Arrenoseius Wainstein

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 : 309-310

Genus Arrenoseius Wainstein

Arrenoseius morgani (Chant)

Typhlodromus morgani Chant, 1957: 294

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) morgani . — Chant, 1959: 85; Chant & Hansell, 1971: 726.

Amblyseius (Typhlodromips) morgani .—Muma 1961: 287.

Fundiseius morgani .—Knisley & Denmark, 1978: 12; Lehman, 1982: 217; Moraes et al., 1986: 58; 2004b: 88. Arrenoseius morgani .—Chant & McMurtry, 2004b: 303; 2007: 98.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) hystrix Muma, 1962: 6 (synonymy according to Lehman, 1982). Iphiseiodes hystrix .—Muma et al., 1967: 203.

Athiasia hystrix .—Farrier & Hennessey, 1993: 113.

Specimens examined. Pariquera-Açu, July 2002, 1 female on unidentified plant.

Previous records. Brazil [State of São Paulo (Castro & Moraes, 2010)]; Canada and USA (Moraes et al., 2004b) and France (Faraji, 2006).

Measurements of female (n= 1).

Dorsal shield 410 long and 340 wide. Setae j1 23, j3 34, j4 2, j5 2, j6 3, J2 2, J5 9, z2 2, z4 2, z5 2, Z1 2, Z4 115, Z5 128, s4 92, S2 2, S4 2, S5 3, r3 3, R1 4. Distances between St1 - St3 46, St2 - St2 73, St5 - St5 121. Ventrianal shield 147 long and 210 wide at level of ZV 2. Movable cheliceral digit 38 long, apparently with three teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 36 long, with six teeth. Calyx of spermatheca 20 long. Leg macrosetae: Sge IV 46, Sti IV 30, St IV 51.

Remarks. The measurements of the single specimen collected fit the original description as well as the redescription by Chant & Hansell (1971), except for the shorter j3 (51 in the original description).