Phytoseiulus longipes Evans, 1958

Trincado, R. D., Martin, J. P. I., Méndez Rosa, D. D., Lopes, P. C. & De Moraes, G. J., 2018, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Chile, with descriptions of three new species and a redescription of Chileseius camposi, Zootaxa 4482 (2), pp. 322-340 : 331

Phytoseiulus longipes Evans

Phytoseiulus longipes Evans, 1958: 307 .

Mesoseiulus longipes .— Gonzalez & Schuster, 1962: 18, Moraes et al., 1986: 66.

Phytoseiulus longipes .— Moraes et al., 2004: 167.

Specimens examined. Santiago Region. Municipality of La Pintana, on Convolvulus arvensis L., February 2001, associated with Tetranychus desertorum Banks and Tetranychus urticae Koch ; and on Marrubium vulgare L., February 2001, associated with T. urticae .

Measurements of a collected female: 376 long, 223, maximum width; j 1 20, j 3 88, j 4 15, j 6 87, J 5 4, z 2 32, z 4 93, z 5 9, Z 1 101, Z 4 9, Z 5 94, s 4 123, r 3 50, R 1 73, St IV 97.

Remarks. Setal measurements were not given in the original description of this species. The measurements of the specimens collected in this study are close to those given by Gonzalez & Schuster (1962) for specimens also collected in Chile and by Van der Merwe (1968) for specimens from South Africa, neighbour of Zimbabwe, country from where the type specimens were collected. Despite slightly larger than the specimens from South Africa, the specimens collected in this study have setae j 6, Z 1 and Z 5 about 10% shorter (as also reported by Gonzalez & Schuster, 1962) and St IV about 20% longer than South African specimens, differently from what was reported by Gonzalez & Schuster (1962).