Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor),

Lofego, Antonio C., Demite, Peterson R., Kishimoto, Raquel G. & De, Gilberto J., 2009, Phytoseiid mites on grasses in Brazil (Acari: Phytoseiidae), Zootaxa 2240, pp. 41-59: 49

Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor)  Edit

Typhlodromus californicus McGregor, 1954: 89  Edit ; El-Banhawy, 1979: 113.

Typhlodromus chilenensis Dosse, 1958: 55  Edit (synonymy according Chant & McMurtry 2003 a)

Neoseiulus californicus  Edit .— Moraes et al., 1986: 73; 2004: 109; Chant & McMurtry, 2003 a: 21; Guanilo et al., 2008 a: 26; 2008 b: 19.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) californicus  Edit .— Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 150; Ehara & Amano, 1993: 10

Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) californicus  Edit .— Ehara & Amano, 1998: 33.

FEMALE (6 specimens measured). Dorsal shield 351 (345–365) long and 162 (158–165) wide; j 1 23 (21–24), j 3 32 (29–34), j 4 21 (17–23), j 5 22 (19–24), j 6 25 (22–27), J 2 30 (25–32), J 5 12 (10–15), z 2 28 (25–30), z 4 30 (26–31), z 5 23 (21–25), Z 1 31 (28–35), Z 4 54 (50–55), Z 5 71 (69–74), s 4 35 (32–37), S 2 40 (38–43), S 4 37 (35–40), S 5 34 (31–38), r 3 25 (23–26), R 1 24 (22–31); distances between st 1 -st 3 64 (63–65), st 2 -st 2 59 (58– 61) and st 5 -st 5 64 (61–66); ventri-anal shield 115 (113–118) long, 94 (87–99) wide at level of ZV 2 and 84 (76–88) wide at level of anus; JV 5 51 (46–57); movable cheliceral digit 27 (26–28) long, with 3 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 26 (25–28) long, with 5 teeth; calyx of spermatheca 12 (11–14) long; St IV 57 (56–59).

Specimens examined: Sud Mennucci (20 ° 39 ' S, 50 ° 54 ' W), August 2007, on B. brizantha  Edit (2 Ƥ, 4 3); October 2007, on M. minutiflora (7 Ƥ). Novo Horizonte (21 °03' S, 49 ° 18 ' W), July 2008, on B. brizantha  Edit (1 Ƥ). Onda Verde (20 ° 32 ' S, 49 ° 14 ' W), August 2008, on P. maximum  Edit (1 Ƥ).

Remarks: This species is previously known from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, France, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Greece, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Taiwan, Tunisia, USA, Uruguay and Venezuela. The original description of this species was based only on a male specimen, providing no measurements. Measurements of females were provided for the first time by Schuster & Pritchard (1963), based on specimens from California ( USA). Measurements of the specimens collected are close to those given by the latter authors.