Amblyseius impeltatus Denmark & Muma

de Souza, Izabel Vieira, Sa Argolo, Poliane, Junior, Manoel Guedes Correa Gondim, Moraes, Gilberto Jose de, Bittencourt, Maria Aparecida Leao & Oliveira, Anibal Ramadan, 2015, Phytoseiid mites from tropical fruit trees in Bahia State, Brazil (Acari, Phytoseiidae), ZooKeys 533, pp. 99-131 : 104-105

Taxon classification Animalia Mesostigmata Phytoseiidae

Amblyseius impeltatus Denmark & Muma

Amblyseius impeltatus Denmark & Muma, 1973: 241.

Amblyseius impeltatus : Moraes et al. 2004: 30.

Amblyseius impeltatus : Chant and McMurtry 2007: 78.

Specimens examined.

UESC, Psidium guajava , VII-2007 (10♀).

Female.

Six specimens measured. Dorsal shield 367 (335-410) long, 228 (207-256) wide, j1 18 (16-19), j3 25 (22-28), j4 8 (8-9), j5 7 (4-8), j6 8 (7-11), J2 10 (8-13), J5 7 (5-8), z2 13 (12-15), z4 11 (10-12), z5 8 (7-9), Z1 12 (10-13), Z4 31 (30-33), Z5 125 (113-133), s4 42 (41-44), S2 13 (12-14), S4 12 (10-14), S5 10 (9-11), r3 12 (11-12), R1 12 (11-12); distances between St1-St3 53 (51-54), St2-St2 68 (66-69) and St5-St5 78 (77-82); ventrianal shield 90 (85-100) long, 80 (74-86) wide at level of ZV2 and 68 (65-72) wide at level of anus; movable cheliceral digit 30 long, with 3 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 27 (26-29) long; calyx of spermatheca 6 (5-6) long; Sge I 30 (29-30), Sge II 32 (31-33), Sge III 38 (36-40), Sti III 26 (25-27), Sge IV 63 (61-65), Sti IV 47 (45-48), St IV 49 (47-52).

Remarks.

Measurements of the specimens collected fit those of the original description. This is the first record of this species in Bahia.