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
5134045
Typhlodromus
(
Anthoseius
)
balanites
El-Badry
Typhlodromus balanites
El-Badry, 1967a: 469
.
Amblydromella
(
Amblydromella
)
balanites
, Denmark & Welbourn, 2002: 307
.
Typhlodromus
(
Anthoseius
)
balanites
,
Moraes
et al
., 2004: 313
;
Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 152
.
Remarks.
Female with idiosomal setal pattern 12A:8A/JV:ZV; dorsal shield strongly reticulate; all dorsal setae smooth and sharp-tipped; setae Z5 on distinct tubercles; setae r3 and R1 inserted on integument; seta ST3 inserted on sternal shield; posterior margin of sternal shield concave; ventrianal shield pentagonal, with 4 pairs of pre-anal setae; calyx of spermatheca bell-shaped; peritreme extending anteriorly to level of j1; fixed and movable cheliceral digits toothless; with a single and sharp-tipped macroseta on basitarsus of leg IV. Described from specimens collected at Shambat,
Khartoum
,
Sudan
, on
Balanites aegyptiaca
. No additional specimens were collected in the present study.
World distribution.
Sudan
and
Egypt
.