Typhlodromus Scheuten, 1953

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Typhlodromus Scheuten

Typhlodromus Scheuten, 1857: 111 ; Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 249; 2007: 147; Moraes et al., 2004: 307. Kampimodromus Nesbitt, 1951: 52 (in part).

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus), Chant, 1957: 528 (in part).

Typhlodromus rhenanus group, Chant, 1959: 62.

Typhlodromus barkeri group, Chant, 1959: 60.

Anthoseius DeLeon, 1959: 258 .

Amblydromella Muma, 1961: 294 .

Clavidromus Muma, 1961: 296 .

Typhlodromella Muma, 1961: 299 .

Chanteius (Colchodromus) Wainstein, 1962: 19 .

Typhlodromus (Neoseiulus), Wainstein, 1962: 21 (in part).

Mumaseius DeLeon, 1965: 23 .

Orientiseius Muma & Denmark, 1968: 238 .

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) Van der Merwe, 1968: 20 .

Indodromus Ghai & Menon, 1969: 348.

Wainsteinius Arutunjan, 1969: 180 ; Karg, 1983: 300.

Anthoseius (Amblydromellus) Wainstein, 1972: 1477 ; Karg, 1983: 323 (in part).

Anthoseius (Anthoseius) Wainstein, 1972: 1477 .

Anthoseius (Aphanoseius) Wainstein, 1972: 1478 ; Karg, 1983: 323.

Anthoseius (Indodromus) Wainstein, 1972: 1477 .

Berethria Tuttle & Muma, 1973: 35 .

Vittoseius Kolodochka, 1988: 42 ; Kolodochka, 1998: 60.

Typhlodromus (Trionus) Denmark, 1992: 32 .

Typhlodromus (Oudemanus) Denmark, 1992: 34 .

Anthoseius (Litoseius) Kolodochka, 1992: 22 .

Chant & McMurtry (1994, 2007) gave full descriptions of Typhlodromus . Key characters used to separate this from other genera of the same tribe are: dorsal setal patterns 12A:8A (the most common, with Z1 absent), 12A:7A (with Z1 and S5 absent), 12A:7B [with T. (Anthoseius) arizonicus (Tuttle & Muma) and T. (A.) demoraesi Lofego & Feres, with Z1 and S4 absent) and 11D:8A (with T. (A.) cephalochaitosus Moraes, Oliveira & Zannou , with z3 absent); caudoventral setal patterns of females JV:ZV, JV-3:ZV or JV-4:ZV; with 33-35 pairs of idiosomal setae in total; dorsal setae z3 (absent in Typhlodromus cephalochaitosus ), s6, J2, S2, and R1, and caudoventral setae JV2 and ZV3 present; dorsal setae z6, J1, Z1 and Z3 absent; dorsal setae S4 and S5, and caudoventral setae JV3 and JV4 present/absent; morphology of the dorsal setae, cheliceral dentition, morphology of the spermatheca and leg setation considerably variable. The two subgenera recognized by Chant & McMurtry (1994) were reported from sub-Saharan Africa.