Typhlodromips ariri 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 : 239-240

Typhlodromips ariri Gondim Jr. & Moraes ( Figure 166)

Typhlodromips ariri Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001: 82 .

Typhlodromips ariri .— Moraes et al., 2004b: 207; Chant & McMurtry, 2005c: 327, 2007: 61; Ferragut & Navia, 2022a: 1233 .

Specimens measured. SP (6).

Dorsal shield of female areolate between j6 and J2, reticulate between r3 and R1 and smooth elsewhere, 274 (263– 280) long and 166 (161–170) wide. Setal lengths: j1 17 (15–18), j3 21 (20–22), j4 15 (14–17), j5 16 (15–17), j6 18 (17–19), J2 21 (20–23), J5 10 (8–11), z2 22 (20–23), z4 23 (22–25), z5 15 (13–16), Z1 25 (23–26), Z4 44 (42–48), Z5 75 (69–82), s4 34 (32–37), S2 33 (30–35), S4 23 (21–27), S5 18 (16–20), r3 15 (14–17) and R1 16 (15–17). Peritreme extending to level of j1. Distances between st1–st3 55 (52–57), st2–st2 57 (54–59), st5–st5 57 (55–63). Ventrianal shield 98 (92–103) long, 96 (92–100) wide at level of Zv2 and 81 (75–87) at anus level. Spermathecal calyx saccular, with a slight median constriction, 11 (9–14) long; atrium c-shaped. Fixed cheliceral digit 20 (19–21) long, with eight teeth; movable digit 24 (23–25) long, with 2–3 teeth. Macrosetae on legs I–IV, blunt to slightly knobbed; SgeI 21 (19–23), SgeII 16 (13–18), SgeIII 16 (15–17), SgeIV 23 (21–24), StiIII 15 (14–16), StiIV 21 (19–24) and StIV 37 (33–39) .

Distribution in Brazil. Minas Gerais ( Ferragut & Navia, 2022a), São Paulo (Castro & Moraes, 2010; Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001; 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.