Euseius

Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 3700 (3), pp. 301-347 : 321-322

Euseius ho ( De Leon)

Amblyseius (Euseius) ho De Leon, 1965a: 125.

Euseius ho.— Denmark & Muma, 1973: 262; Moraes & McMurtry, 1983: 139; Moraes et al., 1986: 46; 1991: 132; 2004b: 71; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 215; 2007: 121; Guanilo et al., 2008b: 21.

Specimens examined. Cananéia, March 2001, 1 female on Coussapoa microcarpa (Schott) Rizzini and 1 female on Piper sp.; Cananéia, July 2002, 3 females on unidentified plant; Pariquera-Açu, March 2001, 1 female on unidentified Arecaceae and Piracicaba, August 2002, 2 females on unidentified Euphorbiaceae .

Previous records. Brazil [States of Bahia, Ceará, Pernambuco and São Paulo (Moraes et al., 2004b); Rio Grande do Sul (Ferla et al., 2005) and Minas Gerais (Silva et al., 2010)]; Argetina, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru and Puerto Rico (Moraes et al., 2004b).

Measurements of females (n= 4).

Dorsal shield 306 (300–320) long and 195 (175–220) wide. Setae j1 27 (25–31), j3 23 (17–32), j4 9 (7–12), j5 9 (8–12), j6 10 (9–12), J2 11 (9–12), J5 5 (4–6), z2 13 (11–15), z4 14 (10–17), z5 9 (8–12), Z1 11 (10–12), Z4 12 (10–12), Z5 53 (50–56), s4 23 (18–28), S2 13 (12–15), S4 16 (15–18), S5 18 (16–20), r3 12 (12–15), R1 11 (9–12). Distances between St1 - St3 56 (53–60), St2 - St2 64 (62–70), St5 - St5 71 (65–74). Ventrianal shield 98 (90–103) long, 55 (52–60) wide at level of ZV 2 and 68 (64–73) wide at anus level. Movable cheliceral digit 26 (24–28) long; fixed cheliceral digit 22 (20–25) long. Calyx of spermatheca 16 (15–18) long. Leg macrosetae: Sge I 24 (21–29), Sge II 23 (21–26), Sge III 27 (23–29), Sti III 23 (21–24), Sge IV 34 (32–35), Sti IV 28 (25–31), St IV 48 (45–52), all pointed, except for Sge IV, Sti IV, and St IV, knob-tipped.

Remarks. The measurements of the specimens collected fit the measurements of the holotype and of specimens from northeast Brazil, both provided by Moraes & McMurtry (1983).