Macrocaudus multisetatus Moraes, McMurtry & Mineiro

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 : 192-193

Macrocaudus multisetatus Moraes, McMurtry & Mineiro ( Figure 134)

Macrocaudus multisetatus Moraes et al., 2003: 49 .

Macrocaudus multisetatus . — Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 15.

Specimen measured. SP (1, paratype).

Dorsal shield of female reticulate, except for a smooth band at the level of Z4, 325 long and 197 wide. Setal lengths: j1 18, j3 25, j4 24, j5 23, j6 24, J2 22, J3 29, J4 26, J5 29, z2 27, z4 28, z5 23, Z1 28, Z3 27, Z4 31, Z5 35, s4 28, S2 33, S4 30, S5 31, r3 32 and R1 34. Peritreme extending to level of j1. Distances between st1–st3 55, st2–st2 60, st5–st5 68. Ventrianal shield 110 long, 118 wide at level of Zv2 and 98 wide at anus level. Spermathecal calyx long, broad near vesicle, narrowing to very thin section and becoming bulbous near atrium, 31 long; atrium narrow and oblong. Fixed cheliceral digit 28 long, with 11 teeth; movable digit 31 long, with two teeth. Leg macrosetae absent; two long setae on distitarsus IV: ad2 51 and pd3 53 .

Distribution in Brazil. São Paulo ( Moraes et al., 2003).

Distribution elsewhere. Not reported.

Remarks. Species described from Brazil and only known from the type specimens.