Amblydromalus villacarmelensis (Moraes)

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 : 162

Amblydromalus villacarmelensis (Moraes) ( Figure 114)

Amblyseius villacarmelensis Moraes , in Moraes et al., 1994: 214.

Typhlodromalus villacarmelensis .— Zacarias & Moraes, 2001a: 582; Moraes et al., 2004b: 205.

Amblydromalus villacarmelensis . — Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 207, 2007: 117.

Specimens measured. SP (8).

Dorsal shield of female mostly smooth, with scant anterolateral striae, 329 (320–345) long and 203 (190–210) wide. Setal lengths: j1 32 (31–35), j3 42 (40–45), j4 8 (7–9), j5 8 (7–9), j6 10 (8–11), J2 9 (8–10), J5 6 (5–7), z2 13 (13–14), z4 22 (21–23), z5 9 (7–10), Z1 12 (10–13), Z4 20 (18–23), Z5 62 (60–65), s4 66 (64–68), S2 29 (26–34), S4 14 (10–18), S5 8 (6–9), r3 34 (32–35) and R1 10 (9–10). Peritreme extending to level of j1. Distances between st1–st3 66 (65–68), st2–st2 66 (64–68), st5–st5 68 (62–75). Ventrianal shield 105 (95–119) long, 57 (55–60) wide at level of Zv2 and 68 (66–70). Spermathecal calyx tubular, 18 (14–20) long; atrium elongate. Fixed cheliceral digit 32 (29–34) long, with 11 teeth; movable digit 34 (32–35) long, with four teeth. Macrosetae on legs I–IV, sharp-tipped; SgeI 34 (32–35), SgeII 32 (31–33), SgeIII 24 (23–25), SgeIV 53 (48–55), StiIII 23 (22–25), StiIV 38 (33–41) and StIV 65 (62–68) .

Distribution in Brazil. Acre ( Nuvoloni et al., 2015b), Mato Grosso (Conceiç„o et al., 2021), Mato Grosso do Sul ( Mendonça et al., 2019) and São Paulo ( Zacarias & Moraes, 2001a; Castro & Moraes, 2010; Moraes et al., 2013).

Distribution elsewhere. Colombia and Peru.

Remarks. The measurements are similar to those of the original description, except for Z4, in the original description about 1.3 times longer, similarly to previous reported by Zacarias & Moraes (2001a).