Ueckermannseius havu (Pritchard & Baker )

De Moraes, G. J., Zannou, I. D., Oliveira, A. R., Yaninek, J. S. & Hanna, R., 2006, Phytoseiid mites of the subtribes Typhlodromalina and Euseiina (Acari: Phytoseiidae: Euseiini) from sub­Saharan Africa, Zootaxa 1114, pp. 1-52 : 31-32

Ueckermannseius havu (Pritchard & Baker)

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) havu Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 257 Amblyseius havu, Ghai & Menon, 1967: 70

Amblyseius (Typhlodromalus) havu, Gupta, 1985: 361 Typhlodromalus havu, Moraes et al., 2004: 197

Ueckermannia havu, Chant & McMurtry, 2005a: 203

FEMALE — (Specimens measured — Democratic Republic of Congo: holotype)

Dorsum — Dorsal shield smooth in the central area and with some striation along lateral margins, [374] long and [263] wide. Setae j1 [39], j3 [41], j4 [27], j5 [22], j6 [22], J2 [24], J5 [5], z2 [34], z4 [39], z5 [22], Z1 [31], Z4 [28], Z5 [63], s4 [44], S2 [36], S4 [30], S5 [30], r3 [22], R1 [24]. All setae smooth.

Venter — Distances between St1–St3 [71], St2–St2 [77], St5–St5 [78]. Ventrianal shield [75] wide at level of Zv2 (length and width at level of anus, of ventrianal shield not possible to measure); with a pair of elliptical pores posterior to Jv2. One pair of metapodal shields; caudoventral setae smooth and sharp­tipped, except Jv5 which is knobbed; Jv4 absent.

Spermatheca — Calyx with distal 3/5 slender and basal 2/5 bulged [56] long; atrium distinct.

Legs — Macrosetae sharp­tipped on leg II and knobbed on legs III and IV; Sge II [38], Sge III [47], Sti III [39], Sge IV [68], Sti [55], St [75].

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Democratic Republic of Congo ( Belgian Congo): Holotype female from Lwiro, on Maesa rufescens , 16­V­1955, E.W. Baker.

REMARKS — This species was described from specimens collected in Lwiro, Democratic Republic of Congo ( Belgian Congo) on Maesa rufescens . No specimens were collected in this study.

WORLD DISTRIBUTION — Democratic Republic of Congo.