Taxon classification Animalia Mesostigmata Phytoseiidae

Phytoseius latinus El-Banhawy

Phytoseius latinus El-Banhawy, 1984: 141.

Phytoseius latinus: Moraes et al. 2004: 217.

Phytoseius latinus: Chant and McMurtry 2007: 129.

Specimens examined.

Fazenda Bela Vista, Psidium guajava, IV-2007 (7♀, 6♂), VII-2007 (4♀, 2♂), VIII-2007 (1♀), XI-2007 (1♀).

Female.

Five specimens measured. Dorsal shield 272 (256-302) long, 135 (128-148) wide; j1 19 (18-20), j3 32, j4 7 (7-8), j5 7, j6 9 (8-10), J2 9 (8-10), J5 7 (6-8), z2 10 (9-10), z3 37 (35-38), z4 11 (10-11), z5 7 (6-7), Z4 47 (45-50), Z5 52 (50-55), s4 51 (48-55), s6 59 (56-62), r3 36 (33-37), R1 14 (13-16); distances between St1-St3 62 (60-64), St2-St2 64 (63-65) and St5-St5 53 (52-55); ventrianal shield 90 (85-94) long, 51 (48-55) wide at level of ZV2 and 45 (40-49) wide at level of anus; movable cheliceral digit 29 (28-30) long; fixed cheliceral digit 25 (24-26) long; calyx of spermatheca 15 (15-16) long; Sge IV 29 (27-30), Sti IV 28 (27-29), St IV 29 (27-30).

Male.

Two specimens measured. Dorsal shield 228, 236 long, 115, 123 wide, j1 15, 16, j3 28, 29, j4 7, 8, j5 6, 8, j6 7, 9, J2 7, J5 6, z2 8, 10, z3 31, 32, z4 9, 10, z5 6, 7, Z4 32, 33, Z5 27, 30, s4 37, 38, s6 43, 45, r3 28, 30, R1 10, 11; ventrianal shield 88 long and 126 wide at anterior corners; shaft of spermatodactyl 12, 14 long; Sge IV 17, 18, Sti IV 16, St IV 21, 25.

Remarks.

The females collected differ from the original description by having longer j3 and Z4 and shorter j4, J5 and z4 (respectively 24, 36, 10, 17 and 15 in the holotype). This is the first record of this species in Bahia.