Proprioseiopsis ovatus (Garman)

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 : 112-113

Taxon classification Animalia Mesostigmata Phytoseiidae

Proprioseiopsis ovatus (Garman)

Amblyseiopsis ovatus Garman, 1958: 78.

Proprioseiopsis ovatus : Moraes et al. 2004: 184.

Proprioseiopsis ovatus : Chant and McMurtry 2007: 89.

Specimens examined.

UESC, Musa sapientum , IV-2008 (1♀); Fazenda Terra Nova, Euterpe oleracea , I-2008 (1♀); Sítio Sabino, Passiflora edulis , XI-2007 (1♀).

Female.

Three specimens measured. Dorsal shield 366 (360-372) long, 306 (287-320) wide, j1 31 (30-32), j3 69 (63-72), j4 7, j5 4 (3-5), j6 12 (10-13), J5 9, z2 42 (32-50), z4 22 (21-23), z5 8, Z1 22 (20-24), Z4 110 (101-115), Z5 84 (79-90), s4 102 (92-112), S2 22 (21-23), S4 12 (11-12), S5 11 (10-11), r3 20 (20-21), R1 11 (10-12); distances between St1-St3 58 (57-58), St2-St2 74 (72-76) and St5-St5 91 (90-92); ventrianal shield 114 (113-115) long, 111 (110-112) wide at level of ZV2 and 91 (85-96) wide at level of anus; movable cheliceral digit 32 (30-34) long; fixed cheliceral digit 31 (30-32) long; calyx of spermatheca 15 (12-15) long; Sge II 18 (17-18), Sge III 30 (29-31), Sti III 26 (25-27), Sge IV 61 (60-62), Sti IV 41 (35-45), St IV 89 (88-90).

Remarks.

Measurements of the specimens collected fit the redescription of the holotype given by Moraes and McMurtry (1983), except for the shorter S4 and longer width of dorsal shield, J5 and Sge IV [respectively, 23, 252, 4 and 48 in the latter]. The measurements fit the redescription given by Lofego et al. (2009) and Ferla et al. (2011) for Brazilian specimens.