Phytoseius brevicrinis Swirski & Shechter

Oliveira, Daniel C., Charanasri, Vatana, Kongchuensin, Manita, Konvipasruang, Ploychompoo, Chandrapatya, Angsumarn & De, Gilberto J., 2012, Phytoseiidae of Thailand (Acari: Mesostigmata), with a key for their identification, Zootaxa 3453, pp. 1-24 : 16

Phytoseius brevicrinis Swirski & Shechter

Phytoseius (Dubininellus) brevicrinis Swirski & Shechter, 1961: 106 .

Phytoseius (Phytoseius) brevicrinis .— Ehara & Bhandhufalck, 1977: 46; Moraes et al., 1986: 218. Phytoseius brevicrinis .— Moraes et al., 2004b: 232; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 129.

Specimens examined. One female, on Bambusa sp., at Kanchanaburi Province, December 1992. Female

Dorsal shield 300 long and 162 wide; j1 28, j3 15, j4 10, j5 10, j6 12, J5 7, z2 12, z3 22, z4 21, z5 12, Z4 57, Z5 55, s4 45, s6 48, r3 35; distances between St1-St3 55, St2-St2 59, St5-St5 60; ventrianal shield 103 long, 53 wide at level of ZV2, 49 at anus level; calyx of spermatheca 3 long and 6 in diameter; fixed cheliceral digit 19 long, movable cheliceral digit 23 long; Sge IV 8, Sti IV 43, St (basitarsus) IV 23, St (telotarsus) IV 22. Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2/0-2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/0-2/0, 1.

Previous records. Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand (Province of Chiang Mai, Ehara & Bhandhufalck, 1977).

Remarks. Measurements of the specimen examined are similar to those of the original description, but setae j1, Z4 and r3 are about 20% longer. These setae as well as seta Z5 are 35% longer in the specimens here reported than in the specimens reported by Ehara & Bhandhufalck (1977) from Thailand.