Metaseiulus Muma

Guanilo, Alberto Daniel, Moraes, Gilberto José De, Toledo, Silvana & Knapp, Markus, 2008, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Argentina, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 1884, pp. 1-35 : 25-26

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.184278
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3513789
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AF553D-FFAD-FFB9-FF1F-D4A8982DB780
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Metaseiulus Muma
status

Treatment

Metaseiulus Muma View in CoL View at ENA

Metaseiulus Muma 1961: 295 View in CoL ; Chant & McMurtry 1994: 263; 2007: 169; Moraes et al. 2006: 351.

Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) camelliae (Chant & Yoshida-Shaul) View in CoL

Typhlodromus camelliae Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1983: 1053 , Feres & Moraes 1998: 130. Typhlodromina camelliae, Moraes et al. 1986: 236 .

Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) camelliae, Moraes et al. 2004: 278 View in CoL ; Lofego et al. 2004: 13 View Cited Treatment ; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 173.

FEMALE. (1 specimen measured)

Dorsal shield 317 long and 170 wide; j1 20, j3 16, j4 13, j5 12, j6 15, J2 19, J5 10, s4 22, s6 22, S5 19, z2 16, z3 20, z4 20, z5 15, Z4 32, Z5 40, r3 19, R1 23; distances between st1-st3 60, st2-st2 52 and st5-st5 60; ventri-anal shield 103 long, 75 wide at level of ZV2 and 70 wide at level of anus; JV5 31; calyx of spermatheca 14 long; St IV 21. Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2/0-2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1-2/0, 1.

Specimens examined. Chaco: Presidencia Roque Saenz Peña – Ruta 16-5 (26°46'31.2''S, 60°25'12.9''W), 8-V-2007, on Va ss o bi a breviflora (1Ψ).

Previous records. Argentina [Río Negro ( Ruiz et al. 2005)], Brazil and Uruguay.

Remarks. The female collected in this study differs by having seta j3 0.7 times as long as reported in the original description of this species.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Mesostigmata
Family	Phytoseiidae