Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) balanites 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 : 19

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1901.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5134581
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EDBF53-FFEA-FFEE-FF37-FCA28EC2FAC6
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) balanites El-Badry
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Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) balanites El-Badry View in CoL

Typhlodromus balanites El-Badry, 1967a: 469 View in CoL .

Amblydromella (Amblydromella) balanites, Denmark & Welbourn, 2002: 307 .

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) balanites, Moraes et al., 2004: 313 View in CoL ; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 152.

Remarks. Female with idiosomal setal pattern 12A:8A/JV:ZV; dorsal shield strongly reticulate; all dorsal setae smooth and sharp-tipped; setae Z5 on distinct tubercles; setae r3 and R1 inserted on integument; seta ST3 inserted on sternal shield; posterior margin of sternal shield concave; ventrianal shield pentagonal, with 4 pairs of pre-anal setae; calyx of spermatheca bell-shaped; peritreme extending anteriorly to level of j1; fixed and movable cheliceral digits toothless; with a single and sharp-tipped macroseta on basitarsus of leg IV. Described from specimens collected at Shambat, Khartoum, Sudan, on Balanites aegyptiaca. No additional specimens were collected in the present study.

World distribution. Sudan and Egypt.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Mesostigmata
Family	Phytoseiidae
Genus	Typhlodromus