Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) transvaalensis (Nesbitt)

Guanilo, Alberto Daniel, Moraes, Gilberto José De & Knapp, Markus, 2008, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) of the subfamilies Phytoseiinae Berlese and Typhlodrominae Wainstein from Peru, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 1729, pp. 49-60 : 57

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) transvaalensis (Nesbitt)

Kampimodromus transvaalensis Nesbitt 1951: 55 .

Typhlodromus jackmickleyi De Leon 1958: 75 (synonym, according to Muma and Denmark 1968). Neoseiulus transvaalensis, Muma 1961: 295 .

Typhlodromus transvaalensis, Chant and Baker 1965: 5 ; Schicha 1981: 36; Moraes and Mesa 1988: 83. Clavidromus transvaalensis, Muma and Denmark 1968: 238; Muma et al. 1970: 128. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) transvaalensis, Chant and McMurtry 1994: 252 ; Moraes et al. 2004: 355.

FEMALE. (2 specimens measured)

Dorsal shield 385 (368–403) long, 234 (225–243) wide; j1 30, j3 42 (41–42), j4 31 (30–31), j5 34, j6 38 (37–38), J2 46, J5 11 (10–12), z2 24 (23–25), z3 41, z4 40, z5 29 (28–30), Z4 54 (50–58), Z5 64 (61–66), s4 49 (47–50), s6 48, S2 56 (55–56), S4 59 (58–60), S5 10 (9–10), r3 37, R1 44 (43–44); distances between ST1- ST3 66 (65–68), ST2-ST2 65 and ST5-ST5 78 (75–80); ventrianal shield 135 (123–148) long, 84 (83–85) wide at level of ZV2 and 80 (75–85) wide at level of anus; with 3 pairs of preanal setae [JV1, JV2 and ZV2 (one specimen with JV1 of one side off ventrianal shield)]; JV5 59 (58–60); movable cheliceral digit 30 (29– 31) long, with 1 tooth; fixed cheliceral digit 32 (31–33) long, with 3 teeth; calyx of spermatheca 18 (15–20), distinctly more sclerotized for a third of its length next to vesicle; Sge IV 25 (24–25), Sti IV 29 (27–30), St IV 46 (45–47). Chaetotaxy: genu II - 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1; genu III - 1, 2/1, 2/0, 1.

Specimens examined. Lima: Huaral-Donoso, 1-VIII-2005, on A. huarango (1Ψ); Moquegua: Omate, 27-VI-2005, on Solanum tuberosum (1Ψ).

Previous records. Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Costa Rica, Egypt, Georgia, Hawaii, Israel, Jordan, New Caledonia, Panama, Peru- Ica ( Guanilo 2006), Philippines, Reunion Island, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, USA.