Phytoseiid mites (Acari) associated with yerba mate in southern Brazil, with description of a new species
Author
Gonçalves, Dinarte
Author
Silva, Guilherme Liberato Da
Author
Ferla, Noeli Juarez
text
Zootaxa
2013
3746
2
357
371
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3746.2.6
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1175-5326
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Genus
Neoseiulus
Hughes
Neoseiulus fallacis
(
Garman
)
Iphidulus fallacis
Garman
, 1948: 13
.
Typhlodromus fallacis
.—Nesbitt, 1951: 24.
Amblyseius fallacis
.—Chant, 1959: 74; Gupta, 1978: 331.
Neoseiulus fallacis
.—Moraes
et al
., 2004: 119.
Specimens examined.
PUTINGA:
(I)
,
September 2002
(1).
Adult Female
. One specimen examined.
Dorsum
. Dorsal shield with 358 long, 175 wide at level of
s4
;
j1
23,
j3
40,
j4
25,
j5
28,
j6
40,
J2
50,
J5
13,
z2
40,
z4
40,
z5
28,
Z1
48,
Z4
65,
Z5
80,
s4
50
,
S2
65
,
S4
43
,
S5
38
,
r3
38,
R1
33.
Venter
. Distances between
St1–St3
58,
St2–St2
60,
St5–St5
63. Ventrianal shield with 123 long, 103 wide at level of
ZV2
and 85 wide at level of anus.
Chelicera
. Fixed digit 30 long and movable digit 28 long.
Legs
.
Sge
IV 20
,
Sti
IV 25
and
St
IV 50
.
Previous records in Rio Grande do Sul.
Bento Gonçalves and Encruzilhada do Sul (Johann
et al
., 2009; Ferla
et al
., 2011);
Comments.
The measurements are similar to those in the original description (
Garman
, 1948). It has been reported on grapevine culture in Rio Grande do Sul state, where has been considered a common predator (Johann
et al
., 2009).