De Leon, 1967 : 26
Denmark & Muma, 1989 : 47
Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from vineyards in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil
Ferla, Noeli Juarez
Johann, Liana
Klock, Crisna
Majolo, Fernanda
Botton, Marcos
Zootaxa
2011
2976
15
31
CNVD
De Leon, 1967
De Leon
1967
[151,623,1603,1630]
Arachnida
Phytoseiidae
Amblyseius
Animalia
Mesostigmata
3
18
Arthropoda
species
operculatus
Amblyseius operculatus DeLeon, 1967: 26; Denmark& Muma, 1989: 47. Specimens examined.ENCRUZILHADA DO SUL: Pinot Noir,V. vinifera, Leaf, IV-2007(1). BOQUEIRÃO DO LEÃO: Bordo (Ives), V. labrusca, Leaf, I/2007(1).
Measurements: dorsal shield 415 long and 308 wide, j1 38, j3 48, j4 5, j5 5, j6 8, J2 8, J5 3 8(6–9), z 2 5 12(9– 16), z4 10, z5 8, Z1 10, Z4 138, Z5 305, s4 115, S2 5, S4 10, S 5 5 13(12–16), r3 15, R1 10, SgI 63, SgII 45, SgIII 50, StiIII 40, SgIV 140, StiIV 58 84 (72–92), StIV 93, st1-st3 78, st2-st2 93, st5-st5 90, ventrianal shield 90 anterior wide, 100 posterior wide and 148 long, spermatheca cervix 14, fixed digit 50, movable digit 45. Previous records in Brazil.Pernambuco ( Moraes & Oliveira, 1982; Gondim & Moraes, 2001); São Paulo ( Denmark& Muma, 1973; Gondim & Moraes, 2001, Zacarias & Moraes, 2001); Rio Grande do Sul ( Ferla et al., 2005). All measurements agree with the original description. This species was first mentioned in Rio Grande do Sul in yerba mate crop ( Ferla et al., 2005) and was also observed on strawberry in the same state ( Ferla et al., 2007a).