Taxon classification Animalia Mesostigmata Phytoseiidae

Typhlodromina subtropica Muma & Denmark

Typhlodromina subtropica Muma & Denmark, 1969: 412.

Typhlodromina subtropica: Moraes et al. 2004: 305.

Typhlodromina subtropica: Chant and McMurtry 2007: 169.

Specimens examined.

Fazenda Terra Nova, Diospyros kaki, V-2007 (1♀).

Female.

One specimen measured. Dorsal shield 353 long, 262 wide, j1 22, j4 35, j5 31, J2 46, J5 13, z2 32, z3 37, z4 43, z5 35, Z4 57, Z5 51, s4 43, s6 55, S5 54, r3 30, R1 21; distances between St1-St3 56, St2-St2 61 and St5-St5 77; ventrianal shield 125 long, 90 wide at level of ZV2 and 72 wide at level of anus; movable cheliceral digit 28 long; fixed cheliceral digit 22 long; calyx of spermatheca 20 long.

Remarks.

Measurements of the specimens collected fit the redescription of the holotype given by Moraes and McMurtry (1983), except for the longer Z5 (42 in the holotype).