Arrenoseius Wainstein

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 : 309-310

Genus Arrenoseius Wainstein

Arrenoseius morgani (Chant)

Typhlodromus morgani Chant, 1957: 294

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) morgani . — Chant, 1959: 85; Chant & Hansell, 1971: 726.

Amblyseius (Typhlodromips) morgani .—Muma 1961: 287.

Fundiseius morgani .—Knisley & Denmark, 1978: 12; Lehman, 1982: 217; Moraes et al., 1986: 58; 2004 b: 88. Arrenoseius morgani .—Chant & McMurtry, 2004 b: 303; 2007: 98.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) hystrix Muma, 1962: 6 (synonymy according to Lehman, 1982). Iphiseiodes hystrix .—Muma et al., 1967: 203.

Athiasia hystrix .—Farrier & Hennessey, 1993: 113.

Specimens examined. Pariquera-Açu, July 2002, 1 female on unidentified plant.

Previous records. Brazil [State of São Paulo (Castro & Moraes, 2010)]; Canada and USA (Moraes et al., 2004 b) and France (Faraji, 2006).

Measurements of female (n= 1).

Dorsal shield 410 long and 340 wide. Setae j 1 23, j 3 34, j 4 2, j 5 2, j 6 3, J 2 2, J 5 9, z 2 2, z 4 2, z 5 2, Z 1 2, Z 4 115, Z 5 128, s 4 92, S 2 2, S 4 2, S 5 3, r 3 3, R 1 4. Distances between St 1 - St 3 46, St 2 - St 2 73, St 5 - St 5 121. Ventrianal shield 147 long and 210 wide at level of ZV 2. Movable cheliceral digit 38 long, apparently with three teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 36 long, with six teeth. Calyx of spermatheca 20 long. Leg macrosetae: Sge IV 46, Sti IV 30, St IV 51.

Remarks. The measurements of the single specimen collected fit the original description as well as the redescription by Chant & Hansell (1971), except for the shorter j 3 (51 in the original description).