Typhlodromips salvadorii Gonçalves & Ferla, 2015

Gonçalves, Dinarte, Cunha, Uemerson Silva Da, Bampi, Paula Maria, Moraes, Gilberto José De & Ferla, Noeli Juarez, 2015, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Araucaria Forest of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with new records and descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 4032 (5), pp. 569-581 : 577-579

Typhlodromips salvadorii Gonçalves & Ferla sp. nov.

( Figs 19–23 )

Diagnosis. This new species belongs the bladderae species group ( Chant & McMurtry, 2005b), characterised by having the major duct of the spermatheca swollen, bladder-like. Typhlodromips corycus ( Schuster 1966) differs from this new species by having Z5 only about 1.1 times as long as Z4, both smooth. It also differs from Typhlodromips pallinii Gonçalves et al. 2013 by having setae j3, s4, Sg IV, Sti IV, St IV and St IV longer and the calyx of the spermatheca also longer.

Adult female. Three females examined. Idiosomal setal pattern ( Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1992): 10A: 10B/ JV- 3: ZV.

Dorsum ( Fig. 19 ). Dorsal Shield mostly smooth, with nine pairs of pores and five pairs of lyrifissures, with few anterolateral striae, 338 361 (337 392) long, 218 240 (217–312) wide at level of s4. Setae j 1 21 20 (17–22), j 3 15 16 (12–22), j 4 15 13 (11–15), j 5 12 13 (11–15), j 6 13 12 (11–12), J 2 13 14 (10–16), J 5 12 11 (10–12), z 2 15 14 (12–16), z 4 15 14 (12–15), z 5 13 11 (10–12), Z1 13 (11–15), Z4 20 (18–22), Z5 53 54 (50–60), s4 18 (16–20), S 2 18 16 (15–20), S4 13 (12–15), S 5 13 14 (12–16), r3 14 (13–16), R 1 13 14 (12–15). Setae smooth, except Z4 and Z5 which are serrated; setae r3 and R1 on interscutal membrane.

Peritreme. Extending forward to level of j1.

Venter ( Fig. 20 ). Distances between St1–St3 65 62 (52–65), St2–St2 72 68 (57–72). Distance between St5–St5 62. JV5 45 (42–49).

Chelicera ( Fig. 21 ). Fixed digit 25 long, with eight teeth; movable digit 20 23 (20–25) long, with three teeth, pilus dentilis not observed.

Spermatheca ( Fig. 23 ). Major duct swollen and bladder-like 15 14 (13–15).

Legs (Fig. 24). Sge I 10 11 (10–12), Sge II 10 11 (10–12), Sge III 15, Sti III 10 12 (10–14), Sge IV 18 20 (18– 22), Sti IV 18 17 (15–18) and St IV 25 29 (25–32). Chaetotaxy: genu II 2–2 /0–2/0–1; genu III 1–2 /1–2/0–1.

Male. Unknown.

Type material. Holotype female from Myrcia retorta Cambess. (Myrtaceae) São Francisco de Paula, State of Rio Grande do Sul, July 2013, Gonçalves D. coll. Two females paratypes from Myrcianthes pungens O. Berg. (Yrtaceae) , in same place in, October 2013, are deposited at Museu de Ciências Naturais (ZAUMCN), UNIVATES—Centro Universitário, Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Also collected on Trema micrantha L. ( Ulmaceae ) and Pouteria salicifolia (Sapotaceae) in the same place, in July 2013.

Etymology. This species is named after Dr. José Roberto Salvadori, an eminent Brazilian entomologist.

Figures

FIGURES 19 – 23. Typhlodromips salvadorii n. sp. Female: 19. Dorsal shield, 20. Ventral surface, 21. Chelicera, 22. Spermatheca. 23. Leg IV.