Neoparaphytoseius sooretamus

Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 3700 (3), pp. 301-347 : 327

Neoparaphytoseius sooretamus (El- Banhawy)

Amblyseius sooretamus El-Banhawy, 1984: 128.

Amblyseiulella sooretama .—Moraes et al., 1986: 5; Zacarias & Moraes, 2001: 580.

Neoparaphytoseius sooretamus .—Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 215; Moraes et al., 2004b: 98; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 49.

Specimens examined. Pariquera-Açu, February 2001, 3 females on Rubus brasiliensis Mart. ; Pariquera-Açu, March 2001, 9 females on R. brasiliensis ; Pariquera-Açu, April 2001, 20 females on unidentified Fabaceae and Pariquera-Açu, October 2001, 12 females on Rubus urticaefolius Poir.

Previous records. Brazil [States of Espirito Santo and São Paulo (Moraes et al., 2004b); Paraíba (Furtado et al., 2005) and Mato Grosso do Sul (Rezende & Lofego, 2011)].

Remarks. The measurements of six adult females collected in this study fit the original description. In a redescription of the species based on specimens from São Paulo, Zacarias & Moraes (2001) reported that some dorsal setae were shorter (j 1 30–32, z2 8–9, z4 11 and S 5 11 –14) and Sge IV was longer (65–73) than reported in the original description (j1 36, z2 14, z4 14, S5 16 and Sge IV 59). In the specimens examined in this study, the ranges of the lengths of those setae (j 1 29–35, z 2 8–11, z 4 12–16, S 5 12 –15 and Sge IV 54–78) are in between or partially overlap the values given in the original description and those of Zacarias & Moraes (2001). As also mentioned by Zacarias & Moraes (2001), the specimens collected in this study have dorsal shield with less conspicuous lateral notches at level of s4 than reported in the original description. In addition, the fixed cheliceral digit has more teeth (14–15) than reported by Zacarias & Moraes (2001) (11–13) and in the original description (7).