Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) microbullatus Van der Merwe

Ueckermann, E. A., Situngu, Sivuyisiwe & Barker, Nigel P., 2021, Checklist of Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) species from plants bearing leaf domatia, from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, with the description of a new species, Journal of Natural History 55 (11 - 12), pp. 683-697 : 691

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) microbullatus Van der Merwe

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) microbullatus Van der Merwe, 1968: 33 ; De Moraes et al. 2004: 338.

Amblydromella microbullata, Moraes et al., 1986: 167

Amblydromella (Amblydromella) microbullata , Denmark & Welbourn, 2002: 308.

This species exhibits the following combination of characters: all dorsal setae being smooth except for setae Z4 and Z5 which are serrate with the latter the longest and knobbed distally, setae S2, S4 and S5 equally long, ventral setae JV5 smooth and acute, atrium incorporated in bell-shaped and sclerotised cervix, macroseta on leg IV mostly knobbed and genua II and III with 7 setae.

World distribution: Azores, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique and South Africa. This species was sampled 35 times since description, present study included ( Ueckermann and Loots 1988; Ueckermann, et al., 2008)

Specimens examined: 1♀

Somerset East, on Rhoicissus digitata (L.f.) Gilg & M. Brandt ( Vitaceae ), 8 October 2014.