Proprioseiopsis messor
Creators
- 1. Depto. Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, ESALQ-Universidade de São Paulo- 13418 - 900 Piracicaba-SP, Brazil. E-mail: gjmoraes @ carpa. ciagri. usp. br Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag X 134, Queenwood, Pretoria; 0121 South Africa Biological Control Centre for Africa, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 08 B. P. 0932, Cotonou, Benin, West Africa Dept. Entomology, Smith Hall Room 100, 901 W State Street, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 - 2089; USA
Description
Proprioseiopsis messor (Wainstein)
(Fig. 11)
Typhlodromus messor Wainstein, 1960: 688.
Amblyseius messor, Athias-Henriot, 1961: 425.
Amblyseius (Amblyseius) messor, Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 66.
Proprioseiopsis messor, Moraes et al., 2004: 180; Chant & McMurtry, 2005a: 15.
Amblyseius (Amblyseius) apheles Van der Merwe, 1968: 121 (synonymy according to Ueckermann & Loots, 1988). Amblyseius lindquisti Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 246 (synonymy according to Abbasova, 1972).
Female. (Specimens measured. South Africa: 2)
Dorsum. Dorsal shield smooth, 386(384–387) long and 248(244–252) wide. Setae j1 32, j3 46(41–50), j4 4, j5 4, j6 9(8–9), J5 13, z2 35, z4 17, z5 5, Z1 7(6–8), Z4 115(107–123), Z5 169(154–183), s4 82(76–88), S2 9, S4 9, S5 18 (16–19), r3 22(21–22), R1 13. Setae smooth, except Z4 and Z5 which are serrate.
Venter. Sternal shield mostly smooth, with lateral striae, posterior margin concave; distances between St1- St3 61(59–62), St2-St2 77(67–82). Genital shield smooth; distance between St5-St5 82(81–82). Ventrianal shield pentagonal, reticulate, anterior margin very slightly concave, 122(117–126) long, 112(110–113) wide at level of Zv2 and 91 wide at level of anus, small preanal pores posterior to Jv2 (see remarks bellow). Ventral setae smooth.
Chelicera. Movable digit 29(28–30) long, with 1 tooth; fixed digit 28(27–28) long, with 4 teeth and a pilus dentilis.
Spermatheca. Calyx saccular, 15(13–16) long; atrium appressed to base of the calyx.
Legs. Sharp-tipped macrosetae; Sge II 30(28–32), Sge III 40(38–41), Sge IV 79, Sti IV 63(60–66), St IV 69. Chaetotaxy: Sge II: 2-2/1, 2/0- 1; Sge III: 1-2/1, 2/0-1.
Specimens examined: South Africa: Stellenbosch, Western Cape Province, from Populus sp., 12-I-1955, P.A.J. Ryke.
Remarks. In both specimens, one member of preanal pores is posterior and slightly mesad to Jv2, whereas the other is well posterior and laterad to JV2, next to the margin of the ventrianal shield.
World distribution. Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, France, Gaza, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Morocco, New Zealand and South Africa.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- R
- Event date
- 1955-01-12
- Family
- Phytoseiidae
- Genus
- Proprioseiopsis
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- R1
- Order
- Mesostigmata
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Wainstein
- Species
- messor
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 1955-01-12
- Taxonomic concept label
- Proprioseiopsis messor (Wainstein, 1960) sec. Moraes, Zannou, Ueckermann, Oliveira, Hanna & Yaninek, 2007
References
- Wainstein, B. A. (1960) New species and subspecies of the genus Typhlodromus Scheuten (Parasitiformes, Phytoseiidae) of the USSR fauna [in Russian]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, Russia, 39, 683 - 690.
- Athias-Henriot, C. (1961) Mesostigmates (Urop. excl.) edaphiques Mediterraneens (Acaromorpha, Anactinotrichida). Acarologia, France, 3, 381 - 509.
- Ueckermann, E. A. & Loots, G. C. (1988) The African species of the subgenera Anthoseius De Leon and Amblyseius Berlese (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Entomology Memoir, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Republic of South Africa, South Africa, 73, 168 pp.
- Moraes, G. J. de, McMurtry, J. A., Denmark, H. A. & Campos, C. B. (2004) A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. Zootaxa, New Zealand, 434, 1 - 494.
- Chant, D. A. & McMurtry, J. A. (2005 a) A review of the Subfamily Amblyseiinae Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae): Part V. Tribe Amblyseiini, Subtribe Proprioseiopsina Chant and McMurtry. International Journal of Acarology, USA, 31, 1, 3 - 22.
- Van der Merwe, G. G. (1968) A taxonomic study of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari) in South Africa with contributions to the biology of two species. Entomology Memoirs, South Africa Department of Agricultural Technical Services, South Africa, 18, 1 - 198.
- Schuster, R. O. & Pritchard, A. E. (1963) Phytoseiid mites of California. Hilgardia, USA, 34, 191 - 285.
- Abbasova, E. D. (1972) Phytoseiid mites (Parasitiformes: Phytoseiidae) of Azerbaijan [in Russian] Avtoreferat Dissertatsii na Soiskanie Uchenoy Stepeni Kandidata Biologicheskikh Nauk. Akadrmiya Nauk Azerbaydzhanskoy SSR, Institut Zoologii, Baku, Azerbaijan, 34 pp.