Neoseiulus teke (Pritchard & Baker)

El-Banhawy, E. M. & Knapp, M., 2011, Mites of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese from Kenya (Acari: Mesostigmata) 2945, Zootaxa 2945 (1), pp. 1-176 : 12

Neoseiulus teke (Pritchard & Baker)

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Amblyseius (Amblyseius) teke Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 239 .

Amblyseius teke . — Meyer & Rodrigues, 1966: 37; Moraes et al., 1989a: 97; 1989b: 83.

Neoseiulus teke . — Chant & McMurtry, 2003 a: 37; Moraes et al., 2004: 147.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) bidens Karg, 1970: 293 .

Amblyseius pseudolongispinosus Xin, Liang & Ke, 1981: 75 .

Material examined. Kenya: 1 female from above Kaburu KWS post, altitude 2457 m, Mt. Elgon , March, 2005 (M. Knapp); 1 female from the Marine Station of the University of Nairobi, Moana-Diani beach , Mombasa, July 26, 2005 (El-Banhawy) .

Female: Dorsal shield reticulated, 295 long, 160 wide, with four pairs of large pores. Measurements of dorsal setae: j1 18, j3, j4, j5 39, j6 42, J2 48, J5 9, z2 46, z4 48, z5 35, Z1 44, Z4 55, Z5 58, s4 55, S2 58, S4 39, S5 34, r3, R1 37, JV5 55. Dorsal setae serrated except j1 and J5. Peritrematal shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level of j3. Sternal shield with posterior margin slightly concave, distances between St I-St III 53 , St II-St II 53 , St IV on small platelets. Genital shield 58 wide. Ventri-anal shield reticulated, 105 long, 80 wide, with a pair of conspicuous pre-anal pores and three pairs of pre-anal setae (JV1, JV2, ZV2). Two pairs of metapodal platelets, two pairs of sigillar sclerites and four pairs of setae surrounding ventri-anal shield. Fixed digit of chelicera with seven teeth, movable digit with two teeth. Spermatheca calyx elongate, 16 long, with a long stalk, 14 long, atrium enlarged, 7 long, forked at junction with broad major duct. Macroseta, St IV 65 . Chaetotaxy: genu II 2 , 2 / 0, 2/0, 1, genu III 1 , 2 /1, 2/0, 1.

Remarks. The female holotype was collected at Kinshasa, DRC, April 14, 1955, E.W. Baker, ( Pritchard & Baker, 1962). Ueckermann & Loots (1988) described the male, but did not include its locality. Other localities are Burundi, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone ( Zannou et al., 2006).

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FIGURE 5. Neoseiulus teke Pritchard & Baker (Female). A. Dorsal shield; B. Ventral shields; C. Spermatheca; D. Leg IV.