Mites of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese from Kenya (Acari: Mesostigmata) 2945
Author
El-Banhawy, E. M.
Author
Knapp, M.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2011-07-08
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2945.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2945.1.1
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Typhlodromips bunyorei
El-Banhawy & Knapp
n. sp.
(
Fig. 19
)
Material examined.
Holotype
female,
Kenya
,
Ruma National Park
,
Nyanza Province
, altitude
1340 m
,
December 9, 2006
(El-Banhawy).
Female:
Dorsal
shield slightly reticulated, 280 long, 170 wide (L/W ratio 1.6: 1), with eight pairs of pores.
Measurements
of dorsal setae: j1 12, j3 16, j4 8, j5, j6 9, J2 12, J5 7, z2, z4 12, z5 8, Z1 10, Z4 22, Z5 68,
s4 14
,
S2 10
, S4,
S5 8
, r3, R1 10, JV5 22.
Setae Z
4 and Z5 prominent and serrated.
Peritrematal
shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level of j1.
Sternal
shield smooth, distances between
St
I-ST
III 46
,
St
II-St
II 58
,
St
IV
on platelets.
Genital
shield 80 wide.
Ventri-anal
shield pentagonal, smooth, 100 long, 74 wide (L/W ratio 1.4: 1), with a pair of large elliptical pre-anal pores and three pairs of pre-anal setae (JV1, JV2, ZV2).
Two
pairs of metapodal platelets, a thin longitudinal sigillar sclerite and four pairs of setae surrounding ventri-anal shield.
Fixed
digit of chelicera with seven teeth, movable digit with three teeth.
Spermatheca
calyx tubular, 14 long, slightly flared posteriorly.
Macrosetae
,
Sge I
28,
Sge
II 28
,
Sge
III 25
,
Sge
IV 35
,
Sti
IV 28
,
St
IV 46
.
Chaetotaxy
: genu
II 2
,
2
/
0, 2/0, 1, genu
III 1
,
2
/1, 2/0, 1.
Remarks.
This species is similar to
T
. (=
Amblyseius
)
lugubris
Chant & Baker in the shape of spermatheca. However, Z4, Z5 and the majority of dorsal setae in this species are shorter than in
T
.
lugobris
. The male is unknown.