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Graminaseius Chant & McMurtry

Description

Genus Graminaseius Chant & McMurtry

Graminaseius Chant & McMurtry, 2004: 215.

Graminis complex Athias-Henriot, 1966: 203.

Type species: Amblyseius graminis Chant, 1956: 34.

Diagnosis. Spermatheca bifurcate or vaculated at junction of atrium and major duct; male process strongly Tshaped; seta J2 present, ratio seta s4: Z1> 6.0: 1; dorsal shield usually smooth; idiosoma usually brownish or tan in colour, chelicerae with few teeth, legs II and III usually with macrosetae, female ventri-anal shield usually shield shaped (Chant & McMurtry, 2004).

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 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2945.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5282557

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Chant & McMurtry
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Mesostigmata
Family
Phytoseiidae
Genus
Graminaseius
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Chant, D. A. & McMurtry, J. A. (2004) A review of the subfamily Amblyseiinae Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae): Part III. The tribe Amblyseiini Wainstein, subtribe Amblyseiina n. subtribe. International Journal of Acarology, 30, 171 - 228.
  • Athias-Henriot, C. (1966) Contribution to the study of Palearctic Amblyseius. Bulletin Scientifique de Bourgogne, 24, 181 - 230.
  • Chant, D. A. (1956) Some mites of the subfamily Phytoseiinae (Acarina: Laelaptidae) from southeastern England with descriptions of new species. The Canadian Entomologist, 88, 26 - 37.