Typhlodromalus aripo

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 : 322-323

Typhlodromalus aripo De Leon

Typhlodromalus aripo De Leon, 1967: 21; Denmark & Muma, 1973: 257; Moraes et al., 1986: 128; 2000: 252; 2004b: 195; Denmark et al., 1999: 57; Zacarias & Moraes, 2001: 582; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 199; 2007: 111; Lofego et al., 2004: 10; 2009: 54; Guanilo et al., 2008a: 14; 2008b: 24.

Amblyseius aripo .—Moraes & McMurtry, 1983: 132; Moraes & Mesa, 1988: 73; Feres & Moraes, 1998: 126.

Specimens examined. Cananéia, February 2001, 1 female on Tibouchina multiceps Cogn. ; Cananéia, March 2001, 2 females on Coussapoa microcarpa (Schott) Rizzini ; Cananéia, October 2001, 1 female on Mikania Willd. and 1 female on Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.) ; Cananéia, December 2001, 1 female on Lantana trifolia L.; Pariquera- Açu, October 2001, 7 females on unidentified Sapindaceae and Pariquera-Açu, October 2002, 1 female on Cyperus luzulae Hochst. ex Steud.

Previous records. Brazil [States of Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo (Moraes et al., 2004b); Paraíba, Paraná, Rio Grande do Norte and Santa Catarina (Furtado et al., 2005); Mato Grosso (Demite et al., 2009); Goiás and Minas Gerais (Rezende & Lofego, 2011) and Tocantis (Cruz et al., 2012)]; Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Jamaica, Paraguay and Trinidad (Moraes et al., 2004b); Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda (Moraes et al., 2006); Argentina (Guanilo et al., 2008a); Peru (Guanilo et al., 2008b) and Mexico ( Denmark & Evans, 2011).

Measurements of females (n= 7).

Dorsal shield 335 (325–342) long and 181 (162–205) wide. Setae j1 26 (24–28), j3 33 (31–36), j4 12 (11–13), j5 13 (12–14), j6 16 (14–17), J2 17 (16–18), J5 9 (8–10), z2 17 (16–19), z4 26 (25–28), z5 12 (10–13), Z1 25 (22– 27), Z4 47 (46–49), Z5 65 (63–66), s4 37 (35–40), S2 32 (30–35), S4 27 (25–29), S5 11 (10–14), r3 18 (15–20), R1 16 (15–17). Distances between St1 - St3 65 (62–67), St2 - St2 (60–65), St5 - St5 74 (70–77). Ventrianal shield 105 (102–107) long, 61 (59–68) wide at level of ZV 2 and 62 (58–65) wide at anus level. Movable cheliceral digit 29 (25–32) long; fixed cheliceral digit 31 (28–33) long. Calyx of spermatheca 15 (13–16) long. Leg macrosetae: Sge I 19 (19–21), Sge II 20 (19–22), Sge III 28 (26–29), Sge IV 46 (44–49), Sti IV 22 (21–24), St IV 67 (62–72), all pointed, except for Sge IV and St IV, knob-tipped.

Remarks. The measurements of the specimens collected fit the original description, except for the longer Z5 (56 in the original description), as also reported for specimens collected in Brazil (Moraes & McMurtry 1983; Feres & Moraes, 1998; Lofego et al. 2004; 2009), Peru (Guanilo et al. 2008b) and Argentina (Guanilo et al. 2008c). In contrast to what has been mentioned in previous papers for specimens from the State of São Paulo (Feres & Moraes, 1998; Lofego et al. 2004; 2009), the specimens collected in this work do not have z4, Z4, Z5 and s4 particularly longer than reported in the original description. In those previous publications, these were reported to be about 1.5 times as long as reported in the original description.