Considerations on systematics of the Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), with definition of a new species group and description of a new species Author Tsolakis, Haralabos Author Ragusa, Salvatore text Zootaxa 2015 3926 2 229 243 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.2.4 c1814604-7caa-4cb2-8941-156572789b7d 1175-5326 245942 57A156D8-A3ED-4E3A-997B-55CED2C9695C Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius ) betulae Kolodochka, 1992 (Figs 8–14) Holotype collected on Betula sp. at Ussuri Reserve (buffer zone), Primorye Area, Ussuri district on 10th August 1984 . Six female paratypes on Betula sp. at Pogrebnyak on 24th August 1984 . The species is known only from the eastern territory of Russia . The type material is kept in the collection of Institute of Zoology, Academy of Sciences, Ukraine .

FIGURES 8–14. Typhlodromus	( Anthoseius ) betulae Kolodochka,	female, redrawn from the original description. 8. Dorsal
shield; 9. Ventral idiosoma; 10.	Genu, tibia and tarsus of leg IV;	11. Apex of peritreme; 12. Chelicera; 13. Insemination
apparatus; 14. Setae Z4 and Z5.

TABLE 1. Morphological characters to distinguish T. ( A. ) sandrae from related species. MD, movable digit; FD, fixed digit. T. porathi from original description (Swirski & Amitai, 1967) and material classified by Swirski; T. betulae from original description (Kolodochka, 1992); T. wainsteini from original description (Abbasova, 1970); T. dactyliocalyx from original description (Stathakis et al ., 2012) and material classified by Papadoulis; T. krimbasi from original description (Papadoulis & Emmanouel, 1997) and material classified by Papadoulis.

T. sandrae	T. porathi	T. betulae	T. wainsteini	T. dactyliocalyx	T. krimbasi
Length of j3	20	35
Length of z4	19	28	37
Length of s4	20	28	27	39
Length of s6	21	30	29	43
Length of Z4	24	49
Length of Z5	38	48	52-54	45	48	62
Length of S2	26	47
Length of S4	30	48
Length of S5	31	20	41
JV5 length	40	37	34	?	30	41
JV5 shape	spatulate	pointed	pointed	?	pointed	pointed
Knobbed setae on genu IV	4	1	2	1	0	1
on tibia IV	3	1	3	1	0	1
on tarsus IV	1	1	2	1	0	1
Apex of peritreme	j1-j3	j1-j3	j1	j3	j1	j1

Setae on sternal shield 3 pairs	3 pairs	3 pairs	3 pairs	2 pairs	?
No. of teeth on MD 6	3	3	1	1	3
No. of teeth on FD 3	5	5	3	3	4

Solenostomes gv3 Yes Ye s Yes Yes Yes Ye s (primitive) (evolved) (evolved) (?) (evolved) (evolved)