Proprioseiopsis edbakeri (Athias-Henriot)

Guanilo, Alberto Daniel, Moraes, Gilberto José De, Toledo, Silvana & Knapp, Markus, 2008, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Argentina, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 1884, pp. 1-35 : 8-10

Proprioseiopsis edbakeri (Athias-Henriot)

Amblyseius edbakeri Athias-Henriot 1967: 525 .

Proprioseiopsis edbakeri, Moraes et al. 1986: 114 ; 2004: 175; Chant & McMurtry 2005a: 13; 2007: 89.

Previous records. Argentina [Santiago del Estero ( Athias-Henriot 1967)].

Remarks. No additional specimens of this species were found in this study.

Proprioseiopsis gonzalezi Chant & McMurtry

Proprioseoipsis gonzalezi Chant & McMurtry 2005a: 11 ; 2007: 89 [replacement name for Proprioseiopsis globosus Gonzalez & Schuster ].

Amblyseius globosus Gonzalez & Schuster 1962: 9 .

Proprioseiopsis globosus, Moraes et al. 1986: 115 ; 2004: 177.

Previous records. Argentina [Buenos Aires ( Gonzalez & Schuster 1962)] and Chile. Remarks. No additional specimens of this species were found in this study.

Proprioseiopsis messor (Wainstein)

Typhlodromus messor Wainstein 1960: 688 .

Amblyseius messor, Athias-Henriot 1961: 419 .

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) messor, Ehara 1966a: 22 .

Amblyseius (Amblyseiulus) messor, Arutunjan 1970: 16 .

Proprioseiopsis (Amblyseiulus) messor, Karg 1989: 212 .

Proprioseiopsis messor, Moraes et al. 1986: 117 ; 2004: 180; Chant & McMurtry 2005a: 15; 2007: 89. Amblyseius lindquisti Schuster & Pritchard 1963: 246 (synonymy by Abbasova 1972). Amblyseius (Amblyseius) apheles Van der Merwe 1968: 121 (synonymy by Ueckermann & Loots 1988).

Previous records. Algeria, Argentina [Río Negro ( Ruiz et al. 2005)], Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, France, Gaza Strip, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Morocco, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, South Africa, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and USA.

Remarks. No additional specimens of this species were found in this study.

Proprioseiopsis mumaellus (Athias-Henriot)

Amblyseius mumaellus Athias-Henriot 1967: 527 .

Proprioseiopsis mumaellus, Moraes et al. 1986: 119 ; 2004: 182; Chant & McMurtry 2005a: 15; 2007: 89.

Previous records. Algeria, Argentina [Buenos Aires ( Athias-Henriot 1967)].

Remarks. No additional specimens of this species were found in this study.

Proprioseiopsis neotropicus (Ehara)

Amblyseius neotropicus Ehara 1966b: 133 ; Moraes & Mesa 1988: 79; Moraes et al. 1991: 126.

Proprioseiopsis neotropicus, Moraes et al. 1986: 119 ; 2004: 183; Gondim & Moraes 2001: 81; Zacarias & Moraes 2001: 582; Lofego et al. 2004: 9 ; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 89; Guanilo et al. in press.

FEMALE. (3 specimens measured)

Dorsal shield 404 (383–425) long and 338 (325–350) wide; j1 33 (33–34), j3 43 (40–45), j4 5 (4–5), j5 4, j6 5 (5–6), J5 4 (3–5), z2 27 (27–28), z4 23 (22–24), z5 4 (4–5), Z1 5 (5–6), Z4 105 (100–110), Z5 93 (92–95), s4 105 (101–110), S2 7 (6–7), S4 6 (6–7), S5 8 (7–8), r3 23 (21–25), R1 9 (8–10); distances between st1-st3 64 (63–65), st2-st2 83 and st5-st5 104 (98–110); ventri-anal shield 120 (110–130) long, 118 (113–120) wide at level of ZV2 and 85 (80–90) wide at level of anus; JV5 75 (73–76); movable cheliceral digit 39 long, with 2 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 43 long, with 15 teeth; calyx of spermatheca 19 (18–20) long; Sge I 32, Sge II 33, Sge III 34 (33–36), Sti III 29 (28–30), Sge IV 74 (73–75), Sti IV 56 (54–58), St IV 65 (61–68). Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2/0-2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1-2/0, 1.

