Typhlodromus kikuyuensis (Swirski & Ragusa)
|
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2945.1.1 |
|
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/256CA868-FFAD-FFE4-FF6F-BD4EFB15FC6F |
|
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
|
scientific name |
Typhlodromus kikuyuensis (Swirski & Ragusa) |
| status |
|
Typhlodromus kikuyuensis (Swirski & Ragusa) View in CoL
( Fig. 91 View FIGURE 91 )
Typhlodromus kikuyuensis Swirski & Ragusa, 1978: 406 View in CoL .
Amblydromella kikuyuensis .— Moraes et al., 1986: 166.
Amblydromella (Amblydromella) kikuyuensis .— Denmark & Welbourn, 2002: 307.
Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) kikuyuensis View in CoL .— Moraes et al., 2004: 334; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 155.
Material examined. Kenya, 1 female, Pate Island, Coast Province , July 20, 2005 ; 1 female, Kisumu, Nyanza Province December 6, 2006 (El-Banhawy).
Female: Dorsal shield reticulated, 275 long, 150 wide. Measurements of dorsal setae: j1 16, j3 21, j4, j5 14, j6 18, J2 21, J5 9, z2 17, z3 21, z4 23, z5 16, Z4 27, Z5 40, s4 23, s6, S2 25, S4 24, S5 20, r3, R1 18, JV5 25. Seta J 5 smooth, remaining setae serrated. Peritrematal shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level of j1. Sternal shield, distances between St I-St III 60 , St II-St II 56 , St III off shield, St IV free on integument. Genital shield 88 wide. Ventri-anal shield 92 long, 60 wide (L/W ratio 1.5: 1), with a pair of elliptical 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 three teeth, movable digit with three teeth. Spermatheca calyx saccular, slightly flared distally, 14 long, 2 wide, near atrium, 5 wide near vesicle, atrium 3 long. Macroseta short and blunt, St IV 16 . Chaetotaxy : genu II : 2, 2/0, 2/1, 1, genu III 1 , 2 /1, 2/0, 1.
Remarks. The female holotype was collected from Thika, Kenya, January 3, 1973 ( Swirski &Ragusa, 1978). This species has also been reported from Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda ( Moraes et al., 2004).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
|
Kingdom |
|
|
Phylum |
|
|
Class |
|
|
Order |
|
|
Family |
|
|
Genus |
Typhlodromus kikuyuensis (Swirski & Ragusa)
| El-Banhawy, E. M. & Knapp, M. 2011 |
Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) kikuyuensis
| Chant, D. A. & McMurtry, J. A. 2007: 155 |
| Moraes, G. J. de & McMurtry, J. A. & Denmark, H. A. & Campos, C. B. 2004: 334 |
Amblydromella (Amblydromella) kikuyuensis
| Denmark, H. A. & Welbourn, W. C. 2002: 307 |
Amblydromella kikuyuensis
| Moraes, G. J. de & McMurtry, J. A. & Denmark, H. A. 1986: 166 |
Typhlodromus kikuyuensis
| Swirski, E. & Ragusa, S. 1978: 406 |