Amblyseius largoensis (Muma)

Lofego, Antonio Carlos, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo, Demite, Peterson Rodrigo & Moraes, Gilberto José De, 2024, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of the subfamily Amblyseiinae from Brazil, Zootaxa 5439 (1), pp. 1-306 : 42

Amblyseius largoensis (Muma) ( Figure 27)

Amblyseiopsis largoensis Muma, 1955: 266 .

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) largoensis . — Chant, 1959: 96.

Amblyseius (Amblyseialus) largoensis . — Muma, 1961: 287.

Typhlodromus largoensis . — Hirschmann, 1962: 9.

Amblyseius largoensis . — Chant, 1965: 364; Schicha, 1981a: 105; McMurtry & Moraes, 1984: 34; Moraes et al., 1986: 17, 2004a: 143; 2004b: 33; 2013: 307; Zhang, 2001: 109; Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 208, 2007: 78; Zannou et al., 2007: 16 ; Oliveira et al., 2012a: 4 ; Abo-Shnaf et al., 2016: 610; Silva et al., 2016: 1136; Ferragut & Baumann, 2019: 835; D̂ker et al., 2022a: 867.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) largoensis . — Ehara, 1966b: 22; Gupta, 1986: 51; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 55.

Amblyseius (Amblyseialus) magnoliae Muma, 1961: 289 (synonymy according to Denmark & Evans, 2011: 69).

Typhlodromus magnoliae . — Hirschmann, 1962: 22.

Amblyseius magnoliae . — Moraes et al., 1986: 20, 2004b: 36; Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 208; 2007: 80.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) sakalava Blommers, 1976: 96 ; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 56 (synonymy according to Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 70).

Amblyseius sakalava . — McMurtry & Moraes, 1984: 35; Moraes et al., 1986: 29, 2004b: 35; Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 208, 2007: 81; Kreiter et al., 2013: 290 .

Amblyseius amtalaensis Gupta, 1977a: 53 ; Moraes et al., 1986: 7, 2004b: 35; Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 203, 2007: 75 (synonymy according to Gupta, 1986: 51).

Specimens measured. AM, BA, PE (1, 3, 2).

Dorsal shield of female mostly smooth, with scant anterolateral striae, 355 (342–360) long and 248 (227–257) wide. Setal lengths: j1 38 (32–40), j3 49 (42–52), j4 7 (3–8), j5 5 (3–7), j6 7 (4–8), J2 9 (7–10), J5 8 (7–9), z2 9 (7–10), z4 8 (5–10), z5 5 (5–7), Z1 10 (7–12), Z4 97 (90–100), Z5 277 (263–300), s4 94 (87–103), S2 13 (10–15), S4 12 (10–13), S5 9 (7–12), r3 13 (12–15) and R1 10 (7–11). Peritreme extending to level of j1. Distances between st1–st3 66 (62–70), st2–st2 66 (52–72), st5–st5 67 (65–70). Ventrianal shield 111 (100–125) long, 48 (45–57) wide at level of Zv2 and 72 (67–75) at anus level. Spermathecal calyx tubular, 23 (20–25) long; atrium nodular, as wide as calyx. Fixed cheliceral digit 29 (27–30) long, with ten teeth; movable digit 33 (30–35) long, with three teeth. Macrosetae of legs I–IV, sharp-tipped; SgeI 40 (37–45), SgeII 37 (35–40), SgeIII 44 (35–45), SgeIV 120 (110–130), StiIII 38 (32–40), StiIV 92 (83–97) and StIV 65 (57–72) .

Distribution in Brazil. Alagoas ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008; Silva et al., 2016), Amazonas ( Vasconcelos & Silva, 2015), Bahia ( Oliveira et al., 2007; Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Ceará ( Mendes et al., 2017, 2021; Barros et al., 2020, 2022), Espírito Santo ( Barroso et al., 2019), Fernando de Noronha Archipelago (Vasconcelos et al., 2016); Maranhão ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Pará ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Paraíba ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Pernambuco ( Moraes & Oliveira, 1982; Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001; Barbosa et al., 2003; Vasconcelos et al., 2006; Mendes et al., 2021; França-Beltr„o et al., 2023; Melo et al., 2023), Piauí ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Rio de Janeiro ( Cavalcante et al., 2021), Rio Grande do Norte ( Furtado et al., 2005; Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Roraima (Gondim Jr. et al., 2012; Figuerêdo et al., 2019; Fidelis et al., 2022), São Paulo ( Ehara, 1966a; Denmark & Muma, 1973; Castro & Moraes, 2010; Moraes et al., 2013) and Sergipe ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008; Coelho et al., 2020).

Distribution elsewhere. Angola, Anjouan Island, Australia, Benin, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, French Guiana, Futuna Island, Georgia, Gilbert Islands, Grande Comore Island, Guadaloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, La Desirade, Les Saintes, Madagascar, Madeira, Malaysia, Maldives, Marie Galante, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte Island, Mexico, Mohéli Island, Morocco, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Reunion Island, Rodrigues Island, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts, Saint Martin, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tanzania, Trinidad, Turkey, USA, US Samoa, Vanuatu, Venezuela and Vietnam.

Remarks. Setal measurements were not provided in the original description.The measurements of the specimens examined are similar to those of Denmark & Muma (1989), except Z5 and length of spermathecal calyx, each approximately 1.3 times longer, but similar to the measurements of McMurtry & Moraes (1984).