Neoseiulus reticulatus (Oudemans)

Abo-Shnaf, Reham I. A. & De, Gilberto J., 2014, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Egypt, with new records, descriptions of new species, and a key to species, Zootaxa 3865 (1), pp. 1-71 : 28

Neoseiulus reticulatus (Oudemans)

Typhlodromus reticulatus Oudemans, 1930: 70 ; Hirschmann, 1962: 2.

Typhlodromus (Neoseiulus) reticulatus .— Nesbitt, 1951: 37.

Amblyseius reticulatus .— Athias-Henriot, 1959: 145; El-Badry, 1970: 503; Beglyarov, 1981: 41; Yoshida-Shaul & Chant, 1983: 87; Nasr & Abou-Awad, 1985: 246; Zaher, 1986: 111.

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) reticulatus . — Chant, 1959: 76; Schuster & Smith, 1960: 184.

Cydnodromus reticulatus . — Muma, 1961: 290.

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) reticulatus . — Westerboer & Bernhard, 1963: 603.

Neoseiulus reticulatus . — Moraes et al., 1986: 94; 2004: 141; Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 23; 2007: 31.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) reticulatus . — Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 148.

Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) reticulatus . — Karg, 1991: 21.

Female (one specimen).

Dorsal shield strongly reticulate; 354 long and 182 wide, with 17 pairs of setae. Setae j1 18, j3 26, j4 18, j5 18, j6 18, J2 23, J5 10, z2 18, z4 23, z5 18, Z1 26, Z4 36, Z5 57, s4 29, S2 26, S4 28, S5 18, r3 26, R1 21. Dorsal setae smooth, except Z5, slightly serrate. Peritreme extending forward to level of j1.

Venter. Sternal shield smooth with few lateral striae, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures; region anterior to st1 lightly striate. Distances between st1–st1 49, st2–st2 62, st3–st3 70, st4–st4 66. Genital shield smooth; distance between st5–st5 60. Ventrianal shield sub-rectangular, with sparse transverse striae anteriorly to pre-anal pores and reticulate posteriorly; 112 long, 104 wide at ZV2 level and 94 wide at level of anus; with three pairs of pre-anal setae and a pair of pre-anal pores. Seta JV5 31. Ventral setae smooth. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca. Calyx of spermatheca funnel-shaped, 21 long; atrium distinct.

Gnathosoma. Corniculi parallel to each other; basal width of corniculus 5, distance between bases of corniculi 8. Movable cheliceral digit 34 long, with one tooth; fixed digit 34 long, with five teeth.

Legs. Macroseta sharp-tipped: St IV 73; chaetotaxy of genu II 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1, 2/0, 1.

Specimens examined. One female from soil, at Asyut governorate, December 1977 (coll. M.A. Zaher).

Previous records from Egypt. Giza governorate ( Zaher & El-Badry, 1962; El-Badry, 1970; Zaher, 1986); Sohag governorate ( Zaher, 1986); unspecified governorate ( Hassan et al., 1959).

Remarks. This species was originally described from the Netherlands. The original description was brief, only with measurements of the idiosoma and no illustration; complementary descriptions were listed by Demite et al. (2014).