Amblyseius aerialis (Muma)

Lofego, Antonio Carlos, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo, Demite, Peterson Rodrigo & Moraes, Gilberto José De, 2024, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of the subfamily Amblyseiinae from Brazil, Zootaxa 5439 (1), pp. 1-306 : 11-13

Amblyseius aerialis (Muma) ( Figure 4)

Amblyseiopsis aerialis Muma, 1955: 264 .

Amblyseius aerialis .— Athias-Henriot, 1957: 338; De Leon, 1966: 91; Schuster, 1966: 332; Moraes et al., 1986: 6, 2000: 238, 2004b: 13; Moraes & Mesa, 1988: 71; Kreiter & Moraes, 1997: 377; Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 203, 2007: 75; Guanilo et al., 2008a: 3 , 2008b: 3 ; Rocha et al., 2015: 24; Abo-Shnaf et al., 2016: 609; Silva et al., 2016: 1136; Demite et al., 2017: 2145; Demard et al., 2021: 11.

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) aerialis .— Chant, 1959: 88.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) aerialis .— Muma, 1961: 287; Gupta, 1985: 337, 1986: 39; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 15.

Typhlodromus aerialis Hirschmann. —1962: 22.

Specimens measured. AL, AM, BA, PE, PI, SP (2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1).

Dorsal shield of female smooth, 404 (377–462) long and 279 (245–300) wide. Setal lengths: j1 35 (30–45), j3 51 (42–55), j4 4, j5 4, j6 4 (3–4), J2 4 (3–4), J5 6 (5–7), z2 11 (10–12), z4 8 (7–12), z5 5 (3–5), Z1 8 (7–10), Z4 146 (132–162), Z5 302 (290–315), s4 106 (93–112), S2 10 (10–12), S4 10 (8–10), S5 9 (7–10), r3 14 (12–16) and R1 9 (7–12). Peritreme extending to level of j1. Distances between st1–st3 64 (60–67), st2–st2 84 (80–100), st5–st5 83 (78–90). Ventrianal shield 132 (122–140) long, 85 (83–92) wide at level of Zv2 and 87 (85–90) at anus level. Spermathecal calyx tubular, with a sclerotised section [18 (16–25) long] near atrium followed by an unsclerotised section [16 (14–20) long]; atrium nodular, wider than calyx. Fixed cheliceral digit 37 (32–41) long, with 12 teeth; movable digit 41 (40–43) long, with four teeth. Macrosetae of legs I–IV, sharp-tipped; SgeI 41 (37–45), SgeII 37 (32–38), SgeIII 58 (47–65), SgeIV 138 (130–157), StiIII 35 (32–41), StiIV 88 (80–107) and StIV 75 (70–87) .

Distribution in Brazil. Acre ( Nuvoloni et al., 2015b), Alagoas ( Braun et al., 1993; Silva et al., 2016), Amapá ( Mineiro et al., 2009b), Amazonas ( Bobot et al., 2011; Cruz et al., 2015, 2019; Nuvoloni et al., 2015b; Vasconcelos & Silva, 2015; Ferreira et al., 2018), Bahia ( Fiaboe et al., 2007; Noronha et al., 1997, 2010; Oliveira et al., 2007; Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008; Souza et al., 2012; Nuvoloni et al., 2015a; Argolo et al., 2017; Santos et al., 2022), Goiás ( Rezende & Lofego, 2011; Demite et al., 2017), Maranhão ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Mato Grosso (Conceiç„o et al., 2021; Demite et al., 2021b), Mato Grosso do Sul ( Mendonça et al., 2019), Minas Gerais ( Moraes et al., 1990; Silva et al., 2010; Lofego et al., 2013), Pará ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008; Noronha et al., 2020; Ferreira et al., 2022; Alfaia et al., 2023), Pernambuco ( Moraes & Oliveira, 1982; Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001; Barbosa et al., 2003; Rosa et al., 2005; Vasconcelos et al., 2006; Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008; Sousa et al., 2015; Mendes et al., 2021), Piauí ( Barbosa et al., 2021); Rio de Janeiro ( Barroso et al., 2019), Rio Grande do Sul ( Rocha et al., 2015), Rondônia ( Nuvoloni et al., 2015b), Roraima (Gondim Jr. et al., 2012; Figueirêdo et al., 2019), São Paulo ( Denmark & Muma, 1973; Feres & Moraes, 1998; Feres et al., 2005, 2007; Buosi et al., 2006; Mineiro et al., 2006a, b, 2009a; Demite et al., 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015; Parecis-Silva et al., 2016; Lofego et al., 2017), Sergipe ( Noronha et al., 1997) and Tocantins ( Cruz et al., 2012; Cañarte et al., 2020).

Distribution elsewhere. Algeria, Argentina, Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Galapagos, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Peru, Saint Martin, USA and Venezuela.

Remarks. The measurements are similar to those of the redescription by Denmark & Muma (1989) and Kreiter & Moraes (1997). However, the spermathecal calyx in the specimens examined in this study is about 1.5 times longer than reported by Denmark & Muma (1989), but about as long as reported by Kreiter & Moraes (1997).