Kuzinellus tigamiaensis El-Banhawy & Knapp, 2011

El-Banhawy, E. M. & Knapp, M., 2011, Mites of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese from Kenya (Acari: Mesostigmata) 2945, Zootaxa 2945 (1), pp. 1-176 : 51

Kuzinellus tigamiaensis El-Banhawy & Knapp n. sp.

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Material examined. Holotype female, Kenya, Ruma National Park , Nyanza Province, altitude 1400 m, December 8, 2005 (El-Banhawy) . Paratypes, 1 female,same data as holotype .

Female: Dorsal shield imbricate, 320 long, 150 wide. Measurements of dorsal setae: j1 18, j3 16, j4, j5, j6 10, J2 12, J5 9, z2, z3, 14, z4 16, z5 10, z6 12, Z4 28, Z5 42, s4, s6, S2 14, S4, S5 17, r3, R1 14, JV5 30. Setae Z 4, Z5, JV5 serrated and pointed distally. Peritrematal shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level of j1. Sternal shield, distances between St I-St III 58 , St II-St II 51 , St III off shield, St IV on platelets. Genital shield 60 wide. Ventri-anal shield 106 long, 70 wide with a pair of round pre-anal pores and four pairs of pre-anal setae (JV1, JV2, JV3, 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 two teeth, movable digit with two teeth. Spermatheca calyx tubular, 27 long, flared distally, atrium enlarged, 7 long, 3 wide. Macrosetae knobbed, Sge IV 14 , Sti IV 14 , St IV 32 ; 28. Chaetotaxy : genu II 2 , 2 / 0, 2/0, 1, genu III 1 , 2 /1, 2/0, 1.

Remarks. This species is similar to K. relentus Denmark & Matthysse. The presence of four knobbed macrosetae on leg IV and the serrated and pointed Z4, Z5, JV5 distiguished it from K. relentus . The male is unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 82. Kuzinellus tigamiaensis EL-Banhawy & Knapp n. sp. (Female). A. Dorsal shield; B. Ventral shields; C. Chelicera; D. Spermatheca; E. Leg IV.