Scapulaseius linharis

Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 3700 (3), pp. 301-347 : 328-329

Scapulaseius linharis (El- Banhawy)

Typhlodromips linharis El-Banhawy, 1984: 136; Zacarias & Moraes, 2001: 583; Moraes et al., 1986: 142; 2004b: 216. Scapulaseius linharis .—Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 335; 2007: 67.

Specimens examined. Pariquera-Açu, July 2002, 1 female on Alchornea glandulosa Poepp. & Endl. , 1 female on Cabralea canjerana (Vell.) Mart. , 1 female on Piper sp. and 3 females on unidentified plants; Piracicaba, July 2002, 1 female on Buxus sp.; Tapiraí, March 2001, 2 females on Psychotria suterella Müll.Arg. and Tapiraí , April 2002, 11 female on P. suterella .

Previous records. Brazil [(States of Espirito Santo and São Paulo (Moraes et al., 2004b)].

Remarks. The measurement of eight adult collected females fit the original description, except for the longer S2 (20) compared to the original description (14). In the studies of Gondim Jr. & Moraes (2001) and Zacarias & Moraes (2001), S2 was also reported to be 20 long. In the specimens collected in this study, fixed and movable cheliceral digits have 15 and three teeth respectively (these characteristics were not previously mentioned in the literature).