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Leonseius elbanhawy Carvalho, Ferragut & Oliveira

  • 1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Recife, Brazil.
  • 2. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE, Recife, Brazil.
  • 3. Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Roraima, Campus Bonfim, Roraima, Brazil.

Description

Leonseius elbanhawy Carvalho, Ferragut & Oliveira

Leonseius elbanhawy Carvalho, Ferragut & Oliveira 2019: 2126.

Specimens examined: Bonito: B. sericea, 23-II-2021 (1♀); M. silvatica, 23-II-2021 (1♀); T. esculenta, 23-II-2021 (13♀); Piper sp., 23-II-2021 (1♀); X. frutensis, 23-II-2021 (1♀); Caruaru: C. axilare, 15-I-2021 (1♀); Poaceae sp., 29-VI-2021 (1♀); T. spruceanum, 15-I-2021 (1♀).

Female (n=7). Dorsal shield 347 (341–356) long and 243 (237–252) wide. Setae j1 29 (26–31), j3 40 (37–43), j4 4, j5 3 (3–4), j6 5 (4–6), J2 5 (5–7), J5 8 (7–8), z2 3 (3–4), z3 12 (10–14), z4 5 (5–6), z5 4 (3–4), Z4 104 (102– 106), Z5 287 (273–304), s4 93 (87–99), s6 8 (7–10), S5 7 (6–8), r3 9 (7–11), R1 9 (7–11). Distances between st1–st3 63 (61–65), st2–st2 75 (73–77), st5–st5 75 (72–77). Ventrianal shield 114 (111–116) long, 59 (54–65) wide at level of ZV2 and 68 (67–72) wide at anus level; JV5 61 (54–67). Calyx of spermatheca 15 (13–19) long. Fixed cheliceral digit 29 (28–30) long, with 9–10 teeth; movable cheliceral digit 26 (26–27) long, with four teeth. Leg macrosetae: SgeI 53 (45–55), SgeII 41 (38–45), SgeIII 50 (46–52), SgeIV 130 (120–135), StiI 59 (56–64), StiII 30 (28–35) StiIII 37 (32–41), StiIV 75 (69–87), StI 61 (54–65), StII 35 (33–37), StIII 34 (32–35), StIV 54 (46–62).

Remarks. The measures of the seven adult females are similar to the original description (Carvalho et al. 2019).

Previous records. Brazil.

Notes

Published as part of Silva, Lídia Rafaele Almeida Da, Junior, Manoel Guedes Correa Gondim & Demite, Peterson Rodrigo, 2026, Phytoseiidae mites (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata) associated with native plants from the Caatinga biome, Pernambuco, Brazil, pp. 252-286 in Zootaxa 5741 (2) on page 271, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/19164925

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
R
Material sample ID
R1 , StI 61 , StII 35 , StIII 34 , StIV 54
Scientific name authorship
Carvalho, Ferragut & Oliveira
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Mesostigmata
Family
Phytoseiidae
Genus
Leonseius
Species
elbanhawy
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Carvalho, A. N., Argolo, P. S., Ferragut, F., Moraes, G. J. de, Beaulieu, F., Navia, D. & Oliveira, A. R. (2019) New morphological data for Leonseius regularis (De Leon) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and a description of a new species of the genus from Brazil. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 24, 2119-2132. https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.24.11.7