Typhlodromips culmulus (Van der Merwe)

El-Banhawy, E. M. & Knapp, M., 2011, Mites of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese from Kenya (Acari: Mesostigmata) 2945, Zootaxa 2945 (1), pp. 1-176 : 19

Typhlodromips culmulus (Van der Merwe)

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Amblyseius culmulus Van der Merwe, 1968: 132 ; Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 157.

Typhlodromips culmulus .— Moraes et al., 2004: 210; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 327.

Material examined. Kenya, one female, Mt. Elgon , altitude 2425 m , March 2005, Kakamega rain forest, altitude 1560 m ; one female, July 7, 2006 (El-Banhawy).

Female: Dorsal shield reticulated, 300 long, 200 wide (L/W ratio 1.5: 1), with four pairs of pores. Measurements of dorsal setae: j1, j3 18, j4, j5 9, j610, J214, J5 7, z2, z4 12, z5 7, Z1 10, Z4 35, Z5 70, s4 25, S2 12, S4, S5 8, r3 15, R1, 12, JV5 36. Setae Z 4 and Z5 serrated, remaining setae smooth. Peritrematal shield fused entirely with dorsal shield, reaching level of j1. Sternal shield smooth, distances between St I-St III 52 , St II-St II 58 , St IV on platelets. Genital shield 66 wide. Ventri-anal shield pentagonal, smooth, 105 long, 82 wide, with a pair of large crescentic pre-anal pores mesad to JV2 and three pairs of pre-anal setae (JV1, JV2, ZV2). Two pairs of metapodal platelets, a thin longitudinal sigillar sclerite and four pairs of setae surrounding ventri-anal shield. Fixed digit of chelicera with seven teeth, movable digit with three teeth. Spermatheca calyx dish shaped, 2.5 long, 14 wide with a short stalk, atrium nodular, 2 long. Macrosetae, Sge II 28 , Sge III 28 , Seg IV 46 , Sti IV 40 , St IV 55 . 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, 108 long, 150 wide, with a pair of crescentic pre-anal pores and three pairs of pre-anal setae. Spermatodactyl, shaft U-shaped, 18 long.

Remarks. The female and male paratype were collected from Munster, Natal, South Africa, April 15, 1955 ( Van der Merwe, 1968).

Figures

FIGURE 20. Typhlodromips culmulus (Van der Merwe) (Female). A. Dorsal shield; B. Ventral shields; C. Chelicera; D. Spermatheca; E. Genu II; F. Genu III; G. Leg IV; (Male). H. Ventri-anal shield; I. Spermatodactyl.