Phytoseius coheni Swirski & Shechter, 1961

Ma, Min, Fan, Qing-Hai & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2019, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) of the Cook Islands, Zootaxa 4646 (3), pp. 527-540 : 533-534

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scientific name

Phytoseius coheni Swirski & Shechter, 1961
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Phytoseius coheni Swirski & Shechter, 1961 View in CoL

Phytoseius (Dubininellus) macropilis coheni Swirski & Shechter, 1961: 104 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Female: dorsal idiosomal shield foveate-reticulate; bearing 15 pairs of setae, r3 on dorsal shield, R1 absent; j4, j5, j6, z2, z4, z5 and J5 minute, others serrated, broad and flattened, s4> s6> Z5> Z4; j3 shorter than distance j3–j4. Sternal shield smooth, bearing three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures. Epigynal shield smooth. Peritremes extending to bases of j1. Ventrianal shield vase-shaped, smooth, bearing three pairs of pre-anal setae, solenostomes gv3 posterior to JV2 and anterolaterad of anus. JV5 broadly serrated and flattened. Calyx of sperma- thecal apparatus short and flaring, Y-shaped. Cheliceral movable digit with one tooth, fixed digit with three teeth. Leg IV bearing four obvious macrosetae with bulbous hyaline tips.

Specimen examined. Rarotonga: Ara Tapu near Tevas Villa, 2 females, ex. Cocos sp. leaves, 24 October 2017, by Q.-H. Fan. Ministry of Agriculture garden, 1 female, ex. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis , same date and collector.

Remarks. This species was originally described from pomelo ( Citrus maxima ) in Hong Kong ( Swirski & Shechter 1961). It is only known from China ( Hong Kong, Taiwan), Hawaii, India, Philippines, and USA ( Moraes et al. 2004; Demite et al. 2018). It is now recorded in the Cook Islands for the first time.

Demite, P. R., Moraes, G. J. de, McMurtry, J. A., Denmark, H. A. & Castilho, R. C. (2018) Phytoseiidae Database. Available from: www. lea. esalq. usp. br / phytoseiidae (accessed 15 August 2018)

Moraes, G. J. de, McMurtry, J. A., Denmark, H. A. & Campos, C. B. (2004) A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. Zootaxa, 434, 1 - 494. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 434.1.1

Swirski, E. & Shechter, R. (1961) Some phytoseiid mites (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) of Hong-Kong, with a description of a new genus and seven new species. The Israel Journal of Agricultural Research, 11, 97 - 117.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Mesostigmata

Family

Phytoseiidae

SubFamily

Phytoseiinae

Genus

Phytoseius