Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) bergi Moraes & McMurtry

Ueckermann, Edward A., Zannou, Ignace D., De Moraes, Gilberto J., Oliveira, Anibal R., Hanna, Rachid & Yaninek, John S., 2008, Phytoseiid mites of the tribe Typhlodromini (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa, Zootaxa 1901 (1), pp. 1-122 : 19

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) bergi Moraes & McMurtry

Typhlodromus bergi Moraes & McMurtry, 1988: 17 .

Amblydromella (Amblydromella) bergi, Denmark & Welbourn, 2002: 307 .

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) bergi, Moraes et al., 2004: 313 ; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 152.

Remarks. Female with idiosomal setal pattern 12A:8A/JV:ZV; dorsal shield mostly smooth, with few anterolateral striae; dorsal setae smooth and sharp-tipped, except Z4 and Z5, serrate; setae r3 and R1 inserted on integument; seta ST3 inserted on sternal shield; posterior margin of sternal shield indistinct; ventrianal shield subquadrate, with 4 pairs of pre-anal setae (seta JV3 present); calyx of spermatheca funnel-shaped; peritreme extending to level of j1; fixed cheliceral digit apparently with 4 teeth and movable digit apparently with 2 teeth; with sharp-tipped macroseta on basitarsus of leg IV. Described from specimens collected at Margarini, Kenya, on Digitaria argyrotricha . No additional specimens were collected in the present study.

World distribution. Kenya.