MALE. (1 specimen measured)

Dorsal shield 313 long and 138 wide; j1 25, j3 50, j4 4, j5 4, j6 4, J5 4, z2 20, z4 18, z5 4, Z1 5, Z4 85, Z5 80, s4 76, S2 6, S4 5, S5 6, r3 23, R1 9; ventri-anal shield 143 long and 165 wide at the anterior corners, JV5 49; Sge I 20, Sge II 23, Sge III 20, Sti III 23, Sge IV 50, Sti IV 38, St IV 55.

Specimens examined. Salta: San Ramón de la Nueva Orán – Ingenio Lote Verona (23°9'45.9''S, 56°19'41.6''W), 10-V-2007, on unidentified plant (1Ψ). Tucumán: San Miguel de Tucumán – Horcomolle (26°47'36.1''S, 65°19'0.1''W), 15-V-2007, on Citrus reticulata (3Ψ, 2ɗ).

Previous records. Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru (Guanilo et al. in press).

Remarks. Females collected in this study agree with the measurements given in the original description. According with Chant & McMurtry (2005a), P. neotropicus belongs to belizensis species group by having no macroseta on genu I. However, the specimens examined in this study have a distinct macroseta on genu I.

Proprioseiopsis ovatus ( Garman)

Amblyseiopsis ovatus Garman 1958: 78 .

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) ovatus, Chant 1959: 90 .

Amblyseiulus ovatus, Muma 1961: 278 .

Typhlodromus ovatus, Hirschmann 1962: 19 .

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) peltatus Van der Merwe 1968: 119 (synonymy by Tseng 1983).

Amblyseius parapeltatus Wu & Chou 1981: 274 (synonymy by Tseng 1983).

Proprioseiopsis ovatus, Moraes et al. 1986: 121 ; 2004: 184; 2007: 19; Chant & McMurtry 2005a: 15; 2007: 89; Guanilo et al. in press.

Proprioseiopsis (Proprioseiopsis) ovatus, Karg 1989: 208 .

FEMALE. (2 specimens measured)

Dorsal shield 389 (375–403) long and 343 (330–355) wide; j1 32 (30–33), j3 86 (85–86), j4 6, j5 6 (5–6), j6 12 (10–13), J5 10, s4 112 (110–113), S2 11 (10–12), S4 9, S5 7 (6–8), z2 43 (40–45), z4 31 (30–32), z5 6 (5–6), Z1 17 (15–18), Z4 120 (115–124), Z5 101 (97–105), r3 19 (18–20), R1 19 (18–19); distances between st1-st3 58 (57–58), st2-st2 79 (77–80) and st5-st5 108 (102–113); ventri-anal shield 119 (118–120) long, 118 wide at level of ZV2 and 68 (60–75) wide at level of anus; JV5 78 (74–81); calyx of spermatheca 20 (19–20) long; Sge IV 69 (67–70), Sti IV 40 (39–40), St IV 84 (83–85). Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2/0-2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/ 1-2/0, 1.

Specimens examined. Corrientes: Curuzú Cuatiá – Ex Ruta 14 (29°46'34.6''S, 58°4'42.8''W), 6-V-2007, on Solanum americanum (1Ψ); Curuzú Cuatiá – Ruta 14 (29°47'57''S, 58°4'42.9''W), 6-V-2007, on Solanum sp2. (1Ψ, 1 immature). Salta: San Ramón de la Nueva Orán – Río Blanco (22°57'53.7''S, 64°21'51.3''W), 10- V-2007, on Nicotiana tabacum (1Ψ).

Previous records. Argentina [Tucumán ( Furtado et al. 2007)], Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Hawaii, Honduras, Philippines, Peru (Guanilo et al. in press), Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, USA and Venezuela.

Remarks. Measurements of females collected in this study generally agree with those mentioned by Moraes & McMurtry (1983) for the holotype, except that their seta j3 and Sge IV are approximately 1.3 times longer. We consider that the specimens identified by Furtado et al. (2007) as P. cannaensis (Muma) are actually P. ovatus .