Typhlodromus kiambuensis 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 : 55-56

Typhlodromus kiambuensis El-Banhawy & Knapp n. sp.

( Fig. 90 )

Material examined. Holotype female, Taita hills, Coast Province, altitude 1630m, July 2006 (El-Banhawy) . Paratypes, 3 females, same data as holotype .

Female: Dorsal shield imbricate, 275 long, 160 wide, with four pairs of pores. Measurements of dorsal setae: j1 16, j3 15, j4, j5 12, j6, J2, 14, J5 9, z2 15, z3, z4 16, z5 10, Z4 35, Z5 46, s4 17, s6, S2, S4 18, S5 12, r3 16, R1 12, JV5 20. Setae Z 4, Z5 stout and serrated, Z5 knobbed. Peritrematal shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level of j1. Sternal shield, distances between St I-St III 58 , St II-St II 53 , St IV on platelets. Genital shield 53 wide. Ventri-anal shield 97 long, 70 wide, with a pair of round pre-anal pores mesad to JV 2 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 five teeth, movable digit with three teeth. Spermatheca calyx bell-shaped, 12 long, 5 wide, atrium nodular, 3 long, jointed to calyx with very short stalk. Macrosetae short and stout, Sge II 14 ; 12, Sge III 12 ; 9; 9, Sti III 12 ; 9, Sge IV 12 ; 12; 9; 9, Sti IV12 ; 9; 9, St IV 16 ; 12. Chaetotaxy : genu II 2 , 2 / 0, 2/0, 1, genu III 1 , 2 /1, 2/0, 1.

Remarks. This species is similar to T. constrictus Zannou, Moraes & Oliveira in the general morphology of the ventri-anal shield, the sternal shield and number of macrosetae on the legs. However, the spermatheca is different, seta JV5 short, simple and not knobbed and macrosetae short and stout. The male is unknown.

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FIGURE 90. Typhlodromus kiambuensis El-Banhawy & Knapp n. sp. (Female). A. Dorsal shield; B. Ventral shields; C. Chelicera; D. Spermatheca; E. Genu II; F. Leg III; G. Leg IV.