Euseius

Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 3700 (3), pp. 301-347 : 322

Euseius aff. inouei

Specimen examined. Cananéia, February 2001, 1 female on unidentified Lauraceae .

Measurements of female (n= 1).

Dorsal shield 335 long and 235 wide. Setae j 1 30, j 3 12, j 4 10, J 5 10, j 6 10, J 2 12, J 5 5, z 2 13, z 4 13, z 5 12, Z 1 12, Z 4 12, Z 5 50, s 4 15, S 2 12, S 4 17, S 5 15, r 3 17, R 1 12. Distances between St 1 - St 3 63, St 2 - St 2 61, St 5 - St 5 69. Ventrianal shield 100 long, 57 wide at level of ZV 2 and 71 wide at anus level. Movable cheliceral digit 24 long; fixed cheliceral digit 22 long. Calyx of spermatheca 22 long. Leg macrosetae: Sge II 22, Sge III 27, Sge IV 42, Sti IV 25, St IV 50, all pointed, except for Sge IV and St IV, knob-tipped.

Remarks. The specimen collected in this study is very close to E. inouei (Ehara & Moraes) (=. Amblyseius (Euseius) inouei Ehara & Moraes, 1998: 59 ), which has been collected from Brazil (Moraes et al., 2004 a; Furtado et al., 2006; Castro & Moraes, 2010; Cruz et al., 2012), Uruguay (Moraes et al., 2004 a) and Argentina (Furtado et al., 2007). It differs in having a shorter j 3 and s 4 (30 (29–30) and 35 (35–36) in the original description) and pointed Sti IV (knob-tipped in E. inouei ). Examination of additional specimens is needed to confirm whether this specimen belongs to a new species.