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Phytoseiulus macropilis Banks 1904

Description

Phytoseiulus macropilis (Banks, 1904)

Laelaps macropilis Banks, 1904: 59; 1906: 139.

Phytoseiulus speyeri Evans, 1952: 398 (synonymy according to Kennet, 1958). Phytoseiulus chanti Ehara, 1966: 135 (synonymy according to Denmark & Muma, 1973). Phytoseiulus macropilis.— Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 279; Muma et al., 1970: 30; McMurtry, 1983: 259; Denmark & Schi-

cha, 1983: 31; Kreiter & Moraes, 1997: 378.

Specimens examined. BOQUEIRÃO DO LEÃO: Bordo (Ives), V. labrusca, Buds, VII/2006 (1).

One female was measured: dorsal shield 325 long and 225 wide, j1 25, j3 33, j4 35, j5 65, j6 143, J5 4, z2 8, z4 50, z5 8, Z1 113, Z4 130, Z5 115, s4 165, S5 25, r3 25, R1 20, mounted without the legs, st1-st3 70, st2-st2 75, G- G 83, ventrianal shield 55 anterior wide, 73 posterior wide and 100 long, spermatheca cervix 35.

Previous records in Brazil. Ceará (Denmark & Muma 1973); Minas Gerais (Denmark & Muma 1973); Rio Grande do Sul (Ferla & Moraes, 2002); São Paulo (Denmark & Muma 1973; Gondim & Moraes, 2001).

Notes

Published as part of Ferla, Noeli Juarez, Johann, Liana, Klock, Crisna, Majolo, Fernanda & Botton, Marcos, 2011, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from vineyards in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, pp. 15-31 in Zootaxa 2976 on page 23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204387

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References

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