Euseius inouei (Ehara & 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 : 135

Euseius inouei (Ehara & Moraes) ( Figure 96)

Amblyseius (Euseius) inouei Ehara & Moraes, 1998: 59 .

Euseius inouei .— Moraes et al., 2004b: 72; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 215, 2007: 121; Guanilo et al., 2008b: 13; Ferla et al., 2011: 16; Klock et al., 2011: 524.

Specimens measured. PR, RS (1, 2).

Dorsal shield of female reticulate, 340 (330–385) long and 240 (227–265) wide. Setal lengths: j1 23 (20–29), j3 28 (22–31), j4 15 (14–18), j5 16 (15–17), j6 18 (17–20), J2 20 (17–21), J5 7 (6–10), z2 21 (19–24), z4 24 (20–30), z5 17 (16–19), Z1 18 (17–22), Z4 23 (19–27), Z5 63 (60–64), s4 33 (32–39), S2 23 (19–25), S4 28 (23–30), S5 31 (22–38), r3 18 (16–23) and R1 15 (13–16). Peritreme extending to level of j3. Distances between st1–st3 56 (51–59), st2–st2 66 (63–69), st5–st5 79 (75–82). Ventrianal shield 108 (104–114) long, 64 (61–69) wide at level of Zv2 and 84 (78–92) at anus level. Spermathecal calyx tubular, narrowing toward vesicle, 23 (19–25) long; atrium slightly wider than calyx. Fixed cheliceral digit 24 (23–25) long, with three teeth; movable digit 24 (24–25) long, with one tooth. Macrosetae on legs II–IV, all capitate; SgeII 22 (18–24), SgeIII 31 (29–34), SgeIV 40 (37–45), StiIII 23 (21–26), StiIV 31 (29–37) and StIV 52 (47–56) .

Distribution in Brazil. Paraná ( Furtado et al., 2006), Rio Grande do Sul ( Ferla & Moraes, 2002b; Ferla et al., 2005, 2011; Furtado et al., 2006; Silva et al., 2008, 2020; Klock et al., 2011; Diehl et al., 2012; Johann et al., 2014; Reichert et al., 2014; Toldi et al., 2021a, b), São Paulo ( Feres et al., 2009; Castro & Moraes, 2010; Parecis-Silva et al., 2016) and Tocantins ( Cruz et al., 2012; Cañarte et al., 2020).

Distribution elsewhere. Argentina and Uruguay.

Remark. Measurements are similar to original description.