De Leon, 1967 Moraes et al ., 2000 : 253 Amblyseius aciculus Moraes et al ., 1991 : 122 Transeius aciculus Kreiter et al ., (2006) : 20 Rubus Rosaceae Tibouchina longifolia (Vahl) Baill. ex Cogn. (Melastomataceae) Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) of the Dominican Republic, with a re-definition of the genus Typhloseiopsis De Leon Ferragut, Francisco Moraes, Gilberto Jose Navia, Denise Zootaxa 2011 2997 37 53 57XK7 [151,368,1706,1731] Arachnida Phytoseiidae Transeius Animalia Mesostigmata 4 41 Arthropoda species aciculus     Typhlodromips aciculus   DeLeon, 1967: 28;  Moraes et al., 2000: 253.  Amblyseius aciculus. —  Moraes et al., 1991: 122.    Transeius aciculus—  Kreiter et al., (2006): 20  Specimens examined.Jarabacoa (Cordillera Central), 30-IX-2008, six females and two males on  Rubussp. ( Rosaceae); one female and one male on an unidentified plant; four females on  Tibouchina longifolia(Vahl) Baill. ex Cogn. (Melastomataceae).   Remarks.This species has previously been recorded from Brazil, Colombia, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Marie- Galante, Martinique, Panama, Saint-Martinand Trinidad-Tobago. The measurements of five adult females collected are similar to those of the holotypeexcept for the longer S4 which is 11 µm long in the original description, and 7–8 µm in the specimens measured by Moraes et al. (1991). Lengths of setae z4 and Z 4 inthe typematerial were corrected by Moraes et al. (1991). The average measurements for the females collected are: dorsal shield, 268 µm long (252–290) and 160 wide (146–180); ventrianal shield, 93 µm long (88–100) and 68 wide (65–70). Setae j1: 23 (22–26), j3: 34 (32–37), j4, j5: 13 (12–16), j6, J2: 14 (12–16), J5: 7, z2: 21 (20–21), z4: 32 (28–36), z5: 7 (6– 8), Z1: 16 (15–18), Z4: 55 (50–60), Z5: 70 (68–73), s4: 57 (52–62), S2: 30 (28–32), S4: 17 (14–20), S5: 12 (10– 15), r3: 22 (20–24), R1: 16 (13–18), Sge IV: 37 (35–43), Sti IV: 20 (18–22), St IV: 42 (40–45).