Metaseiulus Muma

Metaseiulus Muma 1961: 295; Chant & McMurtry 1994: 263; 2007: 169; Moraes et al. 2006: 351.

Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) camelliae (Chant & Yoshida-Shaul)

Typhlodromus camelliae Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1983: 1053, Feres & Moraes 1998: 130. Typhlodromina camelliae, Moraes et al. 1986: 236 .

Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) camelliae, Moraes et al. 2004: 278; Lofego et al. 2004: 13; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 173.

FEMALE. (1 specimen measured)

Dorsal shield 317 long and 170 wide; j1 20, j3 16, j4 13, j5 12, j6 15, J2 19, J5 10, s4 22, s6 22, S5 19, z2 16, z3 20, z4 20, z5 15, Z4 32, Z5 40, r3 19, R1 23; distances between st1-st3 60, st2-st2 52 and st5-st5 60; ventri-anal shield 103 long, 75 wide at level of ZV2 and 70 wide at level of anus; JV5 31; calyx of spermatheca 14 long; St IV 21. Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2/0-2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1-2/0, 1.

Specimens examined. Chaco: Presidencia Roque Saenz Peña – Ruta 16-5 (26°46'31.2''S, 60°25'12.9''W), 8-V-2007, on Va ss o bi a breviflora (1Ψ).

Previous records. Argentina [Río Negro (Ruiz et al. 2005)], Brazil and Uruguay.

Remarks. The female collected in this study differs by having seta j3 0.7 times as long as reported in the original description of this species.