Amblyseius tamatavensis Blommers

Main Authors: Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo, Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De
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  • Amblyseius tamatavensis Blommers Amblyseius (Amblyseius) tamatavensis Blommers, 1974: 144. Amblyseius tamatavensis.—Schicha, 1981: 40; Moraes et al., 1986: 31; 2000: 241; 2004 a: 144; 2004 b: 52; Chant & McMurtry, 2004 a: 203; 2007: 81; Oliveira et al., 2012: 5. Amblyseius aegyptiacus Denmark & Matthysse, in Matthysse & Denmark, 1981: 343 (synonymy according to Denmark & Muma, 1989: 13). Amblyseius maai Tseng, 1976: 123 (synonymy according to Denmark & Muma, 1989: 13). Specimens examined. Pariquera-Açu, July 2002, 2 females on Chrysophyllum flexuosum Mart., 1 female on Pausandra morisiana Radlk. and 6 females on unidentified plants. Previous records. Brazil [States of Pernambuco (Moraes et al., 2004 b); Bahia, Ceará, Pará, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe (Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008); São Paulo (Castro & Moraes, 2010); Roraima (Gondim Jr. et al., 2012) and Tocantis (Cruz et al., 2012)]; Australia, Cuba, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Guadeloupe, Kenya, Malaysia, Marie Galante, Martinique, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Reunion Island. Singapore, South Africa, Vanuatu and Western Samoa (Moraes et al., 2004 b); Sri Lanka (Moraes et al., 2004 b); Malawi and Mozambique (Zannou et al., 2005); Venezuela (Quirós et al., 2005); Guadeloupe (Kreiter et al., 2006); Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana, Rwanda and Uganda (Zannou et al., 2007) and Thailand (Oliveira et al., 2012). Measurements of females (n= 3). Dorsal shield, 317 (290–340) long and 225 wide. Setae j 1 26 (22–30), j 3 42 (40–43), j 4 5, j 5 5, j 6 5 (5–6), J 2 7 (7–8), J 5 8 (7–9), z 2 10 (9–10), z 4 10 (9–10), z 5 5, Z 1 9 (7–10), Z 4 110 (107–112), Z 5 260 (257–262), s 4 78 (77– 80), S 2 8 (7–10), S 4 8 (7–9), S 5 8 (7–9), r 3 15 (12–17), R 1 7 (5–8). Distances between St 1 - St 3 62 (60–65), St 2 - St 2 67 (65–70), St 5 - St 5 70. Ventrianal shield 106 (105–107) long, 75 wide at level of ZV 2 and 103 (100–105) wide at anus level. Movable cheliceral digit 30 long; fixed cheliceral digit 27 long. Calyx of spermatheca 19 (17–21) long. Leg macrosetae: Sge I 34 (33–36), Sge II 35, Sge III 49, Sti III 28 (27–30), Sge IV 93 (87–100), Sti IV 48 (45–50), St IV 51 (50–52). Remarks. The measurements of the specimens collected fit the original description, except for the longer macroseta on genu IV (120 in the original description). They are similar to those of a specimen collected in Cuba but differ from specimens from French Antilles (Guadeloupe, Marie Galante and Martinica) by having longer Z 5 than mentioned in the redescription provided by Moraes et al. (2000). Specimens from Thailand were also reported by Oliveira et al. (2012) to have longer Sti III (42–48) and Sti IV (65–77).
  • Published as part of Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, pp. 301-347 in Zootaxa 3700 (3) on page 309, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/218688