Proprioseiopsis neotropicus (Ehara)

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 : 113-114

Taxon classification Animalia Mesostigmata Phytoseiidae

Proprioseiopsis neotropicus (Ehara)

Amblyseius neotropicus Ehara, 1966: 133.

Proprioseiopsis neotropicus : Moraes et al. 2004: 183.

Proprioseiopsis neotropicus : Chant and McMurtry 2007: 89.

Specimens examined.

UESC, Cocos nucifera , I-2008 (1♀); Fazenda Barra, Theobroma cacao , XI-2007 (2♀); Fazenda Liberdade, Theobroma cacao , V-2007 (1♀); Fazenda Monte Alegre, Musa sapientum , I-2008 (1♀); Fazenda Terra Nova, Diospyros kaki , V-2007 (1♀).

Female.

Four specimens measured. Dorsal shield 424 (376-453) long, 331 (300-371) wide, j1 34 (31-36), j3 47 (46-48), j4 6 (4-7), j5 5 (5-6), j6 7 (6-8), J5 5 (5-6), z2 26 (22-29), z4 21 (17-25), z5 6 (5-7), Z1 8 (7-8), Z4 120 (112-130), Z5 106 (98-116), s4 119 (107-126), S2 8 (7-8), S4 8 (7-8), S5 8 (7-9), r3 24 (21-26), R1 13 (10-17); distances between St1-St3 66 (65-66), St2-St2 85 (82-88) and St5-St5 109 (103-117); ventrianal shield 114 (108-120) long, 115 (105-122) wide at level of ZV2 and 94 (91-97) wide at level of anus; movable cheliceral digit 40 (38-43) long, with 3 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 33 (32-35) long; calyx of spermatheca 22 (20-25) long; Sge I 34 (32-39), Sge II 35 (33-40), Sge III 36 (34-38), Sti III 32 (31-34), Sge IV 79 (72-82), Sti IV 57 (50-65), St IV 69 (65-73).

Remarks.

Measurements of the specimens collected are similar to those of the original description, except for the longer j3 and r3 (respectively 32 and 15 in the latter). They also agree with those of Lofego et al. (2004), except for the longer z4 (13 in the latter). This is the first record of this species in Bahia.