Euseius sibelius (DeLeon)

Lofego, Antonio C., Demite, Peterson R., Kishimoto, Raquel G. & De, Gilberto J., 2009, Phytoseiid mites on grasses in Brazil (Acari: Phytoseiidae), Zootaxa 2240, pp. 41-59 : 45

Euseius sibelius (DeLeon)

Amblyseius (Typhlodromalus) sibelius DeLeon, 1962: 21 .

Euseius sibelius .— Muma et al., 1970: 98; Moraes & McMurtry, 1983: 140; Moraes et al., 1986: 54; 2000: 243; 2004: 83; Moraes & Mesa, 1988: 81; Feres & Moraes, 1998: 128; Lofego et al., 2004: 6 ; Chant & McMurtry, 2005a: 216; Guanilo et al., 2008a: 22.

Euseius subalatus DeLeon, 1965: 127 (synonymy according to Muma et al. 1970: 98).

FEMALE (2 specimens measured). Dorsal shield 277–300 long and 160–186 wide; j1 27, j 3 22–23, j4 20, j 5 20–21, j6 22, J 2 21–22, J5 7, z 2 22–26, z 4 26–29, z5 22, Z 1 20–23, Z 4 23–26, Z5 52–56, s4 32–33, S 2 24–25, S 4 22–23, S 5 22–25, r3 27, R 1 18–19; distances between st1-st3 54-56, st2-st2 63 and st5-st5 61–67; ventrianal shield 89–92 long, 48 wide at level of ZV2 and 56 wide at level of anus; JV5 33–39; movable cheliceral digit 20–22 long, with 1 tooth; fixed cheliceral digit 22–23 long, with four teeth; calyx of spermatheca 22–23 long; Sge I 16–19, Sge II 12–14, Sge III 14–15, Sti III 16, Sge IV 29–30, Sti IV 19, St IV 31–33.

Specimens examined: Sud Mennucci (20°39' S, 50°54' W), October 2007, on M. minutiflora (3 Ƥ).

Remarks: This species is previousy known from Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Honduras, Jamaica, Les Saintes, Peru ( Guanilo et al. 2008a), Puerto Rico, USA and Venezuela (Quirós et al. 2005). Measurements of the specimens collected are close to those of the original description.