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).