Typhlodromips De Leon

De Moraes, Gilberto J., Zannou, Ignace D., Ueckermann, Eddie A., Oliveira, Anibal R., Hanna, Rachid & Yaninek, John S., 2007, Species of the subtribes Arrenoseiina and Proprioseiopsina (Tribe Amblyseiini) and the tribe Typhlodromipsini (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa, Zootaxa 1448 (1), pp. 1-39 : 25-26

Typhlodromips De Leon

Typhlodromips De Leon, 1965: 23 ; Moraes et al., 2004: 205 (in part); Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 323.

Amblyseius (Typhlodromips), Wainstein, 1983: 313 .

Stable characters mentioned by Chant & McMurtry (2005b) for species of this genus are: sum of the ratios “length of dorsal shield/ length of S4” and “length of dorsal shield/ length of S5” larger than 26.0; dorsal shield with a constriction at level of R1; idiosomal setal pattern 10A:9B/JV-3:ZV (except Typhlodromips extrasetus Moraes, Oliveira & Zannou, 2001a , with setal pattern 10A:10B/JV-3:ZV; in this case, seta J1 present); dorsal setae (except Z5 and sometimes Z4) short or of medium length and subequal; seta z6 absent; setae z2 and z4 not longer than distances to bases of setae next behind; setae r3 and R1 of adult female never inserted on dorsal shield; peritreme extending forward to level of j1; with 3 pairs of sternal setae; 3 pairs of preanal setae, a pair of preanal pores; genua II and III with macrosetae. Males with 3 or 4 pairs of preanal setae.

Eight species of this genus were found in sub-Saharan Africa.