Amblyseius akahirai Ehara

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 : 42

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.190527

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5701076

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03935004-2B3A-FFFD-258C-FB47B25F9620

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Amblyseius akahirai Ehara
status

 

Amblyseius akahirai Ehara View in CoL

Amblyseius akahirai Ehara, 1966: 134 View in CoL ; Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 199. Typhlodromips akahirai .— Moraes et al., 1986: 136; 2004: 434.

FEMALE (2 specimens measured). Dorsal shield 285–335 long and 207–262 wide; j 1 29–30, j3 35–48, j4 7, j5 5–6, j6 7–8, J2 6–7, J5 6, z 2 12–13, z 4 9–10, z5 6, Z 1 8–10, Z4 86–93, Z5 87–95, s4 85–89, S 2 11–12, S4 8–9, S5 7–8, r3 24, R 1 8–10; distances between st1-st3 61–63, st2-st2 73–74 and st5-st5 64–73; ventri-anal shield 114–130 long, 62–80 wide at level of ZV2 and 65–76 wide at level of anus; JV5 63–66; movable cheliceral digit 37–40 long, with 3 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 34 long, with 14–16 teeth; calyx of spermatheca 7–10 long; Sge I 32 –35, Sge II 31–34, Sge III 35, Sti III 29, Sge IV 60 –63, Sti IV 37 –43, St IV 66 –76.

Specimens examined: Piracicaba (22°42' S, 47°38' W), November 2007, on M. minutiflora (2 Ƥ).

Remarks: This species is previously known from Brazil. Measurements of the specimens collected are close to those of the original description, except for s4 which is about 1.7 times as long as reported in the original description. This species was known until now only from the holotype, also collected in the State of São Paulo.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Mesostigmata

Family

Phytoseiidae

Genus

Amblyseius

Loc

Amblyseius akahirai Ehara

Lofego, Antonio C., Demite, Peterson R., Kishimoto, Raquel G. & De, Gilberto J. 2009
2009
Loc

Amblyseius akahirai

Chant 2004: 199
Moraes 1986: 136
Ehara 1966: 134
1966
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