Ueckermannseius payetae Kreiter, 2021

Kreiter, Serge, Payet, Rose-My, Abo-Shnaf, Reham & Douin, Martial, 2021, New Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Mascareignes and Comoros Archipelagos (Indian Ocean): one new record, three new species groups and description of six new species and of six unknown males, Acarologia 61 (4), pp. 845-889 : 876

Ueckermannseius payetae Kreiter n. sp.

Zoobank: 467E989B-C03A-4997-8E25-823EECB3A126 Classification. Ueckermannseius payetae Kreiter n. sp. belongs to:

• the subfamily Amblyseiinae (absence of dorsolateral setae z3 and s6 and the caudoventral seta JV3),

• to the tribe Euseiini (sternal shield with median posterior projection, deutosternal groove> 5 µm in width, forward migration of pre-anal JV2 and ZV2),

• to the subtribe Typhlodromalina (chelicera of normal size and shape, with prominent teeth evenly distributed along fixed digit, peritreme usually extending to level of j1, deutosternal groove narrow, 4–7 µm width),

• to the genus Ueckermannseius (dorsal setae short/minute, shorter than distances between their bases, seta Z4 not as long as distance between its base and that of S4, dorsal shield smooth, except for anterolateral striation) ( Chant and McMurtry 2007),

• it also belongs to the species-group havu Kreiter new species group for the same reasons as the previous species (see text for previous species).