Phytoseius fotheringhamiae

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 : 16-17

Phytoseius fotheringhamiae Denmark & Schicha

Phytoseius fotheringhamiae Denmark & Schicha, 1975: 177; Schicha, 1984: 122; Moraes et al., 2004b: 237; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 129.

Phytoseius (Phytoseius) fotheringhamiae .— Moraes et al., 1986: 221.

Specimens examined. Two females, on Cestrum aurantiacum Lindl. , at Chiang Rai Province, January 1992, collected by M. Kongchuensin.

Female

Dorsal shield 280–295 long and 160 wide; j1 32–33, j3 45–46, j4 5, j5 4, j6 5, J5 6–7, z2 12, z3 34–35, z 4 10–12, z5 4, Z4 85–86, Z5 70–72, s4 106–115, s6 81 –82, r3 43–45; distances between St1-St3 59–75, St2-St2 62–64, St5-St5 63–64; ventrianal shield 100–105 long, 35–40 wide at level of ZV2, 55 at anus level; calyx of spermatheca 2 long and 7 in diameter; fixed cheliceral digit 20 long, movable cheliceral digit 23–24 long; Sge IV 20–22, Sti IV 50–51, St (basitarsus) IV 26–28, St (telotarsus) IV 27. Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2/0-2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/ 0-2/0, 1.

Previous records. Australia and New Zealand.

Remarks. Measurements of the specimens examined are similar to those of the original description and those reported by Schicha (1984) for specimens from Australia. However, seta Z5 is slightly shorter than the lower limit of the range shown for this seta in the original description.