Proprioseiopsis mexicanus (Garman)

Amblyseiopsis mexicanus Garman, 1958: 75 .

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) mexicanus .— Chant, 1959: 92.

Amblyseiulus mexicanus .— Muma, 1961: 278.

Typhlodromus mexicanus .— Hirschmann, 1962: 5.

Amblyseius mexicanus .— Moraes & McMurtry, 1983: 134.

Proprioseiopsis (Patinoseius) mexicanus .— Karg, 1989: 209. Proprioseiopsis mexicanus .— Moraes et al., 1986: 118; 2004: 181; 2007: 17; Chant & McMurtry, 2005a: 13.

FEMALE (2 specimens measured). Dorsal shield 325–350 long and 195–215 wide; j 1 21–22, j 3 30–31, j4 5, j5 5, j6 6, J 5 9–10, z2 12, z 4 11–12, z5 4, Z1 9, Z4 64–70, Z5 85–93, s4 49–52, S2 8–9, S4 10, S5 10, r 3 14– 16, R 1 10–11; distances between st1-st3 57–60, st2-st2 64–65 and st5-st5 65–70; ventri-anal shield 102–108 long, 92–95 wide at level of ZV2 and 80 wide at level of anus; JV5 60–65; movable cheliceral digit 31 long, with 1 tooth; fixed cheliceral digit 29 long, with 8 teeth; calyx of spermatheca 5–7; Sge II 21–22, Sge III 23, Sti III 19, Sge IV 45, Sti IV 26, St IV 55.

Specimens examined: Campinas (22°54' S, 47°01' W), July 2008, on B. decumbens (2 Ƥ).

Remarks: This species was previously known from Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guadaloupe, Hawaii, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Peru (Guanilo et al. 2008a) and USA. Measurements of the specimens collected are close to those of the holotype, given by Moraes & McMurtry (1983).