Euseius alatus De, 1966

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 : 128-129

Euseius alatus De Leon ( Figure 92)

Euseius alatus De Leon, 1966: 87 .

Euseius alatus .— Moraes & McMurtry, 1983: 137; Moraes et al., 1986: 36, 2004b: 60, 2013: 320; Aponte & McMurtry, 1993: 151; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 215, 2007: 120; Guanilo et al., 2008a: 16; Rocha et al., 2015: 26; Cavalcante et al., 2021: 3 .

Euseius paraguayensis Denmark & Muma, 1970b: 224; Moraes et al., 1986: 37, 2004b: 61; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 215, 2007: 121 (synonymy according to Moraes & McMurtry 1983: 137).

Specimens measured. AM, BA, MT, PE, SP (2, 4, 2, 4, 5).

Female with dorsal shield reticulate, 330 (305–350) long and 231 (192–250) wide. Setal lengths: j1 28 (20–32), j3 24 (20–27), j4 13 (12–15), j5 13 (10–15), j6 16 (15–20), J2 17 (12–20), J5 7 (5–8), z2 17 (12–20), z4 20 (15–25), z5 15 (12–17), Z1 17 (12–20), Z4 20 (15–22), Z5 63 (52–70), s4 27 (20–32), S2 23 (17–25), S4 25 (22–27), S5 26 (22–30), r3 14 (12–15) and R1 14 (10–17). Peritreme extending to level between j3 and z2. Distances between st1–st3 56 (52–62), st2–st2 72 (65–77), st5–st5 76 (70–82). Ventrianal shield 100 (90–107) long, 54 (50–60) wide at level of Zv2 and 73 (67–82) at anus level. Spermathecal calyx tubular, 19 (14–25) long; atrium inconspicuous. Fixed cheliceral digit 23 (22–25) long, with four teeth; movable digit 25 (22–25) long, with one tooth. Macrosetae on legs I–IV; macrosetae on leg IV capitate; SgeI 20 (20–21), SgeII 15 (14–16), SgeIII 35 (33–38), SgeIV 44 (37–50), StiIII 20 (19–23), StiIV 28 (22–32) and StIV 58 (45–67) .

Distribution in Brazil. Acre (Nuvoloni et al., 2 015b), Alagoas ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Amapá ( Souza et al., 2013), Amazonas ( Cruz et al., 2015; Nuvoloni et al., 2015b; Vasconcelos & Silva, 2015), Bahia ( Moraes & McMurtry, 1983; Moraes et al., 1993; Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008; Nuvoloni et al., 2015a), Ceará ( Moraes & McMurtry, 1983; Moraes et al., 1993; Furtado et al., 2005; Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008; Barros et al., 2020; Rodrigues et al., 2020; Mendes et al., 2021), Fernando de Noronha Archipelago ( Vasconcelos et al., 2006), Maranhão ( Moraes et al., 1993; Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Mato Grosso ( Ferla & Moraes, 2002; Conceiç„o et al., 2021; Demite et al., 2021b), Mato Grosso do Sul ( Mendonça et al., 2019; Furtado et al., 2014), Minas Gerais ( Pallini Filho et al., 1992; Carvalho et al., 2012; Toledo et al., 2018; Ferraz et al., 2022; Ferla et al., 2023), Pará ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Paraíba ( Moraes & McMurtry, 1983; Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Paraná ( Barroso et al., 2019), Pernambuco ( Moraes & McMurtry, 1983; Moraes et al., 1993; Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001; Barbosa et al., 2003; Rosa et al., 2005; Vasconcelos et al., 2006; Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008; Sousa et al., 2015; Mendes et al., 2021; Melo et al., 2023), Piauí ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008; Lofego et al., 2013), Rio de Janeiro ( Cavalcante et al., 2021), Rio Grande do Norte ( Furtado et al., 2005; Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Rio Grande do Sul ( Ferla & Moraes, 1998; Rocha et al., 2015), Rondônia ( Nuvoloni et al., 2015b), Roraima (Gondim Jr. et al., 2012; Figueirêdo et al., 2019), São Paulo ( Denmark & Muma, 1973; Feres & Moraes, 1998; Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001; Zacarias & Moraes, 2001a; Buosi et al., 2006; Feres et al., 2007; Mineiro et al., 2009; Castro & Moraes, 2010; Demite et al., 2011, 2012, 2013; Moraes et al., 2013; Parecis-Silva et al., 2016; Lofego et al., 2017; Baldo et al., 2018), Sergipe ( Santana & Flechtmann, 1998; Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008) and Tocantins ( Lofego et al., 2013).

Distribution elsewhere. Colombia, Guyana, Martinique, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.

Remark. The measurements are similar to those of the original description of E. alatus .