Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) malawiensis Zannou, Moraes & Hanna

Ueckermann, Edward A., Zannou, Ignace D., De Moraes, Gilberto J., Oliveira, Anibal R., Hanna, Rachid & Yaninek, John S., 2008, Phytoseiid mites of the tribe Typhlodromini (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa, Zootaxa 1901 (1), pp. 1-122 : 63

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1901.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5134627
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scientific name	Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) malawiensis Zannou, Moraes & Hanna
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Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) malawiensis Zannou, Moraes & Hanna View in CoL

Typhlodromus View in CoL (Anthoseiu s) malawiensis Zannou et al., 2002: 4 View in CoL ; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 155.

Remarks. Female with idiosomal setal pattern 12A:8A/JV:ZV; dorsal shield reticulate; dorsal setae smooth and sharp-tipped, except Z4, serrate, and Z5, serrate and blunt; seta Z4 1.3 times as long as distance between its base and that of S5; setae r3 and R1 inserted on integument; seta ST3 off sternal shield; posterior margin of sternal shield with a median lobe; ventrianal shield pentagonal and smooth, with 4 pairs of pre-anal setae (seta JV3 present); calyx of spermatheca funnel-shaped; peritreme extending anteriorly to level of j1; with a single and knobbed macroseta on basitarsus of leg IV. Described from specimens collected at 1.3 km N Salima Military Camp, Malawi, on Musa sp.

World distribution. Malawi.