Typhlodromips baculiductus Ferragut & Carvalho

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 : 240

Typhlodromips baculiductus Ferragut & Carvalho ( Figure 167)

Typhlodromips baculiductus Ferragut & Carvalho , in Carvalho et al., 2017: 143 .

According to Carvalho et al. (2017), dorsal shield of female striate laterally, reticulate between j1 and Z4, areolate in the region between setae z4, z5 and s4 and smooth posteriad Z4, 310 (303–321) long and 191 (183–195) wide. Setal lengths: j1 22 (21–24), j3 20 (18–21), j4 14 (12–15), j5 14 (12–15), j6 16 (15–18), J2 21 (18–22), J5 12 (12–14), z2 17 (15–18), z4 18 (16–18), z5 16 (15–18), Z1 21 (21–23), Z4 36 (36–38), Z5 67 (63–69), s4 26 (24–27), S2 26 (24–30), S4 20 (18–21), S5 15 (14–18), r3 14 (12–15) and R1 16 (15–18). Peritreme extending to level of j1. Distances between st1–st3 57 (54–60), st2–st2 61 (58–63), st5–st5 74 (70–75). Ventrianal shield 107 (99–113) long, 90 (82–95) wide at level of Zv2 and 86 at anus level. Spermathecal major duct well sclerotised near atrium, where it seems partially encircled by an incomplete ring, beyond which the duct broadens up. Fixed cheliceral digit 24 (24–25) long, with nine teeth; movable digit 26 (24–27) long, with three teeth. Macrosetae on legs I–IV, knobbed; SgeI 21 (20–21), SgeII 15 (15–18), SgeIII 22 (21–23), SgeIV 34 (33–36), StiIV 13 (12–15) and StIV 39 (34–42) .

Distribution in Brazil. Bahia ( Carvalho et al., 2017).

Distribution elsewhere. Not reported.

Remarks. Species described from Brazil and known only from the type specimens.