Paraphytoseius orientalis (Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai)

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 : 111

Taxon classification Animalia Mesostigmata Phytoseiidae

Paraphytoseius orientalis (Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai)

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) orientalis Narayanam et al., 1960: 394.

Paraphytoseius orientalis : Moraes et al. 2004: 162.

Paraphytoseius orientalis : Chant and McMurtry 2007: 53.

Specimens examined.

Fazenda Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora, Psidium guajava , XI-2007 (2♀).

Female.

Two specimens measured. Dorsal shield 270, 282 long, 159 wide, j1 31, 38, j3 80, 88, j4 4, 5, j5 3, 5, j6 6, J5 4, z2 8, 9, z4 8, z5 4, 5, Z1 6, 7, Z4 69, 76, Z5 106, 110, s4 123, 127, r3 40, 47, R1 25, 26; distances between St1-St3 64, St2-St2 64 and St5-St5 80; ventrianal shield 85, 107 long, 55 wide at level of ZV2 and 51 wide at level of anus; movable cheliceral digit 29, 31 long, with 2 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 24, 25 long, with 11 teeth; calyx of spermatheca 4, 5 long; Sge IV 26, 31, Sti IV 36, 37, St IV 43, 46.

Remarks.

Only measurements of the dorsal shield and of the longer setae were given in the original description. The specimens collected are slightly smaller and concurrently have slightly shorter setae than the holotype. Measurements of the specimens collected are similar to those of the original description of its junior synonym, Paraphytoseius multidentatus Swirski & Shechter, 1961, except for the longer Z5 (76-91 in the latter). They also are similar to the measurements provided by Lofego et al. (2009).