Ueckermannseius eastafricae Moraes, Zannou & Oliveira, 2006

Kreiter, Serge, Payet, Rose-My & Azali, Hamza Abdou, 2021, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Anjouan Island (Comoros Archipelago), Acarologia 61 (1), pp. 62-83 : 72

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.24349/acarologia/20214418

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5469658

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BB8785-E041-6C18-7DF0-A4F3FA804D52

treatment provided by

Marcus

scientific name

Ueckermannseius eastafricae Moraes, Zannou & Oliveira
status

 

Ueckermannseius eastafricae Moraes, Zannou & Oliveira View in CoL

Ueckermannseius eastafricae Moraes et al. 2006: 30 View in CoL .

This species was described from Uganda and Kenya ( Moraes et al. 2006) and recovered only once in Kenya ( El­Banhawy et al. 2009). Its biology is totally unknown.

World distribution: Kenya, Uganda.

Specimens examined: two specimens (2 ♀♀) collected during this study. Pomoni, exit of the village (34 m aasl, 12°17 ′ 01 ″ S, 44°24 ′ 52 ″ E), 1 ♀ on Gliricidia sepium (Jacquin) , Kunth ex Walpers ( Fabaceae ) and 1 ♀ Hibiscus tiliaceus L. ( Malvaceae ), 30/XI/2018.

Remarks: morphological and morphometric characters of our specimens ( Table 4) fit well with those provided by Moraes et al. (2006) except smaller setae j4, j5, j6, R1, s4, S2, z2, z4, z5, SgeII, SgeIII and smaller dorsal and ventrianal shields and cheliceral digits.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Mesostigmata

Family

Phytoseiidae

Genus

Ueckermannseius

Loc

Ueckermannseius eastafricae Moraes, Zannou & Oliveira

Kreiter, Serge, Payet, Rose-My & Azali, Hamza Abdou 2021
2021
Loc

Ueckermannseius eastafricae

Moraes G. J. de & Zannou I. D. & Oliveira A. R. & Yaninek J. S. & Hanna R. 2006: 30
2006
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