Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) cephalochaitosus Moraes, Oliveira & Zannou

Ueckermann, Edward A., Zannou, Ignace D., De Moraes, Gilberto J., Oliveira, Anibal R., Hanna, Rachid & Yaninek, John S., 2008, Phytoseiid mites of the tribe Typhlodromini (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa, Zootaxa 1901 (1), pp. 1-122 : 27

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) cephalochaitosus Moraes, Oliveira & Zannou

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) cephalochaitosus Moraes et al., 2001a: 8 ; Moraes et al., 2004: 317; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 152.

Remarks. Female with idiosomal setal pattern 11D:8A/JV:ZV; dorsal shield with scattered reticulations; dorsal setae smooth and knobbed, except Z5, serrate, and J5, sharp-tipped; setae r3 and R1 inserted on integument; seta z3 absent; sternal shield with 3 pairs of setae; posterior margin of sternal shield indistinct; ventrianal shield subquadrate, with 4 pairs of pre-anal setae (seta JV3 present); calyx of spermatheca funnelshaped; peritreme extending to level between j1 and j3; fixed cheliceral digit with 2 teeth; movable cheliceral digit with 2 teeth; with knobbed macrosetae only on genu and basitarsus of leg IV. Described from specimens collected 3 km N of Lunga-Lunga, Coast, Kenya, on Ficus sp. No additional specimens were collected in the present study.

World distribution. Kenya.