Amblydromalus manihoti (Moraes)

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 : 101-103

Taxon classification Animalia Mesostigmata Phytoseiidae

Amblydromalus manihoti (Moraes)

Amblyseius manihoti Moraes et al., 1994: 211.

Typhlodromalus manihoti : Moraes et al. 2004: 200.

Amblydromalus manihoti : Chant and McMurtry 2007: 117.

Specimens examined.

UESC, Carica papaya , I-2008 (2♀); Fazenda Bela Vista, Theobroma cacao , XI-2007 (2♀); Fazenda Frupical, Theobroma grandiflorum , VII-2007 (1♀); Fazenda Liberdade, Carica papaya , V-2007 (2♀).

Female.

Four specimens measured. Dorsal shield 328 (320-338) long, 214 (205-223) wide, j1 29 (28-31), j3 38 (35-41), j4 10 (8-11), j5 9 (8-10), j6 12 (11-12), J2 14 (12-15), J5 9 (7-10), z2 11 (10-13), z4 12 (11-14), z5 9 (8-10), Z1 14 (13-15), Z4 14 (13-17), Z5 50 (47-51), s4 39 (35-44), S2 16 (15-17), S4 15 (14-16), S5 13 (11-14), r3 13 (12-13), R1 13 (11-14); distances between St1-St3 58 (55-60), St2-St2 67 (64-73) and St5-St5 69 (66-71); ventrianal shield 96 (92-105) long, 59 (56- 62) wide at level of ZV2 and 67 (64-70) wide at level of anus; movable cheliceral digit 32 (31-32) long, with 4 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 26 (25-26) long, with 11 teeth; calyx of spermatheca 20 (16-23) long; Sge I 36 (34-38), Sge II 34 (32-37), Sge III 38 (36-41), Sti III 34 (32-36), Sge IV 61 (56-66), Sti IV 46 (40-51), St IV 80 (75-82).

Remarks.

Measurements of the specimens collected are similar to those of the original description. They also agree with those of Moraes et al. (2013), except for the shorter Z5 [64 (52-70) in the latter].