Proprioseiopsis dominigos (El-Banhawy)

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 : 113

Taxon classification Animalia Mesostigmata Phytoseiidae

Proprioseiopsis dominigos (El-Banhawy)

Amblyseius dominigos El-Banhawy, 1984: 130.

Proprioseiopsis dominigos : Moraes et al. 2004: 175.

Proprioseiopsis dominigos : Chant and McMurtry 2007: 89.

Specimens examined.

Fazenda Monte Alegre, Musa sapientum , IX-2007 (1♀), Psidium guajava , I-2008 (1♀, 1♂); Sítio Agrotropical, Cocos nucifera , III-2007 (1♀).

Female.

Three specimens measured. Dorsal shield 397 long, 307 wide, j1 35, j3 106 (100-114), j4 3, j5 3, j6 4 (3-4), J5 6 (5-7), z2 32 (31-33), z4 54 (50-57), z5 3, Z1 6 (5-7), Z4 128 (123-131), Z5 120 (114-125), s4 123 (118-127), S2 8 (6-10), S4 8 (7-9), S5 5 (5-6), r3 28 (27-30), R1 9 (8-9); distances between St1-St3 54 (52-56), St2-St2 74 (71-75) and St5-St5 130 (129-130); ventrianal shield 117 (110-122) long, 138 (127-145) wide at level of ZV2 and 113 (110-117) wide at level of anus; movable cheliceral digit 45 long; fixed cheliceral digit 40 long; calyx of spermatheca 22 (20-25) long; Sge I 31, Sge II 25, Sge III 31 (30-32), Sti III 29 (28-30), Sge IV 54 (52-56), Sti IV 37 (36-37), St IV 51 (46-56).

Male.

One specimen measured. Dorsal shield 333 long, 230 wide, j1 30, j3 82, j4 2, j5 3, j6 3, J5 4, z2 28, z4 43, z5 3, Z1 5, Z4 97, Z5 88, s4 90, S2 9, S4 7, S5 6, r3 17, R1 8; ventrianal shield 148 long and 183 wide at anterior corners; shaft of spermatodactyl 19 long; Sge I 22, Sge II 20, Sge III 21, Sti III 23, Sge IV 40, Sti IV 27, St IV 44.

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 longer z2, z4 and S4 [respectively, 21, 37 and 5 in the latter]. This is the first record of this species in Bahia.