Typhlodromalus peregrinus (Muma)

Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 3700 (3), pp. 301-347 : 326-327

Typhlodromalus peregrinus (Muma)

Typhlodromus peregrinus Muma, 1955: 270 .

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) peregrinus .—Chant, 1959: 97.

Typhlodromalus peregrinus .—Muma et al. 1970: 88; Moraes et al. 1986: 132; 2004b: 202; Zacarias & Moraes 2001: 582; Chant & McMurtry 2005b: 199; 2007: 111; Guanilo et al., 2008a: 15; 2008b: 25; Denmark & Evans, 2011: 57; Ferragut et al., 2011: 42.

Amblyseius peregrinus .—McMurtry 1983: 255; Moraes et al. 1991: 130.

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) robineae Chant, 1959: 98 (synonymy according to Muma, 1964).

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) evansi Chant, 1959: 99 (synonymy according to Muma, 1964).

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) primulae Chant, 1959: 99 (synonymy according to Muma, 1964).

Specimens examined. Cananéia, March 2001, 2 females on Piper sp. and 3 females on Senna multijuga (Rich.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby ; Cananéia, July 2001, 2 females on Rubus brasiliensis Mart. ; Cananéia, December 2001, 1 female on Clusia criuva Vesque ; 1 female on Lantana trifolia L.; 1 female on Mikania bracteosa DC. and 1 female on Mucuna altissima Hook. & Arn ; Cananéia, March 2002, 24 females on Baccharis semiserrata DC.; Ilha Comprida, July 2001, 3 females on Cordia curassavica (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult ; Ilha Comprida, December 2001, 9 females on Diodia radula Cham. & Schlecht. and 1 female on Lantana undulata Schrank ; Pariquera-Açu, July 2001, 21 female on Baccharis dracunculifolia DC.; Pariquera-Açu, December 2001, 1 female on Lantana camara L. and Pariquera-Açu, July 2002, 2 females on Bidens pilosa L. and 1 female on Centratherum punctatum Cass

Previous records. Brazil [States of Pernambuco and São Paulo (Moraes et al., 2004b); Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte (Furtado et al., 2005); Mato Grosso (Demite et al., 2009); Bahia (Souza et al., 2012) and Tocantins (Cruz et al., 2012)]; Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Hawaii, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Surinam, USA and Venezuela (Moraes et al., 2004b); Argentina (Guanilo et al., 2008a) and Dominican Republic (Ferragut et al., 2011).

Measurements of females (n= 15).

Dorsal shield 334 (320–350) long and 180 (167–217) wide. Setae j1 26 (21–30), j3 31 (27–35), j4 14 (12–16), j5 14 (12–16), j6 17 (15–20), J2 17 (15–22), J5 8 (5–10), z2 22 (17–25), z4 26 (25–30), z5 14 (11–17), Z1 22 (17– 25), Z4 43 (37–46), Z5 63 (57–65), s4 39 (35–43), S2 29 (25–34), S4 23 (20–28), S5 11 (10–15), r3 17 (16–20), R1 16 (12–20). Distances between St1 - St3 64 (56–67), St2 - St2 63 (60–66), St5 - St5 71 (66–78). Ventrianal shield 112 (102–121) long, 67 (62–73) wide at level of ZV2 and 62 (56–66) wide at anus level. Movable cheliceral digit 33 (31–36) long; fixed cheliceral digit 30 (28–33) long. Calyx of spermatheca 18 (11–23) long. Leg macrosetae: Sge I 12 (10–17), Sge II 16 (12–19), Sge III 24 (20–28), Sge IV 41 (35–44), Sti IV 20 (17–23), St IV 61 (56–66), all shaptipped, except for Sge IV and St IV, with a small distal knob.

Remarks. The measurements of specimens collected agree with the measurements provided by Moraes & Mesa (1988) for Colombian specimens, as well as with those reported by Zacarias & Moraes (2001) for specimens from the State of São Paulo. In contrast to what was reported by Moraes & Mesa (1988), and similarly to what was reported by Zacarias and Moraes (2001), the macroseta of tarsus IV is knob-tipped and the seta pd1 of genu I is distinctly thicker but not longer than other setae on the same segment.