Leonseius regularis

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 : 338-339

Leonseius regularis ( De Leon)

Typhloseiopsis regularis De Leon, 1965a: 122; Moraes et al., 1991: 136.

Diadromus regularis .— De Leon, 1966: 100; Moraes et al., 1986: 185.

Chanteius regularis .— De Leon, 1967: 16.

Typhlodromus regularis .—Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1983: 1034; El-Banhawy, 1984: 139.

Leonseius regularis .—Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 258; 2007: 161; Denmark et al., 1999: 81; Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001: 88; Moraes et al., 2004b: 275.

Specimens examined. Cananéia, February 2001, 1 female on Ocotea brachybotra Mez ; Cananéia, July 2002, 1 female on Aureliana fasciculata Sendt. ; Cananéia, July 2001, 1 female on Thelypteris sp.; Pariquera-Açu, July 2001, 2 females on Vochysia bifalcata Warm. ; Pariquera-Açu, July 2002, 1 female on Alchornea glandulosa Poepp. & Endl. , 1 female on Aureliana fasciculata Sendt , 1 female on Brunfelsia uniflora D. Don , 1 female on Cinnamomum verum J. Presl , 1 female on Eupatorium sp., 1 female on Miconia sp. and 3 females on unidentified plant.

Previous records. Brazil [States of Espirito Santo, Pernambuco and São Paulo (Moraes et al., 2004b) and Minas Gerais (Silva et al., 2010)]; Colombia, Costa Rica, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Puerto Rico and Trinidad (Moraes et al., 2004b).

Measurements of females (n= 12).

Dorsal shield 364 (342–385) long and 242 (212–275) wide. Setae j1 30 (25–30), j3 38 (35–42), j4 5 (4–5), j5 5 (4–5), j6 5, J2 5 (5–6), J5 8 (7–10), z2 3 (3–4), z3 11 (9–12), z4 5 (3–6), z5 5 (4–5), Z4 99 (77–112), Z5 273 (262– 307), s4 85 (65–100), s6 7 (5–10), S5 6 (4–7), r3 10 (9–12), R1 9 (7–10). Distances between St1 - St3 63 (59–68), St2 - St2 71 (68–75), St5 - St5 74 (72–77). Ventrianal shield 108 (103–115) long, 62 (59–67) wide at level of ZV 2 and 72 (70–74) wide at anus level. Movable cheliceral digit 33 (31–35) long, with four teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 30 (29–32) long, with 9–10 teeth and a pilus dentilis. Calyx of spermatheca 18 (15–23) long. Leg macrosetae: Sge I 55 (51–63), Sge II 40 (35–46), Sge III 49 (44–55), Sti III 36 (33–43), Sge IV 123 (110–135), Sti IV 72 (60–87), St IV 54 (50–62).

Remarks. The measurements of specimens collected fit the original description as well as the redescriptions provided by El-Banhawy (1984) and Moraes et al. (1991) for specimens from Espirito Santo ( Brazil) and Colombia respectively. Gondim Jr. & Moraes (2001) reported specimens from Pernambuco and São Paulo to have shorter calyx (ca. 30% shorter than original description).