Arrenoseius urquharti (Yoshida-Shaul & Chant)

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 : 310

Arrenoseius urquharti (Yoshida-Shaul & Chant)

Amblyseius urquharti Yoshida-Shaul & Chant, 1988: 2055

Fundiseius urquharti .—Kreiter & Moraes, 1997: 378; Moraes et al., 2000: 244; 2004 b: 89 Arrenoseius urquharti .—Chant & McMurtry, 2004 b: 303; 2007: 98; Guanilo et al., 2008 b: 8.

Specimens examined. Pariquera-Açu, October 2002, 1 female on Erechtites valerianaefolia DC. and 1 female on Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.) Pers

Previous records. Brazil [State of São Paulo (Castro & Moraes, 2010) and Roraima (Gondim Jr. et al., 2012)]; Antigua, Guadeloupe and Martinique (Moraes et al., 2004 b) and Peru (Guanilo et al., 2008 b).

Measurements of females (n= 2).

Dorsal shield 405 long and 300–305 wide. Setae j 1 22–23, j 3 33–35, j 4 5, j 5 5, j 6 5, J 2 5, J 5 8–9, z 2 8, z 4 8, z 5 4, Z 1 4–5, Z 4 88–92, Z 5 98–103, s 4 79 –87, S 2 7 –8, S 4 7, S 5 7, r 3 10, R 1 8. Distances between St 1 - St 3 49–52, St 2 - St 2 69–72, St 5 - St 5 120–132. Ventrianal shield 126–140 long, 206–218 wide at level of ZV 2 and 132–145 wide at anus level. Movable cheliceral digit 36 long, with two teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 37 long, with 11 teeth. Calyx of spermatheca 22–23 long. Leg macroseta: St IV 39–43.

Remarks. The measurements of the specimens collected fit the original description, except for the shorter z 2, z 4 and r 3 (12, 13 and 14 respectively).