Typhlodromips cananeiensis Gondim Jr. & Moraes

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 : 240-242

Typhlodromips cananeiensis Gondim Jr. & Moraes ( Figure 168)

Typhlodromips cananeiensis Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001: 84 .

Typhlodromips cananeiensis .— Moraes et al., 2004b: 209; Chant & McMurtry, 2005c: 327, 2007: 61; Cavalcante et al., 2021: 3 .

Specimens measured. SP (10).

Dorsal shield of female reticulate along anterolateral margin and in most of its posterior half, smooth elsewhere, 320 (300–337) long and 200 (180–220) wide. Setal lengths: j1 18 (15–21), j3 17 (15–20), j4 13 (10–16), j5 12 (10–14), j6 14 (10–17), J2 15 (12–17), J5 9 (7–11), z2 14 (12–16), z4 13 (9–17), z5 11 (9–14), Z1 15 (12–17), Z4 28 (24–31), Z5 64 (57–71), s4 19 (15–22), S2 18 (15–20), S4 16 (14–18), S5 16 (14–18), r3 13 (11–14) and R1 14 (12–16). Peritreme extending to level of j1. Distances between st1–st3 58 (55–61), st2–st2 64 (61–65), st5–st5 61 (57–65). Ventrianal shield 108 (100–115) long, 101 (95–107) wide at level of Zv2 and 81 (72–89) at anus level. Spermathecal calyx cone-shaped, 5 (4–6) long; atrium globose. Fixed cheliceral digit 21 (17–25) long, with seven teeth; movable digit 22 (18–26) long, with three teeth. Macrosetae on legs III, sharp-tipped, and leg IV, knobbed; SgeIII 16 (14–18), SgeIV 25 (21–28), StiIII 15 (13–16), StiIV 19 (15–23) and StIV 35 (29–40) .

Distribution in Brazil. Alagoas ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Bahia ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Rio de Janeiro ( Cavalcante et al., 2021), Rio Grande do Sul ( Horn et al., 2011) and São Paulo (Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001; Zacarias & Moraes, 2001a; Castro & Moraes, 2010; Moraes et al., 2013).

Distribution elsewhere. Not reported.

Remarks. Species described from Brazil. The measurements of the specimens examined are similar to those of the original description. This was the second most abundant phytoseiid species collected by Castro & Moraes (2010) in the Atlantic Forest of the state of S„o Paulo, in southeastern Brazil, where it was found on the largest number (18 species) of host plants. The measurements provided by Cavalcante et al. (2021) are very similar to the measurements of the original description; no other reports of this species in Brazil provide additional morphological data. See remarks of the following species.