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).