Amblyseius akahirai Ehara

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 : 14

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scientific name

Amblyseius akahirai Ehara
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Amblyseius akahirai Ehara View in CoL ( Figure 5)

Amblyseius akahirai Ehara, 1966a: 134 View in CoL .

Typhlodromips akahirai .— Moraes et al., 1986: 136, 2004b: 206.

According to Ehara (1966a), dorsal shield of female smooth, 350 long and 190 wide. Setal lengths: j1 24, j3 35, j4 5, j5 5, j6 6, J2 6, J5 5, z2 9, z4 9, z5 5, Z1 6, Z4 82, Z5 80, s4 48, S2 9, S4 9, S5 9, r3 20 and R1 8. Peritreme extending to level of j1. Measurements of ventral shields not provided. Spermathecal calyx cup-shaped, measurement not provided. Fixed cheliceral digit with “at least” eight teeth; number of teeth on movable digit not provided. Macrosetae of legs I–IV sharp-tipped; SgeIV 58, StiIV 51 and StIV 78 .

Distribution in Brazil. São Paulo ( Ehara, 1966a; Lofego et al., 2009).

Distribution elsewhere. Not reported.

Remarks. Species described from Brazil. Lofego et al. (2009) provided measurements for two specimens collected from S„o Paulo that were similar to those of the original description, except for s4, about 1.7 times longer.

Ehara, S. (1966 a) Some mites associated with plants in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, with a list of plant mites of South America. Japanese Journal of Zoology, 15 (2), 129 - 150.

Lofego, A. C., Demite, P. R., Moraes, G. J. de & Kishimoto, R. G. (2009) Phytoseiid mites on grasses in Brazil (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Zootaxa, 2240 (1), 41 - 59. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2240.1.3

Moraes, G. J. de, McMurtry, J. A. & Denmark, H. A. (1986) A Catalog of the Mite Family Phytoseiidae. References to Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Habitat. EMBRAPA-DDT, Brasilia, 353 pp.

Moraes, G. J. de, McMurtry, J. A., Denmark, H. A. & Campos, C. B. (2004 b) A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. Zootaxa, 434 (1), 1 - 494. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 434.1.1

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Mesostigmata

Family

Phytoseiidae

Genus

Amblyseius