Paraphytoseius orientalis (Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai)

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 : 189-191

Paraphytoseius orientalis (Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai) ( Figure 133)

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) orientalis Narayanan et al., 1960: 394 .

Paraphytoseius orientalis .— Moraes et al., 1986: 105, 2004b: 162, 2007b: 11; Chant & McMurtry, 2003b: 220, 2007: 53; Ehara & Amano, 2004: 23; Guanilo et al., 2008b: 16; Lofego et al., 2009: 51 ; Mineiro et al., 2012: 600; Souza et al., 2015: 113 ; Demite et al., 2017: 2160; Kreiter et al., 2018c: 774 , 2020a: 81 , 2020b: 135 ; Ferragut & Baumann, 2019: 826; Bhowmik & Karmakar, 2021; Duarte et al., 2021: 2367.

Paraphytoseius multidentatus Swirski & Shechter, 1961: 114 ; Blommers, 1976: 87; McMurtry & Moraes, 1984: 27; Schicha & Corpuz-Raros, 1985: 67; Moraes et al., 1986: 104, 1989b: 100, 2004b: 162; Ho & Lo, 1989: 91; Ehara & Amano, 1998: 47; Ehara et al., 2000: 116; Chant & McMurtry, 2003b: 220, 2007: 53 (synonymy according to Chant & McMurtry, 2003b: 220).

Amblyseius (Paraphytoseius) multidentatus .— Ehara, 1967a: 77; Gupta & Ray, 1981: 43; Gupta, 1985: 356, 1986: 123.

Proprioseius (Paraphytoseius) multidentatus .— Karg, 1983: 302.

Paraphytoseius santurcensis De Leon, 1965: 130 ; Moraes et al., 1986: 106, 2004b: 163; Chant & McMurtry, 2003b: 220, 2007: 53; Prasad, 2015a: 166, 2015b: 444 (synonymy according to Matthysse & Denmark, 1981: 342).

Amblyseius (Paraphytoseius) narayanani Ehara & Ghai , in Ehara, 1967b: 77; Gupta & Ray, 1981: 44 (synonymy according to Chant & McMurtry, 2003b: 220).

Paraphytoseius narayanani .— Moraes et al., 1986: 105, 2004b: 163; Chant & McMurtry, 2003b: 220, 2007: 53.

Amblyseius ipomeai El-Banhawy, 1984: 126 (synonymy according to Chant & McMurtry, 2003b: 220).

Paraphytoseius ipomeai .— Chant & McMurtry, 2003b: 220, 2007: 53; Moraes et al., 2004b: 162.

Specimens measured. BA, CE, PE, SP (7, 1, 7, 4).

Dorsal shield of female smooth, 276 (265–285) long and 152 (141–160) wide. Setal lengths: j1 36 (31–42), j3 88 (76–95), j4 3, j5 3, j6 5 (3–6), J5 4 (3–6), z2 7 (5–10), z4 8 (5–11), z5 4 (3–4), Z1 6 (5–8), Z4 76 (62–85), Z5 118 (96–135), s4 115 (101–130), r3 44 (37–67) and R1 26 (22–31). Peritreme extending to level of j1. Distances between st1–st3 64 (59–71), st2–st2 65 (60–67), st5–st5 81 (73–87). Ventrianal shield 92 (85–102) long, 53 (47–58) wide at level of Zv2 and 56 (51–68) wide at anus level. Spermathecal calyx disc-shaped, 5 (3–6) long; atrium nodular. Fixed cheliceral digit 26 (25–28) long, with 8–9 teeth; movable digit 30 (28–31) long, with two teeth. Macrosetae on legs I–IV, spatulate; SgeI 7 (5–10), SgeII 12 (10–13), SgeIII 11 (7–12), StiIII 13 (11–14), SgeIV 27 (23–37), StiIV 37 (28–42), Sbt IV 46 (39–57) and Stt IV 39 (32–43).

Distribution in Brazil. Acre ( Nuvoloni et al., 2015b), Alagoas ( Fiaboe et al., 2007), Amazonas ( Vasconcelos & Silva, 2015; Ferreira et al., 2018), Bahia ( Moraes et al., 1993; Fiaboe et al., 2007; Souza et al., 2015; Nuvoloni et al., 2022), Ceará ( Moraes et al., 1993; Furtado et al., 2005), Distrito Federal ( Duarte et al., 2021), Espírito Santo ( El-Banhawy, 1984), Goiás ( Demite et al., 2017), Mato Grosso (Conceiç„o et al., 2021), Mato Grosso do Sul ( Mendonça et al., 2019), Maranhão ( Moraes et al., 1993), Minas Gerais ( Fiaboe et al., 2007), Pará ( Noronha et al., 2020), Paraíba ( Fiaboe et al., 2007), Paraná ( Furtado et al., 2006), Pernambuco ( Moraes et al., 1993; Rosa et al., 2005; Fiaboe et al., 2006; Vasconcelos et al., 2006), Rio Grande do Norte ( Barbosa et al., 2021), Rio Grande do Sul ( Furtado et al., 2006; Silva et al., 2008), Santa Catarina ( Furtado et al., 2006), São Paulo ( Zacarias & Moraes, 2001a; Feres et al., 2007; Lofego et al., 2009, 2017; Castro & Moraes, 2010; Demite et al., 2011, 2012; Mineiro et al., 2012; Moraes et al., 2013), Sergipe ( Fiaboe et al., 2007) and Tocantins ( Cruz et al., 2012; Cañarte et al., 2020).

Distribution elsewhere. Argentina, Benin, Burundi, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of Congo, Grande Comore Island, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte Island, Mohéli Island, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Reunion Island, Rwanda, Taiwan, Trinidad, Venezuela and Vietnam.

Remarks. The measurements of the specimens examined are similar to those of the redescription of P. multidentatus by Moraes et al. (2007) and of P. santurcensis by Prasad (2015b).