Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) of the Dominican Republic, with a re-definition of the genus Typhloseiopsis De Leon
Author
Ferragut, Francisco
Author
Moraes, Gilberto Jose
Author
Navia, Denise
text
Zootaxa
2011
2997
37
53
journal article
47026
10.5281/zenodo.201690
a5f0da38-7af0-482e-9d06-cb70456e8d9f
1175-5326
201690
Phytoseius averrhoae
De
Leon
Phytoseius
(
Pennaseius
)
averrhoae
De
Leon, 1965b
: 16.
Phytoseius
(
Phytoseius
)
averrhoae
.
—
Denmark
, 1966
: 38
.
Phytoseius averrhoae
.—
Moraes
et al
., 1991
: 133
;
Ferla & Moraes, 1998
: 651
;
Guanilo
et al
., 2008a
: 50
.
Specimens examined.
Las Galeras (Peninsula de Samaná),
3-X-2008
, two females and one male on
Solanum
sp. (
Solanaceae
); four females on an unidentified plant; one female on
Phyllostylon brasiliense
Capanema (Ulmaceae)
.
Remarks.
This species has previously been recorded from
Brazil
,
Ecuador
,
Guyana
and
Perú
. The measurements of the specimens collected are very close to those reported in the original description and in the re-descriptions by
Denmark
(1966)
and
Moraes
et al
. (1991)
for specimens from British
Guyana
and
Ecuador
, respectively. Measurements of four females examined are: Dorsal shield, 239 µm long (230–248), 109 µm wide (105–112). Setae j1: 15 (15–16), j3: 26 (25–27), j4, j5, j6, J2: 7 (6–8), J5: 7 (6–7), z2: 8 (8–9), z3: 37 (34–38), z4: 10 (10–11), z5: 8, Z4: 43 (42–44), Z5: 51 (50–52), s4: 42 (41–44), s6: 56 (53–58), r3: 32 (30–36), R1: 13 (11–16), JV5: 34 (30– 36), St IV: 19 (18–20).