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Paraphytoseius orientalis

Description

Paraphytoseius orientalis (Narayanan et al.)

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Paraphytoseius (Amblyseius) orientalis Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai, 1960: 394.

Paraphytoseius orientalis.— Chant & McMurtry, 2003b: 220; Moraes et al., 2004: 162.

Amblyseius ipomeai Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai, El-Banhawy, 1984: 126.

Amblyseius (Paraphytoseius) narayanani Ehara & Ghai, Ehara, 1967: 77.

Paraphytoseius multidentatus Swirski & Shechter, 1961: 114.

Material examined. Kenya, 2 females, marine station of the University of Nairobi, Moana, Diani Beach, Mombasa, June 26, 2005 (El-Banhawy); 1 female, Wyaundo Island, Nyanza province, December 7, 2005 (El-Banhawy); 2 females, Taita Hills, Coast province, July 2, 2006 (El-Banhawy).

Female: Dorsal shield smooth, 250 long, 150 wide, with seven pairs of pores, a large pair associated with z5, and a lateral incision at level of s4. Measurements of dorsal setae: j1 40, j3 80, j4, j5, j6, 2–3, J5 9, z2 9, z4 5, z5 3, Z1 6, Z4 83, Z5 138, s4 127, r3 46, R1 39, JV5 70. Setae j3, Z4, Z5, s4, r3, JV5 long, strongly serrated and stout, remaining setae minute. Peritrematal shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level of j1. Sternal shield smooth, posterior margin straight, distances between St I-St III 65, St II-St II 60, St IV on small platelets. Genital shield 96 wide. Ventri-anal shield smooth, 100 long, 55 wide, with a tiny pair of pre-anal pores close to lateral margin, and three pairs of pre-anal setae (JV1, JV2, ZV2). A thin longitudinal sigillar sclerite and four pairs of setae surrounding ventri-anal shield. Metapodal platelets not present. Fixed digit of chelicera with 8–9 teeth, movable digit with two teeth. Spermatheca shallow, calyx dish shaped, 5 long, atrium enlarged. Macrosetae spatulate with enlarged tip, Sge II 10, Sge IV 28, Sti IV 40, St IV 40; 40. Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1, genu III 1, 2/1, 2/0, 1.

Remarks. The female holotype was collected at Chembur, Bombay, India, December 3, 1959 (Narayanan et al., 1960). Additional records include Brazil, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, and from Africa, Burundi, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda and Zaire (Swirski & Schechter, 1961; Pritchard & Baker, 1962; El-Banhawy, 1984; El-Banhawy & Abou-Awad, 1991; Moraes et al., 2007a).

Notes

Published as part of El-Banhawy, E. M. & Knapp, M., 2011, Mites of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese from Kenya (Acari: Mesostigmata) 2945, pp. 1-176 in Zootaxa 2945 (1) on page 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2945.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5282557

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2005-06-26 , 2005-12-07 , 2006-07-02
Verbatim event date
2005-06-26 , 2005-12-07 , 2006-07-02
Scientific name authorship
Narayanan
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Mesostigmata
Family
Phytoseiidae
Genus
Paraphytoseius
Species
orientalis
Taxon rank
species

References

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  • Chant, D. A. & McMurtry, J. A. (2003 b) A review of the subfamily Amblyseiinae Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Part II. The tribe Kampimodromini Kolodochka. International Journal of Acarology, 29, 179 - 224.
  • Moraes, G. J. de, McMurtry, J. A., Denmark, H. A. & Campos, C. B. (2004) A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae. Zootaxa, 434, 1 - 494.
  • El-Banhawy, E. M. (1984) Description of some phytoseiid mites from Brazil (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Acarologia, 25, 125 - 144.
  • Ehara, S. (1967) Phytoseiid mites from Ikinwa Island (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Mushi, 40, 67 - 82.
  • Swirski, E. & Schechter, R. (1961) Some Phytoseiid mites (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) of Hong Kong, with a description of a new genus and seven new species. Israel Journal of Agricultural Research, 11, 97 - 117.
  • Pritchard, A. & Baker, E. (1962) Mites of the family Phytoseiidae from Central Africa, with remarks on the genera of the world. Hilgardia, 33, 205 - 309.
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