Amblyseius perditus Chant & Baker

de Souza, Izabel Vieira, Sa Argolo, Poliane, Junior, Manoel Guedes Correa Gondim, Moraes, Gilberto Jose de, Bittencourt, Maria Aparecida Leao & Oliveira, Anibal Ramadan, 2015, Phytoseiid mites from tropical fruit trees in Bahia State, Brazil (Acari, Phytoseiidae), ZooKeys 533, pp. 99-131 : 106-107

Taxon classification Animalia Mesostigmata Phytoseiidae

Amblyseius perditus Chant & Baker

Amblyseius perditus Chant & Baker, 1965: 16.

Amblyseius perditus : Moraes et al. 2004: 47.

Amblyseius perditus : Chant and McMurtry 2007: 80.

Specimens examined.

UESC, Cocos nucifera , VII-2007 (1♀), IV-2008 (1♀), Elaeis guineensis , VII-2007 (1♀), Psidium guajava , VII-2007 (1♀), I-2008 (3♀), Theobroma grandiflorum , VII-2007 (1♀), Artocarpus integrifolia , I-2008 (2♀); Fazenda Barra, Theobroma cacao , XI-2007 (1♀); Fazenda Frupical, Musa sapientum , VII-2007 (1♀), Theobroma cacao , IV-2007 (1♀), VII-2007 (1♀), IX-2007 (2♀); Fazenda Liberdade, Cocos nucifera , V-2007 (5♀), Mangifera indica , V-2007 (1♀), Theobroma cacao , V-2007 (3♀); Fazenda Monte Alegre, Psidium guajava , V-2007 (2♀), IX-2007 (2♀, 1♂), I-2008 (5♀); Fazenda Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora, Theobroma cacao , VII-2007 (14♀); Fazenda Terra Nova, Cocos nucifera , V-2007 (1♀), IX-2007 (2♀), Psidium guajava , I-2008 (5♀).

Female.

Fifteen specimens measured. Dorsal shield 345 (333-358) long, 217 (197-238) wide, j1 34 (29-36), j3 38 (35-43), j4 7 (6-8), j5 6 (5-7), j6 9 (8-10), J2 9 (8-11), J5 8 (7-9), z2 7 (7-8), z4 9 (8-10), z5 5 (4-7), Z1 10 (8-12), Z4 59 (54-69), Z5 155 (145-174), s4 57 (54-67), S2 12 (11-13), S4 10 (9-11), S5 8 (8-10), r3 16 (13-17), R1 11 (9-12); distances between St1-St3 60 (57-63), St2-St2 68 (65-71) and St5-St5 69 (62-74); ventrianal shield 44 (40-49) long, 65 (61-70) wide; anal shield 50 (46-55) long, 67 (64-70) wide; movable cheliceral digit 33 (31-34) long, with 3 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 26 (25-28) long; calyx of spermatheca 21 (18-28) long; Sge I 43 (41-46), Sge II 41 (38-45), Sge III 45 (40-48), Sti III 34 (27-38), Sge IV 74 (71-85), Sti IV 57 (52-61), St IV 65 (62-71).

Male.

One specimen measured. Dorsal shield 253 long and 182 wide, j1 22, j3 31, j4 7, j5 7, j6 8, J2 10, J5 7, z2 8, z4 8, z5 7, Z1 11, Z5 50, s4 33, S2 10, S4 9, S5 8, r 3 12, R1 8; ventrianal shield 102 long and 166 wide at anterior corners; shaft of spermatodactyl 22 long; Sge I 30, Sge II 27, Sge III 27, Sti III 25, Sge IV 43, Sti IV 32, St IV 65.

Remarks.

Measurements of the specimens collected fit the redescription given by Denmark and Muma (1989) and those of Gondim Jr. and Moraes (2001). As also reported in those publications, the specimens collected have longer R1 (5 in the holotype). This is the first record of this species in Bahia.