Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) buccalis Van der Merwe

Ueckermann, E. A., Situngu, Sivuyisiwe & Barker, Nigel P., 2021, Checklist of Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) species from plants bearing leaf domatia, from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, with the description of a new species, Journal of Natural History 55 (11 - 12), pp. 683-697 : 689-690

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) buccalis Van der Merwe

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) buccalis Van der Merwe, 1968: 55 ; De Moraes et al. 2004: 314.

Amblydromella buccalis, Moraes et al., 1986: 157

Amblydromella (Amblydromella) buccalis , Denmark & Welbourn, 2002: 307

The species can be recognised by having all dorsal setae short and smooth except for setae Z4 and Z5 which are the longest and serrate with latter distally knobbed, setae S5

much shorter than S2 and S4, ventral setae JV5 acute distally, spermatheca could not yet be described, macrosetae on leg IV also knobbed distally and genua II and III with 7 setae.

World distribution: South Africa. This species was samples 7 times since description, present study included ( Ueckermann and Loots 1988; Ueckermann, et al., 2008)

Specimens examined: 4♀♀

Alexandria Forest, on Gardenia thunbergia L.f. ( Rubiaceae ), 28 August 2014; Nr. Grahamstown, on Canthium inerme (L.f.) Kuntze ( Rubiaceae ), 25 September 2014.