Metaseiulus Muma

Guanilo, Alberto Daniel, Moraes, Gilberto José De, Toledo, Silvana & Knapp, Markus, 2008, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Argentina, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 1884, pp. 1-35 : 25-26

Metaseiulus Muma

Metaseiulus Muma 1961: 295 ; Chant & McMurtry 1994: 263; 2007: 169; Moraes et al. 2006: 351.

Metaseiulus ( Metaseiulus) camelliae (Chant & Yoshida-Shaul)

Typhlodromus camelliae Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1983: 1053 , Feres & Moraes 1998: 130. Typhlodromina camelliae, Moraes et al. 1986: 236 .

Metaseiulus ( Metaseiulus) camelliae, Moraes et al. 2004: 278 ; Lofego et al. 2004: 13; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 173.

FEMALE. ( 1 specimen measured)

Dorsal shield 317 long and 170 wide; j 1 20, j 3 16, j 4 13, j 5 12, j 6 15, J 2 19, J 5 10, s 4 22, s 6 22, S 5 19, z 2 16, z 3 20, z 4 20, z 5 15, Z 4 32, Z 5 40, r 3 19, R 1 23; distances between st 1 -st 3 60, st 2 -st 2 52 and st 5 -st 5 60; ventri-anal shield 103 long, 75 wide at level of ZV 2 and 70 wide at level of anus; JV 5 31; calyx of spermatheca 14 long; St IV 21. Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2/ 0-2 /0, 1; genu III 1, 2/ 1-2 /0, 1.

Specimens examined. Chaco: Presidencia Roque Saenz Peña – Ruta 16 - 5 ( 26 ° 46 ' 31.2 ''S, 60 ° 25 ' 12.9 ''W), 8 -V- 2007, on Va ss o bi a breviflora ( 1 Ψ).

Previous records. Argentina [ Río Negro ( Ruiz et al. 2005)], Brazil and Uruguay.

Remarks. The female collected in this study differs by having seta j 3 0.7 times as long as reported in the original description of this species.