(Fig. 58)

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) hutu Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 262.

Euseius hutu.— Moraes et al., 2001: 24.

Material examined. Kenya, 7 females, 1 male, Mt. Kenya, Mararia Forest Station, altitude 2540 m, July 18, 2004; 4 females, Kakamega rain forest, altitude 1600 m, July 24, 2006; 3 females, Ruma National Park, altitude 1400 m, December 12, 2005; 2 females, Ndere Island, Nyanza Province, altitude 1300 m, December 13, 2006 (El-Banhawy).

Female: Dorsal shield 270 long, 200 wide, with anterior striations, some patches of slight reticulations and five pairs of large pores. Measurements of dorsal setae: j1 28, j3 31, j4 14, j5 16, j 6 23, J2 24, J5 5, z2 28, z4 31, z5 16, Z1 30, Z 4 35, Z5 70, s452, S2 46, S4, S5 41, r3 18, R1 12, JV5 50. Seta Z 5 serrated, remaining setae smooth. Peritrematal shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level of j1. Sternal shield smooth, with posterior lobe, distances between St I-St III 55, St II-St II 58, St IV on platelets. Genital shield 72 wide. Ventri-anal shield 85 long, 62 wide, with a pair of crescentic pre-anal pores and three pairs of pre-anal setae (JV1, JV2, ZV2). Two pairs of metapodal platelets, two pairs of sigillar sclerites and four pairs of setae surrounding ventri-anal shield. Fixed digit of chelicera with four small teeth clustered distally, movable digit with two teeth. Spermatheca calyx cup shaped, 12 long, 6 wide distally, atrium small. Macrosetae, sharp on Sge II 25, Sge III 28, bulbous on Sge IV 47, Sti IV 35, St IV 70. Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2 / 0, 2/0, 1, genu III 1, 2 /1, 2/0, 1.

Male: Chaetotaxy of dorsal shield as in female. Ventri-anal shield striated, 100 long, 130 wide, with a pair of crescentic pre-anal pores and three pairs of pre-anal setae. Spermatodactyel L-shaped, toe 5 long, shaft 16.

Remarks. The female holotype and the male paratype were collected from Astrida, Rwanda-Burundi, May 22, 1955, E. W. Baker (Pritchard & Baker). It has also been collected from Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda, and Uganda (Moraes et al., 2001).