Phytoseiid mites of the tribe Typhlodromini (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa
Author
Ueckermann, Edward A.
Author
Zannou, Ignace D.
Author
De Moraes, Gilberto J.
Author
Oliveira, Anibal R.
Author
Hanna, Rachid
Author
Yaninek, John S.
text
Zootaxa
2008
2008-10-15
1901
1
1
122
https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1901.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1901.1.1
11755334
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Typhlodromus
(
Anthoseius
)
ndibu
Pritchard & Baker
Typhlodromus
(
Neoseiulus
)
ndibu
Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 221
.
Amblydromella ndibu
,
Matthysse & Denmark, 1981: 351
;
Moraes
et al
., 1986: 168
.
Amblydromella
(
Amblydromella
)
ndibu
, Denmark & Welbourn, 2002: 307
.
Typhlodromus
(
Anthoseius
)
ndibu
,
Moraes
et al
., 2004: 339
;
Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 155
.
Remarks.
Female with idiosomal setal pattern 12A:8A/JV:ZV; dorsal shield strongly reticulate; dorsal setae smooth and sharp-tipped, except Z4, serrate, and Z5, serrate and knobbed; setae r3 and R1 inserted on integument; seta ST3 on sternal shield; posterior margin of sternal shield straight; ventrianal shield pentagonal, with 4 pairs of pre-anal setae (seta JV3 present); JV5 knobbed; calyx of spermatheca funnel-shaped; peritreme extending to level of j1; with knobbed macrosetae on genu and tibia of leg III and on genu, tibia and basitarsus of leg IV. Described from specimens collected at Bandundu,
Democratic Republic of Congo
(former
Zaire
), on
Casuarina equisetifolia
. No additional specimens were collected in the present study.
World distribution.
Indonesia
,
Nigeria
,
Republic of Congo
and
Rwanda
.