Typhlodromus totifolianensis El-Banhawy & Abou-Awad

El-Banhawy, E. M. & Knapp, M., 2011, Mites of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese from Kenya (Acari: Mesostigmata) 2945, Zootaxa 2945 (1), pp. 1-176 : 61

Typhlodromus totifolianensis El-Banhawy & Abou-Awad

( Fig. 105 )

Typhlodromus totifolianensis El-Banhawy & Abou-Awad, 1991: 219 .

Material examined. Kenya, 7 females, Mweiga KWS, Nyeri District Central Province , altitude 1500 m, July 12, 2004; 2 females, Mt . Kenya, woodland, altitude 1500 m, July 13 2004; 2 females, Mt . Kenya, salient main road, altitude 2000 m, July 13, 2004 (El-Banhawy) .

Female: Dorsal shield reticulated, 280 long, 165 wide. Measurements of dorsal setae: j1 23, j3 27, j4 16, j5 21, j6, J2 28, J5 9, z2 21, z3 28, z4 32, z5 23, Z4 46, Z5 53, s4 30, s6 32, S2, S4 32, S5 22, JV5 40. Setae Z 4, Z5 serrated, Z4 blunt, remaining setae smooth. Peritrematal shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level of j1. Sternal shield, distances between St I-St III 62 , St II-St II 55 , St III off shield, St IV on platelets. Genital shield 58 wide. Ventri-anal shield 90 long, 62 wide (L/W ratio 1.5: 1), with a pair of round pre-anal pores and four pairs of pre-anal setae (JV1, JV2, JV3, 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 four teeth, movable digit with two teeth. Spermatheca calyx cup-shaped, 12 long, 7 wide, atrium enlarged, 6 long. Macroseta knobbed, St IV 39 . Chaetotaxy : genu II 2 , 2 / 0, 2/0, 1, genu III 1 , 2 /1, 2/0, 1.

Remarks. The female holotype and male paratype were collected from Arusha, Tanzania, March 24, 1987, E. Youssef ( El-Banhawy & Abou-Awad, 1991).

Figures

FIGURE 105. Typhlodromus totofolianensis El-Banhawy & Abou-Awad (Female). A. Dorsal shield; B. Ventral shields; C. Chelicera; D. Spermatheca E.Leg IV.