736-9789-972bfd1b29de
1175-5326
178081
Graminaseius occidentafricanus
(Moraes, Oliveira & Zannou)
Typhlodromips occidentafricanus
Moraes, Oliveira & Zannou, 2001a
: 3
;
Moraes et al. 2004
: 219
.
Amblyseius occidentafricanus
,
Chant & McMurtry, 2004
: 201
.
REMARKS—Chant & McMurtry (2004) placed this species in genus
Amblyseius
in the
nicola
species subgroup Chant & McMurtry of the
obtusus
species group Chant. However, considering that it has spermatheca with thick-walled major duct, bifurcate at juncture with atrium, it seems that it is more appropriate to place this species in the genus
Graminaseius
Chant & McMurtry. This
species is unique within the
Graminaseius
in having idiosomal setal pattern 10A:8C/JV-3:ZV. It was described from specimens collected in Okigwe,
Nigeria
, on
Synedrella nodiflora
. No additional specimens were collected in the present study.
WORLD DISTRIBUTION—Nigeria.