De Leon, 1965: 130
Phytoseius ( Dubininellus ) woodburyi
Denmark , 1966: 64
Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) of the Cook Islands
Ma, Min
Fan, Qing-Hai
Zhang, Zhi-Qiang
Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-25
4646
3
527
540
4HPD9
De Leon, 1965
De Leon
1965
[151,602,469,496]
Arachnida
Phytoseiidae
Phytoseius
Animalia
Mesostigmata
7
534
Arthropoda
species
woodburyi
Phytoseius( Phytoseius) woodburyi De Leon, 1965: 130. Phytoseius( Dubininellus) woodburyi. — Denmark, 1966: 64.
Diagnosis.Female: dorsal idiosomal shield reticulate throughout; bearing 15 pairs of setae, j4, j5, j6, z2, z4, z5and J5minute, others long, serrated and broad, s4> s6> Z4> Z5; j3slightly longer than distance j3–j4.; r3on dorsal shield, R1absent. Sternal shield smooth, bearing three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures, posterior margin of sternal shield serrated. Peritremes extending forward to bases of j1. Ventrianal shield longer than wide, vase-shaped, smooth, bearing three pairs of pre-anal setae, solenostomes gv3small and round, posterior to JV2and located on lateral to 1/2 ventrianal shield margin. Calyx of spermathecal apparatus cup-shaped, atrium as wide as major duct. Cheliceral movable digit with one tooth, fixed digit with four teeth. Leg IVwith four obvious macrosetae, stout, broad and bleb-shaped. Specimen examined.Rarotonga: Tevas Villa, 1 deutonymph, ex. balloon vine ( Cardiospermum grandiflorum) leaves, 24 October 2017, by Q.-H. Fan; 1 female, locality and plant same as above-mentioned, 25 October 2017; Papua stream, 8 females, ex. Malvaceaeleaves, 26 October 2017, same collector. Remarks: This species was originally described from Acrodiclidium salicifolium(Lauraceae)in Puerto Rico( De Leon 1965). It is mainly known from countries in the Neotropical region and also recorded from Hawaii, Indiaand USA( Moraes et al. 2004; Demite et al. 2018). It is now recorded in the Cook Islandsfor the first time.