Neoseiulus paraibensis (Moraes & McMurtry)

Lofego, Antonio C., Demite, Peterson R., Kishimoto, Raquel G. & De, Gilberto J., 2009, Phytoseiid mites on grasses in Brazil (Acari: Phytoseiidae), Zootaxa 2240, pp. 41-59 : 50

Neoseiulus paraibensis (Moraes & McMurtry)

Amblyseius paraibensis Moraes & McMurtry, 1983: 135 ; Moraes & Mesa, 1988: 76; Moraes et al., 1991: 126. Neoseiulus paraibensis .— Moraes et al., 1986: 92; 2004: 137; Chant & McMurtry, 2003a: 23.

FEMALE (3 specimens measured). Dorsal shield 384 (377–395) long and 193 (185–200) wide; j1 28 (26–29), j3 36 (34–37), j4 20 (19–21), j5 19 (18–20), j6 27 (26–29), J2 32, J5 15 (14–19), z2 30 (30–31), z4 35 (33– 37), z5 23 (22–24), Z1 34 (34–35), Z4 48 (47–49), Z5 73 (68–75), s4 43 (40–45), S2 43 (42–45), S4 47 (46– 48), S5 46 (46–47), r3 39 (38–40), R1 38 (40–41); distances between st1-st3 75 (74–76), st2-st2 63 (62–64) and st5-st5 67 (64–70); ventri-anal shield 120 (117–122) long, 110 (106–117) wide at level of ZV2 and 96 (89–102) wide at level of anus; JV5 59 (56–63); movable cheliceral digit 30 (29–31) long, with 3 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 33 (32–33) long, with 10–11 teeth; calyx of spermatheca 7 (5–9) long; Sge IV 32 (31–32), Sti IV 31 (30–32), St IV 74 (73–75).

Specimens examined: Sud Mennucci (20°39' S, 50°54' W), October 2007, on M. minutiflora (4 Ƥ). Remarks: This species was previously known from Brazil, Colombia and Cuba. All measurements agree with those of the original description.