Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) cephalochaitosus Moraes, Oliveira & Zannou

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 : 27

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1901.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5134603

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scientific name

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) cephalochaitosus Moraes, Oliveira & Zannou
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Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) cephalochaitosus Moraes, Oliveira & Zannou View in CoL

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) cephalochaitosus Moraes et al., 2001a: 8 View in CoL View Cited Treatment ; Moraes et al., 2004: 317; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 152.

Remarks. Female with idiosomal setal pattern 11D:8A/JV:ZV; dorsal shield with scattered reticulations; dorsal setae smooth and knobbed, except Z5, serrate, and J5, sharp-tipped; setae r3 and R1 inserted on integument; seta z3 absent; sternal shield with 3 pairs of setae; posterior margin of sternal shield indistinct; ventrianal shield subquadrate, with 4 pairs of pre-anal setae (seta JV3 present); calyx of spermatheca funnelshaped; peritreme extending to level between j1 and j3; fixed cheliceral digit with 2 teeth; movable cheliceral digit with 2 teeth; with knobbed macrosetae only on genu and basitarsus of leg IV. Described from specimens collected 3 km N of Lunga-Lunga, Coast, Kenya, on Ficus sp. No additional specimens were collected in the present study.

World distribution. Kenya.

Chant, D. A. & McMurtry, J. A. (2007). Illustrated keys and diagnosis for the genera and subgenera of the Phytoseiidae of the world (Acari: Mesostigmata). Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, USA, pp. 1 - 220.

Moraes, G. J. de, Oliveira, A. R. & Zannou, I. D. (2001 a) New phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from tropical Africa. Zootaxa, 8, 1 - 10.

Moraes, G. J. de, McMurtry, J. A., Denmark, H. A., Campos, C. B. (2004) A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. Zootaxa, 434, 1 - 494.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Mesostigmata

Family

Phytoseiidae

Genus

Typhlodromus