Published December 11, 2007 | Version v1
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Chantia Pritchard & Baker 1962

  • 1. Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag X 134, Queenwood, Pretoria 0121, South Africa.
  • 2. Depto. Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, ESALQ-Universidade de São Paulo- 13418 - 900 Piracicaba-SP, Brazil. E-mail: gjmoraes @ carpa. ciagri. usp. br
  • 3. 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

Chantia Pritchard & Baker

Chantia Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 230; Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 231; Moraes et al., 2004: 231.

Typhlodromus (Chantia), Van der Merwe, 1968: 99.

This monotypic genus is characterized by: female with unique idiosomal setal pattern, 12B:4A/JV-3,4:ZV, with 29 pairs of setae; setae J2, s6 and Jv4 absent; seta z6 present; seta R1 inserted on interscutal membrane; dorsal shield setae and Jv5 strongly spatulate, paddle-shaped, with little serration; legs with many setae spatulate, without elongate macrosetae; genu II with 6 setae; calyx of spermatheca flaring near vesicle and inflate near atrium; posterior extension of peritremal shield with a lamellate structure.

Notes

Published as part of Ueckermann, Eddie A., Zannou, Ignace D., De Moraes, Gilberto J., Oliveira, Anibal R., Hanna, Rachid & Yaninek, John S., 2007, Phytoseiid mites of the subfamily Phytoseiinae (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 1658 (1) on page 2, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1658.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5104092

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References

  • Pritchard, A. E. & Baker, E. W. (1962) Mites of the family Phytoseiidae from Central Africa, with remarks on genera of the world. Hilgardia, USA, 33, 205 - 309.
  • Chant, D. A. & McMurtry, J. A. (1994) A review of the subfamilies Phytoseiinae and Typhlodrominae (Acari: Phytoseiidae). International Journal of Acarology, USA, 20 (4), 223 - 310.
  • Moraes, G. J. de, McMurtry, J. A., Denmark, H. A., Campos, C. B. (2004) A revised catatalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. Zootaxa, New Zealand, 434, 1 - 494.
  • 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.