Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) transvaalensis (Nesbitt)

Ueckermann, Edward A., Zannou, Ignace D., De Moraes, Gilberto J., Oliveira, Anibal R., Hanna, Rachid & Yaninek, John S., 2008, Phytoseiid mites of the tribe Typhlodromini (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa, Zootaxa 1901 (1), pp. 1-122 : 99-101

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Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) transvaalensis (Nesbitt) View in CoL

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Kampimodromus transvaalensis Nesbitt, 1951: 55 .

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) jackmickleyi De Leon, 1958: 75 View in CoL . (synonymy by Muma & Denmark, 1968)

Typhlodromus pectinatus Athias-Henriot, 1958: 179 View in CoL . (synonymy by Muma & Denmark, 1968)

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) transvaalensis, Chant, 1959: 60 View in CoL .

Neoseiulus transvaalensis, Muma, 1961: 295 .

Typhlodromus (Neoseiulus) transvaalensis, Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 222 View in CoL .

Mumaseius transvaalensis, Abbasova, 1970: 1410 .

Anthoseius (Anthoseius) transvaalensis, Wainstein & Vartapetov, 1973: 104 View in CoL .

Anthoseius transvaalensis, Beglyarov, 1981: 21 View in CoL .

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) transvaalensis, Moraes et al., 2004: 355 View in CoL ; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 157.

FEMALE. Specimen measured— Kenya: 2; Cape Verde: 1; South Africa: 6. Idiosomal setal pattern: 12A:8A/ JV-3: ZV.

Dorsum. Dorsal shield 352 (325–373) long and 210 (188–232) wide, faintly to distinctly reticulate. With 5 pairs of solenostomes. Setae j1 28 (25–30), j3 38 (36–40), j4 30 (26–33), j5 30 (26–33), j6 38 (35–41), J2 44 (40–46), J5 9 (9–10), z2 24 (21–28), z3 38 (36–40), z4 41 (39–42), z5 22 (21–28), Z4 52 (47–60), Z5 62 (57– 70), s4 45 (42–49), s6 49 (46–54), S2 55 (50–57), S4 56 (53–56), S5 9 (8–11), r3 32 (29–35), R1 40 (38–41). Setae serrate and knobbed, except S5 and J5, smooth and sharp-tipped .

Peritreme. Extending to level between j3 and z2.

Venter. Sternal shield smooth, with 2 pairs of setae (ST3 on separate shields); posterior margin with a tri- or bi-dentate projection; distances between ST1–ST3 68 (65–70), ST2–ST2 60 (54–63). Genital shield smooth; distance between ST5–ST5 74 (67–80). Ventrianal shield striate anteriorly to anus, pentagonal, with anterior margin convex, 118 (107–130) long, 76 (73–78) wide at level of ZV2, 78 (73–84) wide at level of anus, with 3 pairs of pre-anal setae (JV3 absent); pre-anal pores absent. With 2 pairs of metapodal shields. Caudoventral setae smooth and sharp-tipped, except JV5, serrate and knobbed.

Chelicera. Movable digit 30 (30–31) long, with 1 tooth; fixed digit 28 (26–30) long, with 2 teeth.

Spermatheca. Calyx elongate, funnel-shape, with distal 1/4 of its length thick-walled, 19 (13–30) long; atrium nodular.

Legs. Macrosetae knobbed: Sge IV 26 (25–26), Sti IV 27 (24–29), St IV 46 (40–50). Chaetotaxy: genu II: 2-2/1, 2/0- 1; genu III: 1-2/1, 2/0-1.

Specimens examined. Kenya: 7 females, unknown location, in Galleria sp. (Lepidoptera) colony, 30-I- 1991, B.B. Allard. Cape Verde: 7 females, Sao Jorge, on Coccus viridis , I-1986, A. van Harten. South Africa: 3 females, Kwazulu/Natal, Empangeni, from soil, 6-I-1965, G. Nel; 2 females, Kwazulu/Natal, Empangeni, from soil, 5-IV-1965, G. Nel; 1 female, Kwazulu/Natal, Empangeni, on Saccharum officinarum , 18-I-1965, G. Nel.

Remarks. The specimens from Kenya are smaller and consequently have relatively shorter dorsal setae. One specimen from Kenya has setae j1 and z2 sharp-tipped and j4 is sharp-tipped in 2 specimens.

World distribution. Algeria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Cameroon, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Egypt, Georgia, Guinea, Hawaii, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, New Caledonia, Panama, Philippines, Reunion Island, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan and USA.

References

Abbasova, E. D. (1970) Little known species and new subspecies of the genus Mumaseius De Leon (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) [in Russian]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 49, 1410 - 1414.

Athias-Henriot, C. (1958) Contribution a la connaissance du genre Typhlodromus Scheuten (Acariens Parasitiformes, Phytoseiidae). Description de deux especes nouvelles d'Algerie et cle des especes du groupe finlandicus. Revue de Pathologie Vegetale et d'Entomologie Agricole de France, 37 (2), 179 - 186.

Beglyarov, G. A. (1981) Keys to the determination of phytoseiid mites of the USSR [in Russian]. Information Bulletin International Organization for Biological Control of Noxious Animals and Plants, East Palaearctic Section, Leningrad, Russia, 2, pp. 1 - 97.

Chant, D. A. (1959) Phytoseiid mites (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Part I. Bionomics of seven species in southeastern England. Part II. A taxonomic review of the family Phytoseiidae, with descriptions of thirty-eight new species. The Canadian Entomologist, Supplement 12, pp. 1 - 166.

Chant, D. A. & McMurtry, J. A. (2007). Illustrated keys and diagnosis for the genera and subgenera of the Phytoseiidae of the world (Acari: Mesostigmata). Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, USA, pp. 1 - 220.

Moraes, G. J. de, McMurtry, J. A., Denmark, H. A., Campos, C. B. (2004) A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. Zootaxa, 434, 1 - 494.

Muma, M. H. (1961) Subfamiles, genera, and species of Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Florida State Museum Bulletin, USA, 5 (7), 267 - 302.

Muma, M. H. & Denmark, H. A. (1968) Some generic descriptions and name changes in the family Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata). The Florida Entomologist, 51, 229 - 240.

Nesbitt, H. H. J. (1951) A taxonomic study of the Phytoseiidae (family Laelaptidae) predaceous upon Tetranychidae of economic importance. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 12, pp. 1 - 64 + 32 plates.

Pritchard, A. E. & Baker, E. W. (1962) Mites of the family Phytoseiidae from Central Africa, with remarks on genera of the world. Hilgardia, 33, 205 - 309.

Wainstein, B. A. & Vartapetov, S. G. (1973) Predatory mites of the family Phytoseiidae (Parasitiformes) of Adzharskaya ASSR [in Russian]. Akademiya Nauk Armyanskoy SSR, Biologicheskiy Zhurnal Armenii, 26 (2), 102 - 105.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Mesostigmata
Family	Phytoseiidae
Genus	Typhlodromus