Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) vescus 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 : 690

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) vescus Van der Merwe

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) vescus Van der Merwe, 1968: 48 ; De Moraes et al. 2004: 357. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) anitrae Scultz, 1973: 98 .

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) meyerae Scultz, 1973: 101

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) vescus, Tseng, 1983: 70 .

Amblydromella vesca, Moraes et al., 1986: 178

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

This species can be distinguished by all the dorsal setae being short and smooth except for setae Z4 and Z5 which are serrate with latter the longest and knobbed distally, setae S5 much shorter than S2 and S4, ventral setae JV5 knobbed, short broad major duct of spermatheca becomes the cervix,forming a tube which slightly flares towards the vesicle with flared portion sclerotised, macrosetae on leg IV also knobbed distally and genua II and III with 7 setae.

World distribution: South Africa. This species was sampled 36 times since description, present study included ( Ueckermann and Loots 1988; Ueckermann, et al., 2008).

Specimens examined: 3♀♀

Alexandria Forest, on Ehretia rigida (Thunb.) Druce (Boraginaceae) , 28 August 2014; Kwelera, East London, on Olea faveolata E. Mey (Oleaceae) , 27 September 2014; Grahamstown, on Coprosma coprosma repens A. Rich. ( Rubiaceae ), October 2014.