Proprioseiopsis Muma, 1961

Bhowmik, Sagarika & Karmakar, Krishna, 2021, Five new species and re-description of eight species belonging to the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from West Bengal, India, Zootaxa 4975 (3), pp. 401-450 : 431

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scientific name	Proprioseiopsis Muma, 1961
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Genus Proprioseiopsis Muma, 1961 View in CoL View at ENA

Proprioseiopsis Muma, 1961: 277 View in CoL .

Type species Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) terrestris Chant, 1959: 108 .

The genus Proprioseiopsis has been divided into two species group viz, belizensis and peruvianus by Chant & Mc-Murtry (2005a), based on the well sclerotised dorsal shield, often smooth; sternal shield as wide or wider than long, reticulated; ventrianal shield pentagonal and reticulated; leg I with or without macrosetae; female with idiosomal setal pattern 10A:8E/ JV -3: ZV. The present species belonging to the belizensis species group which lack macrosetae on leg I.