Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) recki Wainstein, 1958

Tixier, Marie-Stéphane, Dennj, Principato, Douin, Martial, Kreiter, Serge & Haralabos, Tsolakis, 2019, Mites of the genus Typhlodromus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Southern France: combined morphological and molecular approaches for species identification, Zootaxa 4604 (2), pp. 242-280 : 257-258

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) recki Wainstein, 1958

Typhlodromus recki Wainstein, 1958: 203 .

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) recki— Chant, 1959: 62.

Typhlodromella recki — Muma, 1961: 1961.

Amblydromella recki — Moraes et al., 1986: 171.

Amblydromella (Aphanoseia) recki— Denmark & Welbourn, 2002: 308.

Specimens collected. Four females, Rosmarinus officinalis L. ( Lamiaceae ), Montpellier SupAgro (43°36’55.4”N, 3°51’40.4”E); 1 female, Dittrichia viscosa (L.) Greute (see kew garden data base http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/?q=dittrichia+viscosa), ( Asteraceae ), Montferrier-sur-Lez, Cirad de Baillarguet campus, France (43°40’57.5”N, 3°52’25.2”E) on 18/09/2017; 3 females on Vitis vinifera L. ( Vitaceae ), Restinclières Prades-le-Lez, France (43°71’51.0”N, 3°85’88.2”E) in June 2014; and 5 females from Palermo laboratory breedings originated from 11 females collected on Cirsium vulgare (Savi) (Asteraceae) , Ficuzza (Palermo, Italy) (37°53’18.7’’N, 13° 23’27.3’’E) on 07/07/2017.

Known distribution. Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Caucasus Region, Cyprus, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Moldova, Morocco, Portugal, Russia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine.

Measurements (4 females)

Dorsum. Dorsal shield 329 (322–335) long, 165 (163–168) wide at level of setae s4, 177 (174–179) at level of setae S2 and 178 (173–181) at level of setae S4; strongly reticulated, with three pairs of solenostomes (gd2, gd6, gd9), 18 pairs of dorsal setae and two pairs of sub-lateral setae: j1 22 (18–23); j3 29 (28–30); j4 20 (19–21); j5 19 (17–21); j6 23 (19–25); J2 23 (22–25); J 5 9, 11; z2 23 (21–25); z3 30 (26–33); z4 28 (15–30); z5 19 (15–22); Z4 38 (37–39); Z5 51 (45–56); s4 33 (31–34); s6 35 (33–37); S2 36 (34–37); S4 33 (30–35); S5 25 (23–29); r3 35 (32–36); R1 28 (27–29). All setae smooth, except Z4 and Z5, slightly serrated. Peritreme extending forwards between the bases of the setae j3–z2.

Ventral idiosoma. Sternal shield smooth, with two pairs of setae (st1, st2) and poroids iv1 and iv2; posterior margin of the sternal shield concave and inconspicuous. Distances between setae st1–st1 50 (48–52), st2–st2 55 (53–58), st1–st2 31. A V-shaped thickened plate is visible between the setae st3, st3 and st4 tylochorous (on platelets). Genital shield smooth, slightly curved posteriorly to the setae st5. Genital sigilla (1–3 pairs) visible. The 4 th and 5 th pairs of genital sigilla antero-paraxial to the bases of the setae ZV1. The 6 th pair of sigilla elongated, postero-paraxial to the bases of the setae JV1. Posterior margin of the genital shield straight. Ventrianal shield slightly reticulated, with four pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1, JV2, JV3 and ZV2 and a pair of pointed pre-anal solenostomes (gv3) paraxial to JV3. Length of the ventrianal shield 104 (103–106), width at level of setae ZV2 84 (82–85), at level of setae JV2 75 (71–77), at level of setae JV3 71 (69–73) and at level of para-anal setae 66 (63–68).

Chelicera. Fixed digit 27 (26–28) long, with three teeth between the apical tooth and pilus dentilis. Movable digit, 27 (26–28) long, unidentate.

Legs. Genu II with eight setae, 2 2/1 2/0 1; leg IV with a macroseta on the basitarsus, StIV 31 (30, 32) long.

Insemination apparatus. Major duct membranous, short 6 (5–7), accessus sometimes visible. Atrium incorporated at the basis of the calyx, bulbous, embolus and minor duct visible. The shape of the calyx is campanulate, 15 (13–17) long. Calyx initially membranous—width 8 (7–9), afterwards the walls of the calyx are thicker—width 16 (15–18) at the end of calyx.

Remarks. This species is quite common in Europe, being reported mainly on plants of the family Lamiaceae . This is the first report of T. (A.) recki on R. officinalis .