Arrenoseius urquharti Yoshida-Shaul & Chant

de Souza, Izabel Vieira, Sa Argolo, Poliane, Junior, Manoel Guedes Correa Gondim, Moraes, Gilberto Jose de, Bittencourt, Maria Aparecida Leao & Oliveira, Anibal Ramadan, 2015, Phytoseiid mites from tropical fruit trees in Bahia State, Brazil (Acari, Phytoseiidae), ZooKeys 533, pp. 99-131 : 108

Taxon classification Animalia Mesostigmata Phytoseiidae

Arrenoseius urquharti Yoshida-Shaul & Chant

Amblyseius urquharti Yoshida-Shaul & Chant, 1988: 2055.

Fundiseius urquharti : Moraes et al. 2004: 89.

Arrenoseius urquharti : Chant and McMurtry 2007: 98.

Specimens examined.

Fazenda Monte Alegre, Musa sapientum , V-2007 (1♀); Fazenda Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora, Cocos nucifera , XI-2007 (1♀, 1♂).

Female.

Two specimens measured. Dorsal shield 384 (361-407) long, 378 (366-390) wide, j1 17, j3 27 (21-32), j4 5 (4-5), j5 4 (3-5), j6 6, J2 5 (4-5), J5 8 (7-9), z2 8 (6-9), z4 12 (10-13), z5 4 (3-4), Z1 4, Z4 111 (105-116), Z5 104 (95-113), s4 86 (79-93), S2 12 (11-12), S4 8 (7-8), S5 7, r3 12, R1 12; distances between St1-St3 49 (48-49), St2-St2 79 (77-80) and St5-St5 128 (124-132); ventrianal shield 143 (140-146) long, 220 (217-223) wide at level of ZV2 and 142 (133-150) wide at level of anus; movable cheliceral digit 40 long, with 2 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 32 long; calyx of spermatheca 17 (15-18) long; St IV 37 (35-39).

Male.

One specimen measured. Dorsal shield 279 long and 212 wide, j1 19, j3 25 (20-30), j4 4, j5 4, j6 5, J2 3, J5 9, z2 9, z4 11, z5 3, Z1 6, Z4 74, Z5 59, s4 57 (56-58), S2 11, S4 9, S5 10, r3 12, R1 10; ventrianal shield 136 long and 189 wide at anterior corners; shaft of spermatodactyl 17 long; St IV 33.

Remarks.

Measurements of the females collected are generally similar to those of the original description, except for the longer Z4, Z5 and s4 in the females measured in the present work [respectively, 77, 86 and 72 in the original description]. Measurements of the females collected differ from those of Moraes et al. (2013) for the shorter j3 and the longer width of dorsal shield, z4, Z4, S2, R1 and calyx of spermatheca [respectively, 33-35, 300-305, 8, 88-92, 98-103, 7-8, 7, 8, 22-23 in the latter]. This is the first record of this genus in Bahia.