Phytoseiid mites on grasses in Brazil (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
Author
Lofego, Antonio C.
Author
Demite, Peterson R.
Author
Kishimoto, Raquel G.
Author
De, Gilberto J.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2240
41
59
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.190527
418e1faf-5c03-4c3b-915c-02be8670fc50
1175-5326
190527
Euseius concordis
(Chant)
Typhlodromus
(
Amblyseius
)
concordis
Chant, 1959
: 69
.
Amblyseius
(
Iphiseius
)
concordis
.—
Muma, 1961
: 288
.
Amblyseius concordis
.—
Chant &
Baker
, 1965
: 22
.
Euseius concordis
.—
Denmark
& Muma, 1973
: 264
;
Moraes & Oliveira, 1982
: 317
;
Moraes & McMurtry, 1983
: 138
;
Moraes
et al
., 1986
: 39
; 2004: 64;
Moraes & Mesa, 1988
: 80
;
Feres & Moraes, 1998
: 127
;
Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001
: 74
;
Noronha & Moraes, 2002
: 1116
;
Lofego
et al
., 2004
: 5
;
Chant & McMurtry, 2005a
: 215
;
Guanilo
et al
., 2008a
: 17
; 2008b: 12;
Demite
et
.
al
., 2009
: 48
.
Euseius flechtmanni
Denmark
& Muma, 1970: 223; 1973: 261 (synonymy according to Moraes
et al
. 1982).
FEMALE (
7 specimens
measured). Dorsal shield 326 (317–342) long and 232 (227–240) wide; j1 31 (29–32), j3 42 (39–43), j4 11 (10–12), j5 11 (10–12), j6 12 (12–15), J2 12 (11–13), J5 7 (6–9), z2 23 (16–27), z4 37 (27–43), z5 10 (7–12), Z1 12 (11–14), Z4 13 (12–14), Z5 68 (64–73), s4 54 (51–58), S2 17 (11–20), S4 19 (17–21), S5 21 (18–24), r3 22 (19–25), R1 14 (13–16); distances between st1-st3 59 (57–63), st2-st2 69 (65– 72) and st5-st5 73 (69–76); ventri-anal shield 112 (110–115) long, 53 (50–57) wide at level of ZV2 and 75 (71–77) wide at level of anus; JV5 38 (33–42); movable cheliceral digit 23 (22–23) long, with 1 tooth; fixed cheliceral digit 25 (24–25) long, with four teeth; calyx of spermatheca 27 (24–31) long; Sge
I 27
(24–29), Sge
II 27
(25–29), Sge
III 31
(29–32), Sti
III 25
(24–27), Sge
IV 43
(38–46), Sti
IV 31
(30–32), St
IV 52
(49–55).
Specimens examined:
União Paulista (
20°55' S
,
49°55' W
),
August 2007
(3 Ƥ),
June 2008
(11 Ƥ), on
B
.
brizantha
. Sud Mennucci (
20°39' S
,
50°54' W
),
August 2007
, on
B
.
brizantha
(25Ƥ, 2 3);
September 2008
, on
B
.
decumbens
(3 Ƥ);
October 2007
, on
M
.
minutiflora
(113 Ƥ, 25 3). Piracicaba (
22°41' S
,
47°37' W
),
February 2008
, on
B
.
decumbens
(2 Ƥ). Novo Horizonte (
21°03' S
,
49°18' W
),
July 2008
, on
B
.
brizantha
(4 Ƥ); on
B
.
decumbens
(2 Ƥ). Jales (
20°13' S
,
49°18' W
),
July 2008
, on
B
.
ruziziensis
(3 Ƥ). São José do Rio Preto (
20°45' S
,
49°19' W
),
August 2008
, on
B
.
brizantha
(17 Ƥ, 3 3).
Remarks
: This species is previously known from
Argentina
,
Brazil
,
Colombia
,
Costa Rica
,
El Salvador
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Montenegro
,
Nicaragua
,
Paraguay
,
Peru
(
Guanilo
et al
. 2008a
),
Portugal
,
Trinidad
and
Venezuela
. Measurements of the specimens collected are close to those of the
holotype
, provided by
Moraes & McMurtry (1983)
. The measurements of the specimens collected in this study also fit within the ranges given by
Noronha & Moraes (2002)
for specimens from several places in
Brazil
.