Paragigagnathus insuetus (Livshitz & Kuznetsov)

Döker, İsmail, Kazak, Cengiz & Karut, Kamil, 2015, A new species and two new records of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Turkey, Zootaxa 3918 (3), pp. 439-445 : 442-443

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scientific name	Paragigagnathus insuetus (Livshitz & Kuznetsov)
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Paragigagnathus insuetus (Livshitz & Kuznetsov) View in CoL

Amblyseius insuetus Livshitz & Kuznetsov, 1972: 27 .

Amblyseius insuetus .— Moraes et al., 1986: 16; Papadoulis & Emmanoel, 1991: 49.

Pamiroseius insuetus .— Kolodochka, 1989: 227.

Paragigagnathus insuetus View in CoL .— Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 43; Moraes et al., 2004: 159; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 33; Papadoulis et al., 2009: 76; Hajizadeh et al., 2010: 225.

Material examined. Two females, near Karakaya dam lake, Kuluşağı town, Malatya, on Tamarix sp. ( Tamaricaceae ), 30 May 2014; two males and two females, Silvan county, Diyarbakır, on Tamarix sp., 16 August 2014; 10 males and 25 females, near Seyhan dam lake, Adana city centre, on Tamarix sp., 21 September 2014. Specimens are deposited in the mite collection of the Acarology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey.

Female (n=10). Idiosomal seta lengths: j1 14 (13–15), j3 18 (15–20), j4 16 (15–18), j5 16 (15–18), j6 18 (18–20), J2 17 (15–18), J5 11 (10–13), z2 20 (18–23), z4 19 (18–20), z5 19 (18–20), Z119 (18–20), Z4 23 (20–25), Z5 24 (23–25), s4 19 (18–20), S2 22 (20–23), S4 21 (20–23), S5 21 (20–23), r3 19 (18–20), R1 18 (15–20), JV5 19 (18–20). Leg setae: BtIV 21 (20–23).

Distrubution. Greece ( Papadoulis & Emmanouel, 1991), Iran ( Hajizadeh et al., 2010), Turkmenistan ( Livshitz & Kuznetsov, 1972), Ukraine ( Kolodochka, 1982), Turkey (this study).

Remarks. This new record is the first species of the genus Paragigagnathus for the Turkish fauna. Morphological characters and measurements of the Turkish specimens are very close to those of the original description and re-descriptions.

Calyx of spermatecha goblet-shaped goblet-shaped funnel-shaped goblet-shaped funnel-shaped Insertion of serrated not on tubercles on tubercles on tubercles on tubercles not on tubercles dorsal setae

Morphology of setae setiform knobbed tip knobbed tip knobbed tip setiform BtIV

Solenostomes on VAS absent absent present present present

References

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Hajizadeh, J., Faraji, F., Rafatifard, M. & Kamranfard, F. (2010) The genus Paragigagnathus Amitai and Grinberg (Acari: Phytoseiidae) in Iran, with a key to the known species. Systematic & Applied Acarology, 15, 222 - 227.

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