Typhlodromina conspicua Garman
Description
Typhlodromina conspicua (Garman)
Iphidulus conpicuus Garman 1948: 14.
Typhlodromus conspicuous, Nesbit 1951: 22; Muma 1955: 268; De Leon 1959: 125; Hirschmann 1962:17; Specht 1968: 674; Chant et al. 1974: 1270; Chant and Yoshida-Shaul 1983: 1044 –1045.
Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) conpicuus, Cunliffe and Baker 1953: 11; Chant 1959: 55.
Typhlodromina conspicua, Muma 1961: 297; 1964: 37–38; De Leon 1967: 16; Muma and Denmark 1969: 407 –408; Zack 1969: 78; Denmark and Muma 1975: 298; Moraes et al. 2004: 304; Chant and McMurtry 2007: 169.
FEMALE. (2 specimens measured)
Dorsal shield 369 (363–375) long, 281 (278–285) wide; j1 29 (28–29), j3 37, j4 28 (26–29), j5 31 (30– 31), j6 35, J2 39, J5 9, (8–10), z2 22, z3 43 (41–44), z4 45 (44–45), z5 34 (33–34), Z4 70, Z5 67 (66–68), s4 53 (51–54), s6 59 (57–60), S5 50 (48–52), r3 24 (23–25), R1 16 (15–16); distances between ST1-ST3 59 (58– 61), ST2-ST2 64 (63–65) and ST5-ST5 73; ventrianal shield 114 (113–115) long, 76 (75–78) wide at level of ZV2 and 63 wide at level of anus; JV5 53 (52–54); movable cheliceral digit 29 (28–30) long, with 1 tooth; fixed cheliceral digit 24 (23–25) long, with 3 teeth; calyx of spermatheca 29 (28–30); Sge IV 29 (28–30), Sti IV 26, St IV 44 (43–44). Chaetotaxy: genu II - 2, 2/1, 2/0, 1 (in one female collected in this study, 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1 on one side); genu III - 1, 2/1, 2/0, 1.
MALE. (1 specimen measured)
Dorsal shield 245 long, 180 wide; j1 broken, j3 28, j4 19, j5 broken, j6 19, J2 broken, J5 5, z2 18, z3 30, z4 33, z5 broken, Z4 53, Z5 47, s4 34, s6 40, S5 28, r3 19, R1 10; setae smooth, except Z4 and Z5, lightly serrate; ventrianal shield subtriangular and reticulate 105 long, 144 wide at the anterior corners, with 5 pairs of preanal setae, 3 pairs of lyrifisures (respectively anterior and about in longitudinal line with JV1, posterolateral to ZV1 and between JV3 and ZV3), elliptical preanal pores posteromesad to JV2; sharp-tipped macrosetae; Sge IV 22, Sti IV 20, St IV 40; peritreme extending forward to level of j3.
Specimens examined. Cajamarca: San Ignacio-Tomaque (5° 7' 35" S, 78° 58' 41" W), 4-VIII-2006, on Capsicum annum (4Ψ, 1%).
Previous records. Canada, Cuba, Galapagos, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, USA and Venezuela.
Remarks. The females collected in this study agree with measurements of the holotype given by Chant and Yoshida-Shaul (1983).
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Published as part of 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, pp. 49-60 in Zootaxa 1729 on pages 54-55, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181261Files
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Phytoseiidae
- Genus
- Typhlodromina
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Mesostigmata
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Garman
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- conspicua
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References
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