Amblydromalus akiri Nuvoloni, Lofego, Rezende & Feres

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 : 148

Amblydromalus akiri Nuvoloni, Lofego, Rezende & Feres ( Figure 104)

Amblydromalus akiri Nuvoloni et al., 2015b: 186 .

Amblydromalus akiri .— Demite et al. 2021a: 532.

According to Nuvoloni et al. (2015b), dorsal shield of female mostly smooth, with scant anterolateral striae, 300 (300–312) long and 195 (170–197) wide. Setal lengths: j1 20 (15–21), j3 22 (22–25), j4 8, j5 7 (7–10), j6 9 (9–10), J2 11 (10–12), J5 7 (6–9), z2 10 (9–11), z4 9 (9–10), z5 8 (7–9), Z1 11 (10–12), Z4 10 (10–12), Z5 61 (60–61), s4 32 (27–32), S2 11 (10–12), S4 11 (10–11), S5 9 (9–10), r3 8 (8–13) and R1 7 (7–10). Peritreme extending to level of j1. Distances between st1–st3 53 (52–55), st2–st2 66 (60–70), st5–st5 76 (68–76). Ventrianal shield 100 (87–100) long, 51 (48–58) wide at level of Zv2 and 42 (40–50) at anus level. Spermathecal calyx roughly tubular, slightly narrower in half near vesicle, 25 (20–25) long; major duct bulging near atrium. Fixed cheliceral digit 32 (28–32) long, with 8–9 teeth; movable digit 28 (23–28) long, number of teeth not discernible (because of the position of the specimens examined). Macrosetae on legs I–IV, capitate, except StiIV and StIV, blunt-tipped; SgeI 27 (23–34), SgeII 29 (27–31), SgeIII 34 (33–38), SgeIV 50 (47–55), StiIII 21 (20–26), StiIV 29 (28–35) and StIV 69 (65–73) .

Distribution in Brazil. Acre ( Nuvoloni et al., 2015b) and Mato Grosso (Conceiç„o et al., 2021).

Distribution elsewhere. Not reported.

Remarks. Species described from Brazil. A reexamination of the type specimens showed that the number of teeth on the fixed digit is eight-nine, while the number of teeth on the movable digit was not discernible.