Arrenoseius urquharti (Yoshida-Shaul & Chant)

Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 3700 (3), pp. 301-347 : 310

Arrenoseius urquharti (Yoshida-Shaul & Chant)

Amblyseius urquharti Yoshida-Shaul & Chant, 1988: 2055

Fundiseius urquharti .—Kreiter & Moraes, 1997: 378; Moraes et al., 2000: 244; 2004b: 89 Arrenoseius urquharti .—Chant & McMurtry, 2004b: 303; 2007: 98; Guanilo et al., 2008b: 8.

Specimens examined. Pariquera-Açu, October 2002, 1 female on Erechtites valerianaefolia DC. and 1 female on Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.) Pers

Previous records. Brazil [State of São Paulo (Castro & Moraes, 2010) and Roraima (Gondim Jr. et al., 2012)]; Antigua, Guadeloupe and Martinique (Moraes et al., 2004b) and Peru (Guanilo et al., 2008b).

Measurements of females (n= 2).

Dorsal shield 405 long and 300–305 wide. Setae j 1 22–23, j3 33–35, j4 5, j5 5, j6 5, J2 5, J5 8–9, z2 8, z4 8, z5 4, Z1 4–5, Z4 88–92, Z5 98–103, s4 79 –87, S2 7 –8, S4 7, S5 7, r3 10, R1 8. Distances between St1 - St3 49–52, St2 - St2 69–72, St5 - St5 120–132. Ventrianal shield 126–140 long, 206–218 wide at level of ZV 2 and 132–145 wide at anus level. Movable cheliceral digit 36 long, with two teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 37 long, with 11 teeth. Calyx of spermatheca 22–23 long. Leg macroseta: St IV 39–43.

Remarks. The measurements of the specimens collected fit the original description, except for the shorter z2, z4 and r3 (12, 13 and 14 respectively).