Paraphytoseius Swirski & Shechter

De, Gilberto J., Zannou, Ignace D. & Ueckermann, Eddie A., 2007, Phytoseiid mites of the tribes Afroseiulini, Kampimodromini and Phytoseiulini, and complementary notes on mites of the tribes Euseiini and Neoseiulini (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa, Zootaxa 1628, pp. 1-22 : 8

Paraphytoseius Swirski & Shechter

Paraphytoseius Swirski & Shechter, 1961: 113 ; Chant & McMurtry, 2003b: 216; Moraes et al., 2004: 160. Amblyseius (Paraphytoseius), Ueckermann & Loots, 1987: 221 . Amblyseius (Ptenoseius) Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 295 .

Proprioseius (Paraphytoseius), Karg, 1983: 302 .

Ptenoseius, Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 198 .

Key characteristics of species in this genus are: idiosomal setal pattern 10A:6E/JV-3:ZV or 10A:5D/JV-3:ZV; J2, S2 and S4 absent; S5 present or absent; j3, s4, Z4 and Z5 elongate, stout, strongly serrate, arising from tubercles; Z4 and Z5 close to each other; dorsal shield smooth or lightly sculptured, with posterior margin round; posterior margin of sternal shield straight or slightly concave; posterior margin of genital shield broadly rounded; ventrianal shield much longer than wide, with preanal setae vertically aligned along lateral margins; spermatheca with atrium slightly swollen and with calyx cup-, dish- or trumpet-shaped; fixed cheliceral digit with 7 – 11 teeth; legs I, II and III with or without macrosetae; leg IV with 3 – 5 strong macrosetae.

Three species in this genus are reported in this paper. They have idiosomal setal pattern 10A:5D/JV-3:ZV; J2, S2, S4 and S5 absent; one pair of round preanal pores posterior to and almost in line with JV2; 1 pair of metapodal shields.