Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) DeLeon

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 : 7

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) DeLeon

Anthoseius DeLeon, 1959: 257 ; Muma, 1961: 296; Muma et al., 1970: 140; Kolodochka, 1998: 61; Denmark & Welbourn, 2002: 305.

Typhlodromus rhenanus group, Chant, 1959: 62.

Typhlodromus barkeri group, Chant, 1959: 60.

Amblydromella Muma, 1961: 294 ; Muma, 1967: 276; Denmark & Muma, 1973: 269; Chaudhri et al., 1974: 208; Denmark & Welbourn, 2002: 293.

Clavidromus Muma, 1961: 296 .

Typhlodromella Muma, 1961: 299 .

Chanteius (Colchodromus) Wainstein, 1962: 19 .

Mumaseius DeLeon, 1965: 23 .

Orientiseius Muma & Denmark, 1968: 238 ; Muma et al., 1970: 141.

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) Van der Merwe, 1968: 20 ; Karg, 1982: 194; Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 250; Moraes et al., 2004: 307; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 149.

Indodromus Ghai & Menon, 1969: 348.

Anthoseius (Amblydromellus) Wainstein, 1972: 1477 ; Karg, 1983: 323.

Anthoseius (Anthoseius) Wainstein, 1972: 1477 ; Karg, 1983: 322.

Anthoseius (Aphanoseius) Wainstein, 1972: 1478 .

Berethria Tuttle & Muma, 1973: 35 .

Vittoseius Kolodochka, 1988: 42 (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 1994).

Anthoseius (Litoseius) Kolodochka, 1992: 22 .

Anthoseius (Amblydromella), Denmark & Welbourn, 2002: 305 .

According to Chant & McMurtry (1994, 2007), the species in the subgenus Anthoseius are characterized by: presence of seta S5; 3 dorsal setal patterns: 12A:8A (the most common), 12A:7B [with T. (A.) arizonicus and T. (A.) demoraesi] and 11D:8B [with T. (A.) cephalochaitosus ]; caudoventral setal pattern of females JV:ZV (the most common), JV-3:ZV (in 25 species) or JV-4:ZV [with T. (A.) arizonicus and T. (A.) demoraesi; both species are included in this subgenus, despite the absence of setae S4 and JV4; the absence of those setae was considered by Chant & McMurtry (1994, 2007) as apomorphic character states shared with the species in the tribes Typhloseiopsini and Metaseiulini].

Sixty-two species of this subgenus are reported in this paper. Females of these species have 2 pairs of sternal pores; a pair of pre-anal pores except Typhlodromus (A.) argyronamus Ueckermann & Loots , Typhlodromus (A.) lootsi Schultz , Typhlodromus (A.) namaquaensis Ueckermann & Loots and Typhlodromus (A.) werneri Schultz , in which they are absent, and JV4, JV5, ZV1 and ZV3 present.