Euseius concordis (Chant)

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 : 131-133

Euseius concordis (Chant) ( Figure 94)

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) concordis Chant, 1959: 69 .

Amblyseius (Iphiseius) concordis .— Muma, 1961: 288.

Typhlodromus concordis . — Hirschmann, 1962: 20.

Amblyseius concordis .— Chant & Baker, 1965: 22.

Euseius concordis .— Denmark & Muma, 1973: 264; McMurtry, 1983: 258; Moraes & McMurtry, 1983: 138; Moraes et al., 1986: 39, 2004b: 64; Yaninek et al., 1989: 108; Noronha & Moraes, 2002: 1116; Lofego et al., 2004: 5 , 2009: 44; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 215, 2007: 120; Guanilo et al., 2008a: 17, 2008b: 12; Lopes et al., 2015: 176 ; Demite et al., 2017: 2154; Duarte et al., 2021: 2364.

Amblyseius (Euseius) concordis .— Gupta, 2003: 15.

Euseius caseariae De Leon, 1967: 21 ; Moraes et al., 1986: 38, 2004b: 63; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 215, 2007: 120; Guanilo et al., 2008a: 16; Lopes et al., 2015: 177 (synonymy according to Lopes et al., 2015: 180).

Euseius flechtmanni Denmark & Muma, 1970b: 223; Moraes et al., 1986: 40, 2004b: 65; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 215, 2007: 121; Lopes et al., 2015: 178 (synonymy according to Moraes et al., 1982: 18).

Specimens measured. BA, CE, MA, MS, PE, PI, SP (8, 3, 3, 7, 8, 3, 3).

Dorsal shield of female mostly smooth, with anterolateral striae, 309 (285–339) long and 207 (183–223) wide. Setal lengths: j1 28 (21–32), j3 37 (30–45), j4 10 (6–14), j5 10 (8–14), j6 12 (10–16), J2 11 (8–14), J5 5 (3–6), z2 23 (16–32), z4 37 (24–48), z5 9 (8–13), Z1 11 (10–16), Z4 12 (8–16), Z5 62 (54–76), s4 55 (46–65), S2 15 (11–21), S4 17 (13–24), S5 19 (14–27), r3 18 (14–22) and R1 11 (8–14). Peritreme extending to level between j3 and z2. Distances between st1–st3 55 (53–59), st2–st2 67 (60–78), st5–st5 72 (64–80). Ventrianal shield 100 (91–105) long, 48 (41–56) wide at level of Zv2 and 67 (59–73) at anus level. Spermathecal calyx tubular, 25 (21–30) long; atrium nodular. Fixed cheliceral digit 23 (22–24) long, with three teeth; movable digit 23 (21–24) long, with one tooth. Macrosetae on legs I–IV, capitate, except SgeI, sharp-tipped; SgeI 25 (22–29), SgeII 26 (22–32), SgeIII 30 (25–33), SgeIV 43 (27–49), StiIII 24 (21–27), StiIV 32 (29–35) and StIV 53 (48–59) .

Distribution in Brazil. Acre ( Nuvoloni et al., 2015b), Amazonas ( Nuvoloni et al., 2015b; Vasconcelos & Silva, 2015), Bahia ( Farias et al., 1981; Moraes & McMurtry, 1983; Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008; Sousa et al., 2015), Ceará ( Moraes & McMurtry, 1983; Moraes et al., 1993; Furtado et al., 2005; Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008; Lofego et al., 2013; Barros et al., 2020; Rodrigues et al., 2020; Mendes et al., 2021), Distrito Federal ( Duarte et al., 2021), Espírito Santo ( Barroso et al., 2019), Goiás ( Rezende & Lofego, 2011, 2012; Demite et al., 2017), Maranhão ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008; Lofego et al., 2013; Sousa et al., 2015), Mato Grosso ( Feres, 2000; Ferla & Moraes, 2002a; Demite & Feres, 2007; Demite et al., 2009, 2021b; Daud & Feres, 2013; Conceiç„o et al., 2021), Mato Grosso do Sul ( Furtado et al., 2014; Mendonça et al., 2019), Minas Gerais ( Moraes et al., 1990; Pallini Filho et al., 1992; Spongoski et al., 2005; Fiaboe et al., 2007; Silva et al., 2010; Rezende & Lofego, 2012; Lofego et al., 2013; Ferraz et al., 2022; Ferla et al., 2023), Paraíba ( Moraes & McMurtry, 1983), Paraná ( Furtado et al., 2006; Gouvea et al., 2006; 2007; Barroso et al., 2019; Hata et al., 2022), Pernambuco ( Denmark & Muma, 1973; Moraes & Oliveira, 1982; Moraes & McMurtry, 1983; Barbosa et al., 2005; Vasconcelos et al., 2006; Fiaboe et al., 2007; Domingos et al., 2014; Sousa et al., 2015; Mendes et al., 2021), Piauí ( Moraes et al., 1993; Lofego et al., 2013; França et al., 2018), Rio Grande do Norte ( Furtado et al., 2005; Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Rio Grande do Sul ( Denmark & Muma, 1973; Ferla & Moraes, 1998, 2002b; Furtado et al., 2006; Silva et al., 2008, 2020; Eichelberger et al., 2011; Reichert et al., 2014), Roraima (Gondim Jr. et al., 2012; Figueirêdo et al., 2019; Fidelis et al., 2022), Santa Catarina (Furtado et al., 2016), São Paulo ( Flechtmann, 1967a, b, d; Denmark & Muma, 1973; Feres & Moraes, 1998; Feres & Nunes, 2001; Gondim Jr. Jr & Moraes, 2001; Feres et al., 2002, 2005, 2007; Lofego et al., 2004, 2009, 2013, 2017; Mineiro et al., 2004, 2006, 2006b, 2009a; Bellini et al., 2005b, 2008; Daud & Feres, 2005; Buosi et al., 2006; Hernandes & Feres, 2006; Castro & Moraes, 2010; Daud et al., 2010; Picoli et al., 2010; Demite et al., 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015; Montes et al., 2011, 2012; Nuvoloni et al., 2011; Rezende & Lofego, 2012; Silva et al., 2012; Moraes et al., 2013; Parecis-Silva et al., 2016; Baldo et al., 2018; Barroso et al., 2019; Mineiro & Raga, 2020; Nunes et al., 2020) and Tocantins ( Cruz et al., 2012; Lofego et al., 2013; Cañarte et al., 2020).

Distribution elsewhere. Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad, USA and Venezuela.

Remarks. Great variation in the measurements of this species were experimentally demonstrated by Lopes et al. (2018), according to variations in temperature and food type. The measurements of the specimens examined in this study are contained within the ranges mentioned by those authors. The only two reports of E. concordis outside the American continent and the Caribbean islands, Montenegro ( Mijuskovic & Tomasevic, 1975) and Portugal ( Carmona, 1962; 1966), are probably misidentification as discussed by Lopes et al. (2015).