Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) of the Cook Islands Author Ma, Min Author Fan, Qing-Hai Author Zhang, Zhi-Qiang text Zootaxa 2019 2019-07-25 4646 3 527 540 journal article 25971 10.11646/zootaxa.4646.3.5 89a4a893-4099-4440-a980-1b0956caf4e5 1175-5326 3351090 BCA9B519-7BEA-4B9C-B510-D04AD3E0D0E0 Phytoseius woodburyi De Leon, 1965 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 , z5 and J5 minute, others long, serrated and broad, s4 > s6 > Z4 > Z5 ; j3 slightly longer than distance j3–j4 .; r3 on dorsal shield, R1 absent. 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 gv3 small and round, posterior to JV2 and 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 IV with 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. Malvaceae leaves, 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, India and USA ( Moraes et al . 2004 ; Demite et al . 2018 ). It is now recorded in the Cook Islands for the first time.