Amblydromalus manihoti (Moraes)

Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 3700 (3), pp. 301-347 : 319

Amblydromalus manihoti (Moraes)

Amblyseius manihoti Moraes in Moraes et al., 1994: 211.

Typhlodromalus manihoti .—Yaninek et al., 1989: 113; Denmark et al., 1999: 58; Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001: 82; Zacarias & Moraes, 2001: 582; Moraes et al., 2004b: 200; 2006: 4; Buosi et al., 2006: 6; Guanilo et al., 2008b: 23. Amblydromalus manihoti .—Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 207; 2007: 117.

Specimens examined. Cananéia, February 2001, 1 female on Senna multijuga (Rich.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby ; Cananéia, April 2001, 10 females on Inga sp.; Cananéia, July 2002, 1 female on Guatteria australis St. Hil.; Pariquera-Açu, October 2001, 1 female on Inga edulis Mart. ; Pariquera-Açu, July 2002, 3 females on unidentified plants and Luis Antonio, April 2001, 1 female on unidentified plant.

Previous records. Brazil [States of Alagoas, Bahia, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, São Paulo and Sergipe (Moraes et al., 2004b); Amazonas (Návia et al., 2005); Mato Grosso (Demite et al., 2009) and Minas Gerais (Silva et al., 2010)]; Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad and Venezuela (Moraes et al., 2004b); Benin and Ghana (Moraes et al., 2006).

Measurements of females (n= 6).

Dorsal shield 316 (310–330) long and 200 (187–212) wide. Setae j1 27 (25–28), j3 35 (33–37), j4 8, J5 7, j6 9 (8–10), J2 12 (11–13), J5 7 (7–8), z2 11 (10–13), z4 10 (9–12), z5 7 (5–7), Z1 12 (9–15), Z4 13 (12–15), Z5 64 (52– 70), s4 41 (35–43), S2 13 (12–15), S4 13 (12–15), S5 10 (8–11), r3 13 (12–17), R1 10 (7–12). Distances between St1 - St3 60 (60–62), St2 - St2 66 (66–67), St5 - St5 75 (75–76). Ventrianal shield 105 (90–116) long, 58 (56–60) wide at level of ZV 2 and 61 (55–68) wide at anus level. Movable cheliceral digit 28 (25–30) long, with four teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 28 long, with ten teeth. Calyx of spermatheca 22 long. Leg macrosetae: Sge I 37 (35–39), Sge II 33 (32–35), Sge III 37 (34–40), Sti III 30 (30–32), Sge IV 58 (54–61), Sti IV 44 (44–45), St IV 81 (79–85).

Remarks. The measurements of the specimens collected fit the original description, except for the generally longer Z5 [50 (41–55) in the original description].