Euseius sibelius (De Leon, 1962)

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 : 139-141

Euseius sibelius (De Leon) ( Figure 99)

Amblyseius (Typhlodromalus) sibelius De Leon, 1962a: 21 .

Euseius sibelius . —– Muma et al., 1970: 98; Moraes et al., 1986: 54, 2004b: 83; Lofego et al., 2004: 6 , 2009: 45; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 215, 2007: 123; Guanilo et al., 2008a: 22; Ferla et al., 2011: 20; Ferragut et al., 2011: 40 ; Demite et al., 2017: 2155; Kreiter et al., 2018a: 383 ; Duarte et al, 2021: 2364.

Amblyseius (Euseius) subalatus De Leon, 1965: 127 (synonymy according to Muma et al., 1970: 98).

Euseius subalatus .— Moraes et al., 1986: 54, 2004b: 83; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 215, 2007: 123; Prasad, 2012.

Specimens measured. BA, PE, PI, SP (4, 2, 1, 2).

Dorsal shield of female reticulate, 274 (260–312) long and 178 (170–195) wide. Setal lengths: j1 24 (21–26), j3 22 (18–28), j4 22 (18–26), j5 21 (16–23), j6 23 (21–27), J2 22 (19–25), J5 7 (6–9), z2 24 (20–27), z4 26 (23–30), z5 21 (20–25), Z1 22 (20–26), Z4 25 (23–28), Z5 53 (52–55), s4 31 (28–36), S2 23 (20–28), S4 23 (20–27), S5 23 (22–26), r3 25 (20–28) and R1 17 (13–18). Peritreme extending to level between z2 and z4. Distances between st1–st3 52 (50–57), st2–st2 62 (59–65), st5–st5 64 (58–66). Ventrianal shield 88 (80–98) long, 44 (40–54) wide at level of Zv2 and 63 (53–68) at anus level. Spermathecal calyx tubular, 21 (17–22) long; atrium similar in width to the calyx. Fixed cheliceral digit 22 (21–23) long, with three teeth; movable digit 23 (21–23) long, with one tooth. Macrosetae present only on leg IV, slight capitate; SgeIV 29 (27–31). StiIV 21 (19–22) and StIV 32 (30–33) .

Distribution in Brazil. Bahia ( Farias et al., 1981; Moraes & McMurtry, 1983; Moraes et al., 1993; Fiaboe et al., 2007; Sousa et al., 2015), Ceará ( Furtado et al., 2005; Rodrigues et al., 2020), Distrito Federal ( Rezende & Lofego, 2011; Duarte et al., 2021), Espírito Santo ( Fiaboe et al., 2007), Goiás (Demite et al., 2007; Duarte et al., 2021), Mato Grosso (Conceiç„o et al., 2021, Demite et al., 2021b), Mato Grosso do Sul ( Furtado et al., 2014; Mendonça et al., 2019), Minas Gerais ( Moraes et al., 1990; Fiaboe et al., 2007; Rezende & Lofego, 2011; Demite et al., 2017; Ferla et al., 2023), Paraíba ( Moraes & McMurtry, 1983), Paraná ( Furtado et al., 2006), Pernambuco ( Moraes & McMurtry, 1983; Moraes et al., 1993; Fiaboe et al., 2007), Piauí ( Moraes et al., 1993), Rio Grande do Sul ( Ferla & Moraes, 1998, 2002b; Furtado et al., 2006; Ferla et al., 2011), Santa Catarina ( Furtado et al., 2006) and São Paulo ( Daud & Feres, 2005; Buosi et al., 2006; Daud et al., 2007, 2010; Demite et al., 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015; Denmark & Muma, 1973; Feres & Moraes, 1998; Feres et al., 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010; Lofego et al., 2004, 2009, 2017; Nuvoloni et al., 2011; Moraes et al., 2013; Parecis-Silva et al., 2016).

Distribution elsewhere. Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Honduras, Jamaica, Les Saintes, Martinique, Peru, Puerto Rico, USA and Venezuela.

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