Phytoseius hongkongensis Swirski & Shechter

Phytoseius hongkongensis Swirski & Shechter, 1961: 99; Moraes et al., 2004b: 240; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 129.

Phytoseius (Pennaseius) hongkongensis .— Ehara & Bhandhufalck, 1977: 46; Ehara & Lee, 1971: 70; Moraes et al., 1986: 211.

Specimens examined. Three females, on Flacourtia indica (Burm. F.) Merr., at Nakhon Pathom Province, December 1996; two females, on Ziziphus mauritiana, at Kanchanaburi Province, June 1996.

Female

Dorsal shield 274 (264–294) long and 145 (135–150) wide; j1 28 (25–30), j3 72 (70–75), j4 5 (4–5), j5 4 (4–5), j6 6 (5–6), J2 9 (7–10), J5 6 (6–7), z2 17 (16–18), z3 44 (39–47), z4 10 (8–12), z5 4, Z4 79 (75–82), Z5 80 (75–84), s4 103 (102–106), s6 84 (80–90), r3 45 (43–47), R1 16 (15–17); distances between St1-St3 61 (60–62), St2-St2 69 (66–70), St5-St5 64 (63–66); ventrianal shield 97 (95–100) long, 55 (52–58) wide at level of ZV2, 46 (44–49) at anus level; calyx of spermatheca 10 (9–12) long; fixed cheliceral digit 26 (25–27) long, movable cheliceral digit 29 (29–30) long; Sge IV 29 (28–31), Sti IV 32 (31–32), St (basitarsus) IV 26 (24–28), St (telotarsus) IV 27 (25–28). Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2/0-2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/0-2/0, 1.

Previous records. Australia, Benin (Ueckermann et al., 2007), China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawy (Ueckermann et al., 2007), Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand (Provinces of Chiang Mai and Nakhon Pathom, Ehara & Bhandhufalck, 1977).

Remarks. Measurements of the specimens examined are similar to those of the original description and those reported by Ehara & Lee (1971) for specimens from Hong Kong.