Typhlodromips fordycei (De Leon, 1959)

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 : 247-248

Typhlodromips fordycei (De Leon) ( Figure 172)

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromopsis) fordycei De Leon, 1959a: 117 .

Amblyseius fordycei .— De Leon, 1962b: 175; Moraes et al., 1991: 123.

Typhlodromus fordycei .— Hirschmann, 1962: 3.

Typhlodromips fordycei . — Moraes et al., 1986: 141, 2004b: 212; Chant & McMurtry, 2005c: 327, 2007: 61; Denmark & Evans, 2019: 88.

Typhlodromips igapo Nuvoloni, Lofego, Rezende & Feres, 2015b . New synonym.

Specimens measured. AM (2, in addition to one paratype provided by Moraes et al., 1991 and the means of the holotype and seven paratypes of T. igapo provided by Nuvoloni et al., 2015b shown respectively in square brackets).

Dorsal shield of female mostly reticulate, smooth posteriad Z4, 330–302 [298; 287] long and 190–225 [188; 167] wide. Setal lengths: j1 18–20 [22; 20], j3 17–19 [19; 21], j4 12–13 [14; 17], j5 11 [14; 16], j6 13–14 [16; 17], J2 17–18 [19; 20], J5 8–10 [12; 8], z2 13–16 [14; 18], z4 16–17 [16; 18], z5 13–14 [14; 12], Z1 18–20 [23; 21], Z4 32–36 [33; 36], Z5 68–70 [60; 62], s4 21 –25 [24; 24], S2 23 –20 [25; 24], S4 17 –20 [18; 19], S5 10 –17 [17; 17], r3 12–14 [16; 14] and R1 13–16 [18; 15]. Peritreme extending to level of j1. Distances between st1–st3 53–55 [53; 53], st2–st2 58–60 [64; 56], st5–st5 60–61 [61; 60]. Ventrianal shield 95–107 [110; 100] long, 82–97 [91; 65] wide at level of Zv2 and 94–98 [82; 78] at anus level. Spermathecal calyx cone-shaped, the diameter increasing uniformly toward vesicle, 7–8 [5; 6] long; atrium nodular. Fixed cheliceral digit 22–23 [26; 26] long, with seven [not mentioned; eight] teeth; movable digit 25–27 [28; 23] long, with four [not mentioned; three] teeth. Macrosetae on all legs, knobbed; SgeI 14–17 [20; 18], SgeII 11–13 [15; 14], SgeIII 18–20 [22; 22], SgeIV 24–28 [28; 32], StiIII 12–15 [15; 14], StiIV 12–13 [16; 13] and StIV 32–35 [35; 32].

Distribution in Brazil. Acre ( Nuvoloni et al., 2015b) and Amazonas ( Cruz et al., 2015; Nuvoloni et al., 2015b).

Distribution elsewhere. Colombia and Mexico.

Remarks. In the original description of T. igapo , the species was not compared with T. fordycei . A comparison between the type specimens of that species with the description of T. fordycei indicated that they should be considered as synonyms.