Amblyseius adhatodae Muma, 1967

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Amblyseius adhatodae Muma

Amblyseius adhatodae Muma, 1967: 268 .

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Material examined — Three females collected from Maafushi Island, Maldives, 3°56′40.5″ N 73°29′35.2″ E, Terminalia catappa L. ( Combretaceae ) in 25 December 2021. Measurements — Female (n = 3) – Length of dorsal shield 338 (328–355), width at level of s4 232 (229–234), width at level of S2 256 (250–262). Seven pairs of dorsal solenostomes (gd1, gd2, gd4, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9). Setae measurements as follows: j1 35 (33–38), j3 46 (44–50), j4 5 (4–5), j5 5 (4–5), j6 6 (5–6), J2 6 (5–6), J5 8 (7–8), z2 7 (6–8), z4 8 (7–8), z5 5 (4–6), Z1 10 (10–11), Z4 121 (115–125), Z5 243 (231–261), s4 105 (99–114), S2 10 (10–11), S4 10 (10–11), S5 10, r3 11 (11–12), R 1 10 (10–11) and JV5 65 (63–68). Distance between st1-st3 60 (59–61), st2-st2 70 (69–70), st5-st5 67 (64–73); length of ventrianal shield 104 (102–107), width at level of setae ZV2 63 (61–64), width at level of anus 67 (64–70), distance between preanal pores (gv3-gv3) 23 (22–24) ( Figure 1a). Fixed cheliceral digit with 11 teeth and pilus dentilis, movable digit generally with four teeth except one specimen with three teeth in one side ( Figure 1b). Calyx of spermatheca 36 (35–38) long ( Figure 1c). Chaetotaxy of legs as follows: Leg I; coxa 0 0/1 0/1 0, trochanter 1 0/1 0/2 1, femur 2 3/1 2/2 2, genu 2 2/1 2/1 2,

tibia 2 2/1 2/1 2. Leg II; coxa 0 0/1 0/1 0, trochanter 1 0/1 0/2 1, femur 2 3/1 2/1 1, genu 2 2/0

2/0 1, tibia 1 2/1 1/1 1. Leg III; coxa 0 0/1 0/1 0, trochanter 1 0/1 0/2 1, femur 1 2/1 1/0 1, genu

1 2/1 2/0 1, tibia 1 1/1 2/1 1. Leg IV; coxa 0 0/1 0/0 0, trochanter 1 0/1 0/2 1, femur 1 2/1 1/0

1, genu 1 2/1 2/0 1, tibia 1 1/1 2/0 1. Length of macrosetae as follows: SgeI 42 (41–44), SgeII

35 (33–36), SgeIII 50 (46–54), StiIII 38 (36–41), StIII 31 (30–33), SgeIV 115 (104–127), StiIV

79 (78–82), StIV 71 (69–73).

World Distribution — Brazil ( Lawson-Balagbo et al. 2008), India and Pakistan ( Muma

1967), Kenya ( Moraes et al. 1989), Sri Lanka ( Moraes et al. 2004) and Maldives (this study).

Remarks — Amblyseius adhatodae was described by Muma (1967) based on the material collected from Pakistan and India. Morphological characters and measurements of the

Maldivian material are almost identical to its original description and redescriptions ( Denmark and Muma 1989 ; Moraes et al. 1989 ; Moraes et al. 2004 ; Zannou et al. 2007).