Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius ) clairathiasae Wainstein & Arutunjan, 1967: 1766
Anthoseius clairathiasae
Amblydromella clairathiasae
Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Morocco: new records, descriptions of five new species, re-descriptions of two species, and key for identification
Tixier, Marie-Stephane
Allam, Latifa
Douin, Martial
Kreiter, Serge
Zootaxa
2016
4067
5
501
551
7DCRW
Wainstein & Arutunjan, 1967
Wainstein & Arutunjan
1967
[151,1030,1091,1117]
Arachnida
Phytoseiidae
Typhlodromus
Animalia
Mesostigmata
17
518
Arthropoda
species
clairathiasae
Anthoseius
Typhlodromus( Anthoseius) clairathiasaeWainstein & Arutunjan, 1967: 1766. Anthoseius clairathiasae.—Beglyarov, 1981: 25. Amblydromella clairathiasae.—Moraes et al., 1986.
Typhlodromus( Anthoseius) clairathiasae. —Moraes et al., 2004: 318. This species was first reported as Typhlodromus( Anthoseius) kazachstanicusWainsteinin Algeriaby Athias- Henriot (1960b), but then identified as a new species by Wainstein & Arutunjan (1967). Nothing is known of its biology. This is the second report of this species in the world. Specimens examined: 2003, Ras El Maon Cydonia oblonga(Rosaceae)( 1 female), Silene sedoides(Caryophyllaceae)( 1 female), near Laracheon Chamaerops humilis(Arecaceae)( 1 female), Saïdiaon Lygos raetrum(Fabaceae)( 1 female). Previous records: Algeria. Redescription of the adult female (n = 2) ( Figs 1–4) Dorsum( Fig. 1). Dorsal shield 358, 360 long and 190, 193 wide, lightly reticulated, with five solenostomes ( gd2, gd5, gd6, gd8and gd9), 18 pairs of dorsal setae and two pairs of sub-lateral setae: j 123, 25; j 320, 32; j 416, 18; j 520, 24; j 623, 25; J226; J512; z 220, 23; z 325, 28; z430; z 520, 23; Z450, 53; Z558; s432, 34; s635, 38; S240, 43; S438, 40; S 517, 23; r332, 35; R 1 28, 30.All setae smooth, except Z4and Z5, slightly serrated. Peritreme extending between j1and j3( Fig. 1). Venter( Fig. 2). Sternal shield, with a few lateral striae, with two pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures; two pairs of sternal setae and lyrifissures (only visible on one specimen) on small metasternal plates. Distances between ST1 –ST358, 62; ST2 –ST260, 75; ST5–ST560. Two pairs of metapodal plates 30 (28, 32) long, 0.5 wide for the largest and 15 (13, 15) long and 0.2 wide for the smallest. Ventri-anal shield with four pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1, JV2, JV3and ZV2and no pre-anal pore. Membrane surrounding ventri-anal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1, ZV3, JV4and JV5; ventri-anal shield 113, 122 long; 85, 88 wide at anterior corners, and 70, 73 wide at level of anus. JV554, 60 long. No visible lyrifissure near JV5. FIGURES 1–4. Typhlodromus( Anthoseius) clairathiasae, female. 1. Dorsal shield; 2. Ventral idiosoma; 3. Tibia and basitarsus IV; 4. Spermatheca. Legs( Fig. 3). Legs IV with a swollen-tipped macroseta on basitarsus, STIV 50, 55. Chaetotactic formula of genu II: seven setae, 2 2/0, 2/0 1; genu III: seven setae, 2 2/0, 2/0 1. Chelicera. Fixed digit 27 long and movable digit 22 long, dentition not discernable. Spermatheca( Fig. 4). Cup-shaped and pocular ( Denmark et al., 1999), with a cervix 12 long and 5 wide, atrium included in the calyx.