Euseius sibelius

Ferragut, Francisco, Moraes, Gilberto Jose & Navia, Denise, 2011, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) of the Dominican Republic, with a re-definition of the genus Typhloseiopsis De Leon, Zootaxa 2997, pp. 37-53 : 40

Euseius sibelius ( De Leon)

Amblyseius (Typhlodromalus) sibelius De Leon, 1962 : 21.

Euseius sibelius .— Muma et al., 1970: 98; Feres & Moraes, 1998: 128; Moraes et al., 2000: 243; Ferla & Moraes, 2002: 1017; Guanilo et al., 2008b: 22.

Euseius subalatus De Leon, 1965a : 127 (synonymy according to Muma et al., 1970).

Specimens examined. Pedernales (Peninsula de Barahona), 28-IX-2008, five females on Plumeria obtusa L. ( Apocynaceae ).

Remarks. This species has previously been recorded from Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Florida ( USA), Guadeloupe, Honduras, Jamaica, Les Saintes, Perú and Puerto Rico. The measurements of the five specimens collected are very similar to those of the holotype. Dorsal shield, 268 µm long (260–278) and 154 wide (140–167); ventrianal shield, 75 µm long (73–80) and 44 wide (43–47). Setae j1: 23 (20–28), j3: 22 (20–24), j4, j5, j6, J2: 19 (18–20), J5: 8 (7–8), z2: 22 (18–25), z4: 22 (20–24), z5, Z1: 20 (18–21), Z4: 22 (21–23), Z5: 51 (48–53), s4: 28 (27–28), S2: 23 (22–25), S4, S5: 21 (19–23), r3: 23 (22–23), R1: 15 (13–16), Sge IV: 27 (26–28), Sti IV: 19 (19–20), St IV: 31 (29–33).