Euseius neofustis 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 : 41

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2945.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5290071

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/256CA868-FFB2-FFFB-FF6F-BD1DFD20FB9B

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scientific name

Euseius neofustis Moraes & McMurtry
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Euseius neofustis Moraes & McMurtry View in CoL

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Euseius neofustis Moraes & McMurtry, 1988: 16 View in CoL .

Material examined. Kenya, 2 females, Wasini Island , July 21, 2005 ; 1 female, Funzi Island , July 25, 2005 ; 1 female, Mukaka Forest, Kwale, Coast Province , July 26, 2005 ( El-Banhawy ) .

Female: Dorsal shield imbricate, 335 long, 112 wide, with six pairs of pores. Measurements of dorsal setae: j1, j3 25, j4 20, j5 16, j6 23, J2 24, J5 9, z2 18, z4 23, z5 18, Z1 23, Z4 25, Z5 48, s4 30, S2, S4, S5 24, r3, R1 16, JV5 32. Setae Z 5 serrated, remaining setae smooth, R1 on dorsal shield. Peritrematal shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level between z2 and z4. Sternal shield smooth, distances between St I-St III 65 , St II-St II 70 , St IV free on integument. Genital shield 84 wide. Ventri-anal shield 105 long, 55 wide, with a pair of crescentic preanal pores 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 three small teeth clustered distally, movable digit with one tooth. Spermatheca calyx 55 long, filamentous, atrium inconspicuous. Macrosetae knobbed, Sge II 18 , Sge III 25 , Sti III 18 , Sge IV 28 ; 39, Sti IV 21 ; 24; 28, St IV 35 ; 32. Chaetotaxy : genu II 2 , 2 / 0, 2/0, 1, genu III 1 , 2 /1, 2/0, 1.

Remarks. The female holotype and male paratype were collected from Kilifi, Kenya, September 12, 1985, H. Van den Berg, ( Moraes & McMurtry, 1988).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Mesostigmata

Family

Phytoseiidae

Genus

Euseius

Loc

Euseius neofustis Moraes & McMurtry

El-Banhawy, E. M. & Knapp, M. 2011
2011
Loc

Euseius neofustis

Moraes, G. J. de & McMurtry, J. A. 1988: 16
1988
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