Euseius scutalis (Athias-Henriot)

Palevsky, Eric, Gal, Shira & Ueckermann, Edward A., 2009, Phytoseiidae from date palms in Israel with descriptions of two new taxa and a key to the species found on date palms worldwide (Acari: Mesostigmata), Journal of Natural History 43 (27 - 28), pp. 1715-1747 : 1732

Euseius scutalis (Athias-Henriot)

Typhlodromus scutalis Athias-Henriot 1958, p. 183 .

Euseius scutalis ; Moraes de et al. 2004, p. 82; Chant and McMurtry, 2007, p. 123.

Diagnosis

Female. Dorsal shield smooth, with anterolateral striae, setae relatively long, s4 longer than Z4; peritreme extending to level of z2; cervix of spermatheca long and slender but gradually widens towards vesicle, atrium slightly bulged; fixed cheliceral digit with two to three small teeth and movable digit with one tooth; macrosetae Sge IV, Sti IV and St IV with small knobs or tapered distally, genua II–III and tibia III also with macrosetae ( Athias-Henriot 1958; Swirski et al. 1998).

Remarks

The type specimens of this species were collected from Ceratonia siliqua, Plain of Mitidja, Algeria in association with Tetranychus urticae . Kreiter et al. (2005) found this species on C. dactylon and on P. dactylifera in Tunisia. However, this species seems very common all around the Mediterranean Sea ( Kreiter et al. 2005). This species is not yet known from Israel.

Sub-family TYPHLODROMINAE Chant and McMurtry 1994 Tribe GALENDROMIMINI Chant and McMurtry 1994