Neoparaphytoseius sooretamus

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 : 327

Neoparaphytoseius sooretamus (El- Banhawy)

Amblyseius sooretamus El-Banhawy, 1984: 128.

Amblyseiulella sooretama .—Moraes et al., 1986: 5; Zacarias & Moraes, 2001: 580.

Neoparaphytoseius sooretamus .—Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 215; Moraes et al., 2004 b: 98; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 49.

Specimens examined. Pariquera-Açu, February 2001, 3 females on Rubus brasiliensis Mart. ; Pariquera-Açu, March 2001, 9 females on R. brasiliensis ; Pariquera-Açu, April 2001, 20 females on unidentified Fabaceae and Pariquera-Açu, October 2001, 12 females on Rubus urticaefolius Poir.

Previous records. Brazil [States of Espirito Santo and São Paulo (Moraes et al., 2004 b); Paraíba (Furtado et al., 2005) and Mato Grosso do Sul (Rezende & Lofego, 2011)].

Remarks. The measurements of six adult females collected in this study fit the original description. In a redescription of the species based on specimens from São Paulo, Zacarias & Moraes (2001) reported that some dorsal setae were shorter (j 1 30–32, z 2 8–9, z 4 11 and S 5 11 –14) and Sge IV was longer (65–73) than reported in the original description (j 1 36, z 2 14, z 4 14, S 5 16 and Sge IV 59). In the specimens examined in this study, the ranges of the lengths of those setae (j 1 29–35, z 2 8–11, z 4 12–16, S 5 12 –15 and Sge IV 54–78) are in between or partially overlap the values given in the original description and those of Zacarias & Moraes (2001). As also mentioned by Zacarias & Moraes (2001), the specimens collected in this study have dorsal shield with less conspicuous lateral notches at level of s 4 than reported in the original description. In addition, the fixed cheliceral digit has more teeth (14–15) than reported by Zacarias & Moraes (2001) (11–13) and in the original description (7).