Amblyseius paraaerialis Muma

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 : 5

Amblyseius paraaerialis Muma

Amblyseius paraaerialis Muma, 1967: 270 ; Denmark & Muma, 1989: 128; Moraes et al., 1986: 27; 2004b: 45; Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 201; 2007: 80.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) paraaerialis .— Ehara & Bhandhufalck, 1977: 68.

Specimens examined. Three females, on Jatropha gossypiifolia L., at Chanthaburi Province, April 2001, collected by T. Thimthong; and one female on Ipomoea pes -tigridis L., at Phetchaburi Province, June 2002, collected by S. Yimchan.

F emale (measurements in square brackets refer to the holotype, taken by the last author of this paper).

Dorsal shield 341 (324–366) [330] long and 213 (200–225) [204] wide; j1 26 (23–28) [27], j3 46 (43–48) [42], j4 6 (5–6) [6], j5 5 (4–6) [6], j6 7 (6–8) [broken], J2 7 (6–7) [8], J5 7 (6–7) [8], z2 11 (10–11) [11], z4 8 (6–9) [8], z5 6 (5–6) [broken], Z1 8 (7–8) [8], Z4 76 (72–78) [64], Z5 158 (146–170) [122], s4 66 (62–70) [56], S2 10 (8–10) [11], S4 8 (7–8) [8], S5 7 (6–9) [8], r3 16 (15–16) [16], R1 9 (8–9) [9]; distances between St1-St3 59 (58–60) [59], St2-St2 70 (68–72) [64], St5-St5 66 (63–70) [66]; ventrianal shield 114 (110–116) [105] long, 79 (76–83) [83] wide at level of ZV2; calyx of spermatheca 7 (5–8) [6] long; fixed cheliceral digit 28 (28–29) [27] long, movable cheliceral digit 34 (33–35) [32] long; Sge I 31 (29–32) [25], Sge II 31 (28–33) [25], Sge III 41 (40–43) [35], Sti III 29 (26–30) [25], St III 22 (20–24), Sge IV 80 (72–86) [69], Sti IV 48 (46–50) [42], St IV 56 (53–58) [53]. Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2/0-2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1-2/0, 1.

Previous records. China ( Chen et al., 1980), India, Malaysia and Thailand (Provinces of Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Kanchanaburi, Ehara & Bhandhufalck, 1977).

Remarks. Measurements of the specimens collected in Thailand are similar to those of the holotype, but Z4, s4, Sge I, Sge II, Sge III and Sge IV are about 20% longer and Z5 is about 30% longer, consistent with the fact that the specimens examined are slightly larger than the holotype. The measurements of the Thai specimens are also similar to those reported by Ehara & Bhandhufalck (1977) for specimens from Thailand and Denmark & Muma (1989) for a specimen of unspecified origin (probably from India).