Iphiseiodes zuluagai

Lofego, Antonio C., Demite, Peterson R., Kishimoto, Raquel G. & De, Gilberto J., 2009, Phytoseiid mites on grasses in Brazil (Acari: Phytoseiidae), Zootaxa 2240, pp. 41-59 : 45

Iphiseiodes zuluagai Denmark & Muma

Iphiseiodes zuluagai Denmark & Muma, 1973: 251; 1975: 287; Moraes et al., 1982: 18; 1986: 61; 2000: 245; 2004: 91; Aponte & McMurtry, 1995: 165; Kreiter & Moraes, 1997: 377; Feres & Moraes, 1998: 127; Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001: 76; Zacarias & Moraes, 2001: 581; Chant & McMurtry, 2004b: 305; Lofego et al., 2004: 7 ; Guanilo et al., 2008a: 9; Demite et al., 2009: 48.

Amblyseius zuluagai .— Moraes & Mesa, 1988: 79; Moraes et al., 1991: 125.

FEMALE (3 specimens measured). Dorsal shield 340 (335–345) long and 273 (265–285) wide; j1 23 (21–24), j3 30, j4 2, j5 2, j6 2, J2 2, J5 3 (2–3), z2 2, z4 2, z5 2, Z1 3 (2–3), Z4 3, Z5 123 (115–130), s4 107 (105–110), S2 2 (2–3), S4 2 (2–3), S5 2 (2–3), r3 and R1 not visible; distances between st1-st3 51 (50–52), st2-st2 65 (47–82) and st5-st5 102 (100–104); ventri-anal shield 96 (95–96) long, 114 (110–118) wide at level of ZV2 and 101 (100–102) wide at level of anus; JV5 31 (30–32); movable cheliceral digit 32 (30–32) long, with 3 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 33 (32–35) long, with 10 teeth; calyx of spermatheca 14 (12–15) long; Sge I 48 (47–48), Sge II 29 (25–33), Sge III 45 (37–52), Sti III 23, Sge IV 70 (65–75), Sti IV 49 (47–52), St IV 35.

Specimens examined: Santo Antônio do Aracanguá (20°55' S, 50°20' W), October 2007, on B. decumbens (1 Ƥ). Turmalina (20°00' S, 50°26' W), June 2008, on B. brizantha (2 Ƥ). Campinas (22°54' S, 47°01' W), July 2008, on B. decumbens (1 Ƥ); 13 August 2008, on B. decumbens (4 Ƥ).

Remarks: This species is previously known from Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Panama, Peru ( Guanilo et al. 2008a), Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Measurements of the specimens collected are close to those of the holotype, reported by Aponte & McMurtry (1995), except that Sge IV is about 0.7 times as long.