Phyllodromus trisetatus Moraes & Melo

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 : 227-228

Phyllodromus trisetatus Moraes & Melo (Figure 158)

Phyllodromus trisetatus Moraes & Melo , in Moraes et al., 1997: 319.

Phyllodromus trisetatus .— Chant & McMurtry, 2003a: 39, 2007: 31; Moraes et al., 2004b: 165.

FIGURE 158. Phyllodromus trisetatus Moraes & Melo. (A) Dorsum. (B) Venter. (C) Spermatheca. (D) Chelicera. (E) Leg IV. Specimen measured. PE (1).

Dorsal shield of female slightly striate anterolaterally, smooth or with scant rounded ornamentation medially, 397 long and 205 wide. Setal lengths: j1 15, j3 35, j4 10, j5 8, j6 25, J2 10, J5 5, z2 38, z4 45, z5 8, Z1 12, Z4 63, Z5 64, s4 60, S2 48, S4 13, S5 10, r3 35 and R1 15. Peritreme extending to level of j3. Distances between st1–st3 50, st2–st2 68, st5–st5 60. Ventrianal shield 130 long, 78 wide at level of Zv2 and 78 wide at anus level. Spermathecal calyx bell-shaped, 15 long; atrium encrusted in the cervix. Fixed cheliceral digit 25 long, with seven teeth; movable digit 28 long, with two teeth. Leg macrosetae absent .

Distribution in Brazil. Bahia ( Moraes et al., 1997) and Pernambuco ( Moraes et al., 1997).

Distribution elsewhere. Not reported.

Remarks. Species described from Brazil and known only from the type specimens. Measurements are similar to original description, except j6 about 1.6 times longer in the specimen examined.