Amblyseius duplicesetus Moraes & McMurtry

El-Banhawy, E. M. & Knapp, M., 2011, Mites of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese from Kenya (Acari: Mesostigmata) 2945, Zootaxa 2945 (1), pp. 1-176 : 25

Amblyseius duplicesetus Moraes & McMurtry

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Amblyseius duplicesetus Moraes & McMurtry, 1988: 13 ; Moraes et al., 2004: 22.

Material examined. Kenya, 3 females, Lamu Island, July 19, 2005; 7 females, Wasini Island, July 24, 2005; 1 female, Mukaka forest , Mombasa, July 26, 2005; 2 females, Moana-Diani Beach , Mombasa, Coast Province , July 26, 2005 (El-Banhawy) .

Female: Dorsal shield smooth, 335 long, 196 wide. Measurements of dorsal setae: j1 46, j3 50, j4, j5, j6, J2, J5 4–6, z2, z4, z5 4–6, Z1 8, Z4 90, Z5 304, s4 102, S2, S4, S5 7, r3, R1 10, JV5 60. Peritrematal shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level of j1. Sternal shield smooth, distances between St I-St III 55 and St II-St II 70 , St IV on platelets. Genital shield 74 wide. Ventri-anal shield 115 long, 55 wide at level of ZV2, 70 wide at level of anus, with a pair of elliptical pre-anal pores mesad to JV2, and three pairs of pre-anal setae (JV1, JV2, ZV2). Two pairs of metapodal platelets, two pairs of sigillar sclerites and four pairs of setae surrounding ventri-anal shield. Fixed digit of chelicera with 1two teeth, movable digit with three teeth. Spermatheca calyx 12 long, flared distally, atrium enlarged, 4 long. Macrosetae, Sge II 36 , Sge III 48 , Sti III 36 , Sge IV 145 , Sti IV 106 , St IV 65 . Chaetotaxy: genu II 2 , 2 / 0, 2/0, 1, genu III 1 , 2 /1, 2/0, 1.

Male: Chaetotaxy of dorsal shield as in female. Ventri-anal shield reticulated 122 long, 160 wide, with a pair of small pre-anal pores and three pairs of pre-anal setae. Spermatodactyl L-shaped, foot 5 long, toe 3, shaft 14.

Remarks. The female holotype was collected from Kilifi, Kenya, November 30, 1989, J. S. Yaninek ( Zannou et al., 2007). The male paratype was collected from Malindi, Coast Province, Kenya, July 18, 2005 (El-Banhawy). The present specimens showed that the ventri-anal shield is not constricted as in the holotype specimen, other diagnostic characters are identical.

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FIGURE 32. Amblyseius duplicetosus Moraes & McMurtry (Female). A. Dorsal shield; B. Ventral shields; C. Chelicera; D. Spermatheca; E. Genu II; F. Leg III; G. Leg IV; (Male). H. Ventri-anal shield; I. Spermatodactyl.