Paraphytoseius Swirski & Schechter

Paraphytoseius Swirski & Schechter 1961: 113; Chant & McMurtry 2003b: 216; 2007: 49.

Paraphytoseius orientalis (Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai)

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) orientalis Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai 1960: 394 .

Paraphytoseius orientalis, Moraes et al. 1986: 105; 2004: 162; Chant & McMurtry 2003b: 220; 2007: 53. Paraphytoseius multidentatus Swirski & Schechter 1961: 114 (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry 2003b). Paraphytoseius narayanami Ehara & Ghai in Ehara 1967: 77; (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry 2003b). Amblyseius ipomeai El-Banhawy 1984: 126 (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry 2003b).

FEMALE. (1 specimen measured)

Dorsal shield 285 long and 155 wide; j1 36, j3 96, j4 3, j5 3, j6 5, J5 3, z2 7, z4 7, z5 5, Z1 9, Z4 85, Z5 113, s4 135, r3 46, R1 28; distances between st1-st3 62, st2-st2 65 and st5-st5 78; ventri-anal shield 90 long, 53 wide at level of ZV2 and 55 wide at level of anus; JV5 86; movable cheliceral digit 26 long, with 2 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 30 long, with 9 teeth; calyx of spermatheca 3 long; Sge IV 30, Sti IV 40, St IV 49. Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2/0-2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1-2/0, 1.

Specimen examined. Salta: San Ramón de la Nueva Orán – Río Blanco (22°57'53.7''S, 64°21'51.3''W), 10-V-2007, on Solanum nigrum (1Ψ).

Previous records. Australia, Benin, Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Martinique, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Reunion Island, Indonesia, Taiwan, Venezuela and Zaire.