Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) sudanicus El-Badry

Ueckermann, Edward A., Zannou, Ignace D., De Moraes, Gilberto J., Oliveira, Anibal R., Hanna, Rachid & Yaninek, John S., 2008, Phytoseiid mites of the tribe Typhlodromini (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa, Zootaxa 1901 (1), pp. 1-122 : 95

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) sudanicus El-Badry

Typhlodromus sudanicus El-Badry, 1967b: 106 .

Mumaseius sudanicus, Abbasova, 1972: 18 .

Amblydromella sudanica, Moraes et al., 1986: 176 .

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) sudanicus, Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 51 ; Moraes et al., 2004: 352; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 155.

Typhlodromus hierochunticus Amitai & Swirski, 1968: 35 (synonym by Abbasova, 1972).

Remarks. Female with idiosomal setal pattern 12A:8A/JV:ZV; dorsal shield smooth; dorsal setae smooth and sharp-tipped; setae J2, Z4, Z5 and S5 inserted on tubercles; setae r3 and R1 inserted on integument; seta ST3 on sternal shield; posterior margin of sternal shield indistinct; ventrianal shield pentagonal, strongly constricted at level of pre-anal pores, with 4 pairs of pre-anal setae (seta JV3 present); JV5 smooth and sharptipped; calyx of spermatheca bell-shaped and constricted near atrium; peritreme extending to level of j1; fixed and movable cheliceral digits with 1 tooth each; with a single and sharp-tipped macroseta, on tarsus of leg IV. Described from specimens collected at Barakat, Gezira, Sudan, on Gossypium sp No additional specimens collected in the present study.

World distribution. Sudan.