Iphiseiodes zuluagai, Denmark & Muma, 1972

Lofego, Antonio Carlos, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo, Demite, Peterson Rodrigo & Moraes, Gilberto José De, 2024, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of the subfamily Amblyseiinae from Brazil, Zootaxa 5439 (1), pp. 1-306 : 107-108

Iphiseiodes zuluagai Denmark & Muma ( Figure 78)

Iphiseiodes zuluagai Denmark & Muma, 1972: 23.

Iphiseiodes zuluagai . — Moraes et al., 1986: 61, 2004b: 91; Aponte & McMurtry, 1995: 176; Kreiter & Moraes, 1997: 377; Denmark et al., 1999: 32; Chant & McMurtry, 2004b: 305, 2007: 98; Lofego et al., 2004: 7 , 2009: 45; Guanilo et al., 2008a: 9; Mineiro et al., 2012: 600; Moraes et al., 2013: 310 ; Rocha et al., 2015: 25; Souza et al., 2015: 112 ; Abo-Shnaf et al., 2016: 611; Silva et al., 2016: 1137; Demite et al., 2017: 2156; Cavalcante et al., 2021: 3 ; Duarte et al., 2021: 2365.

Amblyseius zuluagai . — Moraes & Mesa, 1988: 79.

Specimens measured. AL, BA, GO, PE, RS, SP (3, 10, 3, 5, 5, 13).

Dorsal shield of female mostly smooth, with scant posteromedian reticulation, 357 (305–400) long and 287 (250– 365) wide. Setal lengths: j1 23 (15–25), j3 30 (20–35), j4 3 (2–3), j5 3 (2–3), j6 3 (3–4), J2 3 (2–4), J5 4 (3–5), z2 3 (3–4), z4 3 (3–6), z5 3 (2–4), Z1 3 (3–5), Z4 3 (3–7), Z5 121 (105–144), s4 107 (85–120), S2 3 (2–4), S4 3 (2–3), S5 3 (2–3), r3 5 (3–7) and R1 4 (3–5). Peritreme extending to level of between j1 and j3. Distances between st1–st3 50 (40–55), st2–st2 78 (70–90), st5–st5 109 (90–125). Ventrianal shield 102 (90–115) long, 117 (90–135) wide at level of Zv2 and 115 (70–135) at anus level. With two pairs of metapodal plates. Spermathecal calyx cone-shaped, 9 (5–13) long; atrium inconspicuous, as a small depression at juncture between calyx and major duct, the latter well sclerotised in this region, rendering a funnel-shaped aspect to the calyx. Fixed cheliceral digit 34 (25–35) long, with 9–11 teeth; movable digit 34 (30–37) long, with 3–4 teeth. Macrosetae on legs I–IV; macrosetae of legs I–II sharp-tipped, and macrosetae of legs III–IV, knobbed; SgeI 47 (35–55), SgeII 32 (25–40), SgeIII 48 (40–55), SgeIV 86 (65–105), StiIII 26 (20–30), StiIV 55 (45–60) and StIV 36 (30–45) .

Distribution in Brazil. Acre ( Nuvoloni et al., 2015b), Alagoas ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008; Silva et al., 2016), Amapá ( Souza et al., 2013), Amazonas ( Bobot et al., 2011; Cruz et al., 2015, 2019; Nuvoloni et al., 2015b; Vasconcelos & Silva, 2015; Ferreira et al., 2018), Bahia ( Moraes et al., 1993; Noronha et al., 1997; Oliveira et al., 2007; Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008; Souza et al., 2012, 2015; Nuvoloni et al., 2015a, 2022; Argolo et al., 2017), Ceará ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008; Barros et al., 2020; Mendes et al., 2021), Distrito Federal ( Duarte et al., 2021), Goiás ( Rezende & Lofego, 2011; Demite et al., 2017; Moraes et al., 2022), Maranhão ( Moraes et al., 1993; Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Mato Grosso ( Demite & Feres, 2007; Demite et al., 2009, 2021b; Daud & Feres, 2013; Conceiç„o et al., 2021), Mato Grosso do Sul ( Furtado et al., 2014; Barroso et al., 2019; Mendonça et al., 2019), Minas Gerais ( Moraes et al., 1990; Pallini Filho et al., 1992; Silva et al., 2010; Carvalho et al., 2012; Rezende & Lofego, 2012; Rezende et al., 2012; Lofego et al., 2013; Abreu et al., 2014; Ferraz et al., 2022; Ferla et al., 2023), Pará ( Alfaia et al. 2023), Paraíba ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Paraná ( Furtado et al., 2006; Gouvea et al., 2006, 2007; Hata et al., 2022), Pernambuco (Moraes & Oliveira, 1992; Moraes et al., 1993; Gondim Jr. Jr & Moraes, 2001; Barbosa et al., 2003; Rosa et al., 2005; Vasconcelos et al., 2006; Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008; Sousa et al., 2015; Mendes et al., 2021; Melo et al., 2023), Rio de Janeiro ( Barroso et al., 2019; Cavalcante et al., 2021), Rio Grande do Norte ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Rio Grande do Sul ( Ferla & Moraes, 1998, 2002b; Ferla et al., 2005; Morais et al., 2007; Horn et al., 2011; Rocha e t al., 2015; Silva et al., 2020), Rondônia ( Nuvoloni et al., 2015b), Roraima (Gondim Jr. et al., 2012; Figueirêdo et al., 2019; Fidelis et al., 2022), São Paulo ( Denmark & Muma, 1973; Feres & Flechtmann, 1995; Feres & Moraes, 1998; Feres & Nunes, 2001; Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001; Feres et al., 2002, 2005, 2007; Lofego et al., 2004, 2009, 2013, 2017; Mineiro et al., 2004, 2008, 2009 a, 2012; Bellini et al., 2005 a, 2005b, 2008; Demite & Feres, 2005; Castro & Moraes, 2010; Daud et al., 2010; Picoli et al., 2010; Demite et al., 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015; Montes et al., 2011, 2012; Oliveira et al., 2012b; Silva et al., 2012; Moraes et al., 2013; Parecis-Silva et al., 2016; Zacarias & Moraes, 2001a; Barroso et al., 2019; Mineiro & Raga, 2020; Nunes et al., 2020), Sergipe ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008; Coelho et al., 2020) and Tocantins ( Cruz et al., 2012; Cañarte et al., 2020).

Distribution elsewhere. Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.

Remarks. The measurements are similar to those of the original description. In the study conducted by Castro & Moraes (2010) on plants of the Atlantic Forest of the state of S„o Paulo, in southeastern Brazil, this was the most abundant phytoseiid species collected, on 11 species of host plants.