Amblyseius operculatus De, 1967

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 : 54

Amblyseius operculatus De Leon ( Figure 37)

Amblyseius operculatus De Leon, 1967: 26 . Amblyseius operculatus . — Moraes et al., 1986: 26, 2004b: 45; Chant & McMurtry et al., 2004a: 201, 2007: 80; Ferla et al., 2011:

18; Gonçalves et al., 2013: 359; Rocha et al., 2015: 24; Souza et al., 2015: 107; Demite et al., 2017: 2152; Cavalcante et al., 2021: 3. Amblyseius (Amblyseius) operculatus . — Denmark & Muma, 1989: 47.

Specimens measured. BA, PE, SP (1, 2, 4).

Dorsal shield of female smooth, 378 (350–392) long and 270 (265–280) wide. Setal lengths: j1 40 (35–43), j3 48 (36–55), j4 7 (6–9), j5 6 (5–7), j6 8 (7–10), J2 9 (8–10), J5 8 (7–9), z2 13 (12–16), z4 11 (10–14), z5 7 (7–8), Z1 10 (9–11), Z4 142 (125–162), Z5 309 (282–377), s4 111 (100–125), S2 13 (13–15), S4 14 (13–15), S5 12 (10–15), r3 16 (15–17) and R1 11 (10–14). Peritreme extending to level of j1. Distances between st1–st3 73 (70–77), st2–st2 79 (75–85), st5–st5 77 (72–83). Ventrianal shield 133 (130–135) long, 85 (76–105) wide at level of Zv2 and 87 (80–112) at anus level. Spermathecal calyx short-tubular, 9 (6–12) long; atrium inconspicuous. Fixed cheliceral digit 38 (37–40) long, with 15–16 teeth; movable digit 45 (42–47) long, with five teeth. Macrosetae of legs I–IV, sharp-tipped; SgeI 48 (42–52), SgeII 44 (40–46), SgeIII 53 (45–57), SgeIV 121 (110–135), StiIII 39 (32–40), StiIV 80 (75–85) and StIV 79 (74–86) .

Distribution in Brazil. Amazonas ( Barbosa et al., 2021), Bahia ( Oliveira et al., 2007; Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008; Souza et al., 2012; Nuvoloni et al., 2015a, 2022; Argolo et al., 2017), Ceará ( Furtado et al., 2005; Barros et al., 2020), Goiás ( Demite et al., 2017), Mato Grosso ( Demite et al., 2021b), Minas Gerais ( Fiaboe et al., 2007; Silva et al., 2010), Paraíba ( Fiaboe et al., 2007), Paraná ( Araujo et al., 2022a), Pernambuco ( Moraes & Oliveira, 1982; Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001; Vasconcelos et al., 2006; Fiaboe et al., 2007; Mendes et al., 2021), Rio de Janeiro ( Collier et al., 2004; Cavalcante et al., 2021), Rio Grande do Sul ( Ferla et al., 2005, 2007, 2011; Morais et al., 2007, Gonçalves et al., 2013; Rocha et al., 2015), São Paulo ( Denmark & Muma, 1973; Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001; Zacarias & Moraes, 2001a; Castro & Moraes, 2010; Demite et al., 2011, 2012; Moraes et al., 2013; Lofego et al., 2017) and Santa Catarina ( Barbosa et al., 2021).

Distribution elsewhere. Costa Rica, Trinidad and USA.

Remark. The measurements are similar to those of the original description.