Neoseiulus baraki (Athias-Henriot)

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 : 8

Neoseiulus baraki (Athias-Henriot)

Amblyseius baraki Athias-Henriot, 1966: 211 ; Schicha, 1981a: 207.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) baraki .— Ehara & Bhandhufalck, 1977: 54.

Neoseiulus baraki .— Moraes et al., 1986: 70; 2004a: 149; 2004b: 104; Chant & McMurtry, 2003b: 27; 2007: 25; Zannou et al., 2006: 248.

Amblyseius dhooriai Gupta, 1977: 30 (synonymy according to Gupta, 1986: 105).

Specimens examined. one female, on Miscanthus giganteus J.M.Greef, Deuter ex Hodk., Renvoize , at Chiang Mai Province, October 2002, collected by M. Kongchuensin; and one female, on Cocos nucifera L., at Surat Thani Province, February 2011, collected by G.J. de Moraes.

Female

Dorsal shield 345–358 long and 161–170 wide; j 1 11–15, j 3 17–19, j 4 11–12, j 5 10–12, j 6 13–15, J 2 13–15, J5 13, z 2 12–13, z4 15, z 5 10–12, Z1 15, Z 4 20–24, Z5 70–76, s 4 16 –18, S2 16, S 4 24 –26, S5 23, r3 16, R1 15; distances between St1-St3 80–81, St2-St2 52–53, St5-St5 56–61; ventrianal shield 110–115 long, 90–95 wide at level of ZV2; calyx of spermatheca 3–5 long and 11–12 in diameter; fixed cheliceral digit 25–28 long, movable cheliceral digit 30–31; St IV 35–40. Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2/0-2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1-2/0, 1.

Previous records. Algeria, Benin ( Zannou et al., 2006), Brazil ( Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008), Burundi ( Zannou et al., 2006), China, India, Kenya ( Zannou et al., 2006), Mozambique ( Zannou et al., 2005), Panama ( Quirós-McIntire & Rodríguez, 2010), Sri Lanka ( Moraes et al., 2004a), Taiwan and Thailand (Provinces of Bangkok and Chachoengsao, Ehara & Bhandhufalck, 1977).

Remarks. Measurements of the specimens examined are similar to those of the original description, except for S4, about 25% longer. Our measurements are also similar to those reported by Ehara & Bhandhufalck (1977) for specimens from Thailand, Moraes et al. (2004a) for specimens from Sri Lanka, Zannou et al. (2006) for specimens from sub-Saharan Africa and Sourassou et al. (2012) for specimens from Africa and Brazil; in all of those studies, S4 is also longer than reported in the original description.