Proprioseiopsis bremaensis Moraes, Zannou & Oliveira, 2007

De Moraes, Gilberto J., Zannou, Ignace D., Ueckermann, Eddie A., Oliveira, Anibal R., Hanna, Rachid & Yaninek, John S., 2007, Species of the subtribes Arrenoseiina and Proprioseiopsina (Tribe Amblyseiini) and the tribe Typhlodromipsini (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa, Zootaxa 1448 (1), pp. 1-39 : 13-14

Proprioseiopsis bremaensis Moraes, Zannou & Oliveira n. sp.

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Diagnosis. Species characterized by having dorsal shield mostly smooth, with few anterolateral striae; seta Z5 slightly shorter than setae z4, Z4 and s4; setae z4, Z4, Z5, s4 and Jv5 serrate; z2 and z4 about as long as distances between their bases and the bases of the following setae; sternal shield with few lateral striae; ventrianal shield subtriangular, reticulate, about as long as wide at level of Zv2; fixed cheliceral digit with few teeth (apparently 3 teeth); calyx of spermatheca cup-shaped.

face; C. Spermatheca; D. Leg IV.

Female. (1 specimen measured).

Dorsum. Dorsal shield smooth, with few anterolateral striae, 341 long and 240 wide. Setae j1 24, j3 41, j4 5, j5 5, j6 5, J5 10, z2 29, z4 70, z5 5, Z1 17, Z4 74, Z5 62, s4 74, S2 34, S4 24, S5 14, r3 17, R1 12. Setae z4, Z4, Z5 and s4 serrate, other setae smooth .

Venter. Sternal shield mostly smooth, few anterior and lateral striae; posterior margin concave; distances between St1-St3 50, St2-St2 67. Genital shield smooth; distance between St5-St5 91. Ventrianal shield subtriangular, reticulate, anterior margin very slightly concave, 118 long, 127 wide at level of Zv2, elliptical preanal pores mesad and slightly posterior to Jv2; Jv5 serrate and other ventral setae smooth.

Chelicera. Movable digit 30 long, with 1 tooth; fixed digit 27 long, apparently with 3 teeth and a pilus dentilis.

Spermatheca. Calyx cup-shaped 7 long, 10 in diameter at its distal extreme; atrium small.

Legs. Sharp-tipped macrosetae; Sge III 19, Sge IV 34, Sti IV 19, St IV 65. Chaetotaxy: genu II: 2–2/0,2/0– 1; genu III: 1–2/1,2/0–1.

Male. Unknown.

Locality and type material. Holotype female from Capsicum sp. , 3 km N Brema, Ghana, 05-IV-1990, B. Haruna and K. Antwi, deposited at ESALQ-USP.

Etymology. The epithet bremaensis refers to the location where the type of this new species was collected.

Remarks. Proprioseiopsis bregetovae differs from this new species by having the posterior region of the dorsal shield reticulate and because its z4 and Jv5 are smooth. Proprioseiopsis okanagensis differs from this new species by having Z5 longer than z4, Z4 and s4; in addition, it has all dorsal setae as well as Jv5 smooth, and fixed cheliceral digit multidentate. Both of those species differ from the new species by having calyx of spermatheca bell-shaped.

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FIGURE 8. Proprioseiopsis bremaensis Moraes, Zannou & Oliveira n. sp. (female): A. Dorsal shield; B. Ventral sur-