Phytoseiinae Berlese, 1941

Ueckermann, Eddie A., Zannou, Ignace D., De Moraes, Gilberto J., Oliveira, Anibal R., Hanna, Rachid & Yaninek, John S., 2007, Phytoseiid mites of the subfamily Phytoseiinae (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa, Zootaxa 1658 (1), pp. 1-20 : 2

Phytoseiinae Berlese

Phytoseiinae Berlese, Vitzthum, 1941: 768 (in part); Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 231; Moraes et al., 2004: 231. Cydnodromellinae Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1986b: 2812 (in part).

Phytoseiini Berlese, 1913: 3-19 (in part).

Chantiini Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 211 (synonymy according to Chant & McMurtry 1994).

Chantiinae Pritchard & Baker, Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1986a: 2025 (synonymy according to Chant & McMurtry 1994).

Chant & McMurtry (1994) gave a full description of this subfamily. Key characters used to separate this from other subfamilies are: setae Z1, S2, S4 and S5 absent and one or both of z3 and s6 present; dorsal setae s4, r3, Z4 and Z5 thick and strongly serrate on most species; r3 inserted on the podoscutum of the adult females and males [except Platyseiella longicervicalis (Moraes & Denmark)]; ventrianal shield of females of most species long, narrow, with a distinct waist and with preanal setae inserted along the lateral margin; ventrianal shield reduced in some species; seta Jv2 always present, Jv3 always absent, Jv4 absent (except in Phytoseius rasilis Corpuz-Raros ); cheliceral digits with few teeth; leg IV always longer than dorsal shield; genu III with only 6 setae (1-2/0, 2/0-1).