Typhlodromina tropica (Chant)

Gonçalves, Dinarte, Silva, Guilherme Liberato Da & Ferla, Noeli Juarez, 2013, Phytoseiid mites (Acari) associated with yerba mate in southern Brazil, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3746 (2), pp. 357-371 : 366-367

Typhlodromina tropica (Chant)

Typhlodromus tropicus Chant, 1959: 54 ; Chant & Baker, 1965: 8; McMurtry & Moraes, 1989: 179.

Paraseiulella tropica .—Muma 1961: 294.

Typhlodromina tropica .— Denmark & Muma, 1973: 273; Moraes et al., 2004: 306.

Typhlodromina aristidesi El-Banhawy, 1976: 532; McMurtry & Moraes, 1989: 179. (Synonymy by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1983).

Specimens examined. ILÓPOLIS: (H), August 2004 (1); (N), August 2003 (1); July 2004 (1). Adult Female. One specimen examined.

Dorsum. Dorsal shield with 365 long, 263 wide at level of s4; j1 25, j3 43, j4 30, j5 28, j6 broke, J2 broke, J5 13, z2 25, z3 48, z4 48, z5 38, Z4 73, Z5 73, s4 53, s6 63, S5 50, r3 23, R1 18.

Venter. Distances between St1–St3 65, St2–St2 68, St5–St5 78. Ventrianal shield with 125 long, 75 wide at level of ZV2 and 65 wide at level of anus.

Chelicera. Fixed digit 30 long and movable digit 28 long.

Legs. Sge I 25, Sge IV 30, Sti IV 35 and St IV broke.

Previous records in Rio Grande do Sul. Sério (Ferla & Moraes, 1998); Capitão (Ferla et al., 2005); Bento Gonçalves (Klock et al., 2011).

Comments. Setae R1 were 50% longer than in the original description (Chant, 1959). This species has been reported on yerba mate in Rio Grande do Sul state (Ferla et al., 2005).