Typhlodromips furcus Lofego, Demite & Feres

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 : 248

Typhlodromips furcus Lofego, Demite & Feres ( Figure 173)

Typhlodromips furcus Lofego et al., 2011b: 110

Typhlodromips furcus .— Demite et al., 2017: 2164.

Specimens measured. SP (3).

Dorsal shield of female mostly reticulate, smooth posteriad S2 and at the area between j5, j6 and s4, 333 (320–342) long and 203 (195–210) wide. Setal lengths: j1 21 (18–23), j3 17 (14–22), j4 14 (13–15), j5 14 (12–16), j6 16 (14– 18), J2 19 (17–20), J5 13 (12–15), z2 16 (13–17), z4 18 (16–20), z5 15 (12–16), Z1 20 (18–21), Z4 38 (32–41), Z5 73 (68–82), s4 25 (22–29), S2 23 (21–26), S4 16 (15–19), S5 15 (13–17), r3 14 (13–16) and R1 17 (15–18). Peritreme extending to level of j1. Distances between st1–st3 58 (56–60), st2–st2 64 (63–68), st5–st5 67 (65–70). Ventrianal shield 118 (115–120) long, 99 (98–103) wide at level of Zv2 and 90 (85–100) at anus level. Spermathecal calyx funnel-shaped, 14 (12–17) long; atrium nodular. Fixed cheliceral digit 27 (26–28) long, with 8–9 teeth; movable digit 26 (24–27) long, with three teeth. Macrosetae on all legs, knobbed; SgeI 20 (17–23), SgeII 17 (15–19), SgeIII 24 (21–25), SgeIV 33 (30–36), StiIII 17 (15–19), StiIV 16 (15–19) and StIV 42 (39–45) .

Distribution in Brazil. Goiás ( Demite et al., 2017), Mato Grosso (Conceiç„o et al., 2021), Mato Grosso do Sul ( Mendonça et al., 2019) and São Paulo ( Demite et al., 2011, 2012; Lofego et al., 2011b, 2017).

Distribution elsewhere. Not reported.

Remarks. Species described from Brazil. The measurements of the specimens examined are similar to those of the original description.