Iphiseiodes moraesi Ferla & Silva

Lofego, Antonio Carlos, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo, Demite, Peterson Rodrigo & Moraes, Gilberto José De, 2024, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of the subfamily Amblyseiinae from Brazil, Zootaxa 5439 (1), pp. 1-306 : 99-100

Iphiseiodes moraesi Ferla & Silva ( Figure 71)

Iphiseiodes moraesi Ferla & Silva, 2011: 106 .

Iphiseiodes moraesi .— Gonçalves et al., 2013: 360 ; Rocha et al., 2015: 25.

Specimens measured. RS (3).

Dorsal shield of female mostly smooth, with lateral and posteromedian reticulation, 441 (413–450) long and 344 (325–375) wide. Setal lengths: j1 22 (18–24), j3 25 (23–26), j4 4, j5 4, j6 5 (4–5), J2 5 (3–5), J5 8, z2 5, z4 5 (4–5), z5 5 (4–5), Z1 5, Z4 178 (163–205), Z5 240 (223–263), s4 153 (135–173), S2 5 (5–5), S4 6 (5–7), S5 6 (5–6), r3 5 (4–5) and R1 5 (4–5). Peritreme extending to level of j3. Distances between st1–st3 62 (60–65), st2–st2 83 (80–85), st5–st5 107 (100–120). Ventrianal shield 157 (145–165) long, 200 (190–210) wide at level of Zv2 and 156 (125–193) at anus level. With only one large pair of metapodal plates. Spermathecal calyx cone-shaped, 15 (12–15) long; atrium elongate. Fixed cheliceral digit 39 (38–40) long, with eight teeth; movable digit 32 (33–35) long, with one tooth. Macrosetae on legs I–IV, sharp-tipped; SgeI 73 (68–75), SgeII 49 (45–50), SgeIII 82 (75–93), SgeIV 154 (138–168), StiIII 42 (38–48), StiIV 91 (80–115) and StIV 67 (55–73) .

Distribution in Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul ( Ferla & Silva, 2011; Gonçalves et al., 2013, 2015; Rocha et al., 2015; Toldi et al., 2021a, b) and Santa Catarina ( Barbosa et al., 2021).

Distribution elsewhere. Not reported.

Remarks. Species described from Brazil. The measurements are similar to those of the original description.