Amblydromalus limonicus (Garman & McGregor)

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 : 155-157

Amblydromalus limonicus (Garman & McGregor) ( Figure 110)

Amblyseius limonicus Garman & McGregor, 1956: 11 .

Amblyseiopsis limonicus . — Garman, 1958: 72.

Typhlodromus limonicus . — Athias-Henriot, 1958a: 182.

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) limonicus . — Chant, 1959: 96.

Amblyseius (Typhlodromalus) limonicus .— Muma, 1961: 288.

Amblyseius limonicus . — Muma & Denmark, 1962: 63; Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 227; McMurtry, 1983: 256; Moraes & McMurtry, 1983: 132; Moraes et al., 1994: 211.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) limonicus . — Wainstein, 1962: 15.

Typhlodromalus limonicus .— Muma et al., 1970: 90; Moraes et al., 1986: 130, 2004b: 199; Baş et al. 2022: 393.

Amblydromalus limonicus . — Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 207, 2007: 117.

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) garmani Chant, 1959: 81 (synonymy according to Moraes et al., 1986: 131).

Amblyseius (Typhlodromopsis) garmani . — Muma, 1961: 287.

Typhlodromus garmani . — Hirschmann, 1962: 6.

Typhlodromalus garmani . — Moraes et al., 1986: 131, 2004b: 200.

Amblydromalus garmani .— Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 205, 2007: 117.

Specimens measured. CE, MG, PI, SP (6, 5, 5, 6).

Dorsal shield of female smooth, 349 (316–395) long and 219 (192–243) wide. Setal lengths: j1 31 (25–37), j3 46 (42–54), j4 6 (6–11), j5 8 (6–11), j6 11 (8–14), J2 13 (11–17), J5 8 (6–11), z2 11 (8–14), z4 11 (8–14), z5 9 (6–11), Z1 14 (11–17), Z4 13 (8–17), Z5 55 (54–62), s4 65 (63–72), S2 15 (14–20), S4 15 (14–17), S5 13 (8–17), r3 17 (14–20) and R1 12 (8–14). Peritreme extending to level of j1. Distances between st1–st3 65 (59–82), st2–st2 75 (68–85), st5–st5 83 (73–90). Ventrianal shield 112 (102–124) long, 60 (54–68) wide at level of Zv2 and 80 (75–82) at anus level. Spermathecal calyx tubular, 28 (25–32) long; atrium elongate, slightly wider than cervix. Fixed cheliceral digit 31 (28–34) long, with ten teeth; movable digit 34 (31–37) long, with three teeth. Macrosetae on legs I–IV, sharp-tipped; SgeI 35 (31–42), SgeII 37 (31–42), SgeIII 43 (39–51), SgeIV 72 (62–90), StiIII 38 (31–42), StiIV 55 (46–61) and StIV 99 (85–121) .

Distribution in Brazil. Ceará ( Moraes et al., 1993), Espírito Santo ( Collier et al., 2004), Mato Grosso do Sul ( Furtado et al., 2014; Mendonça et al., 2019), Minas Gerais ( Reis et al., 1979; Samways & Ciociola, 1980; Murphy, 1984; Moraes et al., 1994; Silva et al., 2010), Paraná ( Furtado et al., 2006; Araujo et al., 2022a), Pernambuco ( Farias et al., 1981), Piauí ( Moraes et al., 1993), Rio de Janeiro ( Collier et al., 2004) and Rio Grande do Sul ( Ferla et al., 2007; Toldi et al., 2021a, b).

Distribution elsewhere. Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad, Turkey, USA and Venezuela.

Remarks. Specimens mentioned by Farias et al. (1981), Noronha & Moraes (1989), Noronha & Mesa (1990), Bakker et al. (1993), Braun et al. (1993) and Moraes et al. (1990, 1993, 1994) as Amblyseius limonicus , Typhlodromalus limonicus , A. limonicus s.l. or T. limonicus s.l. were reidentified as Amblydromalus (cited as Typhlodromalus ) manihoti by Moraes et al. (1994). No setal measurements are given in the original description of A. limonicus . Moraes et al. (1994) provided key characters to separate A. limonicus from other related species, and the measurements of the specimens examined in this work are similar to those given in that publication.