Typhlodromus muliebris Van der Merwe

El-Banhawy, E. M. & Knapp, M., 2011, Mites of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese from Kenya (Acari: Mesostigmata) 2945, Zootaxa 2945 (1), pp. 1-176 : 58

Typhlodromus muliebris Van der Merwe

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Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) muliebris Van der Merwe, 1968: 28 ; Moraes et al., 2004: 338; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 155. Amblydromella muliebris .— Moraes et al., 1986: 168.

Amblydromella (Amblydromella) muliebris .— Denmark & Welbourn, 2002: 308.

Material examined. Kenya, 2 females, Mfangano Island , Nyanza Province, altitude 1300 m, (El-Banhawy) .

Female: Dorsal shield imbricate, 320 long, 185 wide, with five pairs of pores. Measurements of dorsal setae: j1 14, j3 25, j4, j5, j6 16, J2 21, J5 9, z2 17, z3 20, z418, z5 16, Z4 25, Z5 46, s4, s6 23, S2, S4 25, S5 18, r3 22, R1 20, JV5 32. Setae Z 4, Z5, JV5 knobbed, Z4, Z5 serrated, remaining setae smooth. Peritrematal shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level of j1. Sternal shield, distances between St-St III 62 , St II-St II 58 , St IV on platelets. Genital shield 62 wide. Ventri-anal shield 95 long, 65 wide, with a pair of very small pre-anal pores close to each other and four pairs of pre-anal setae (JV1, JV2, JV3, ZV2). Two pairs of metapodal platelets, two pairs of sigillar sclerites and four pairs of setae surrounding ventri-anal shield. Chelicera indiscernible. Spermatheca calyx long tube, 25 long, 2 wide near atrium, 7 wide near vesicle, flared distally, atrium small. Macrosetae knobbed, Sge IV 14 , Sti IV 14 , St IV 20 . Chaetotaxy : genu II 2 , 2 / 0, 2/1, 1, genu III 1 , 2 /1, 2/0, 1.

Remarks. The female holotype and a male paratype were collected from Nelspruit, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, April 12, 1955 (P. A. J. Ryke) ( Van der Merwe, 1968). In the Kenyan specimens, the ventri-anal pores are very small and the macrosetae on leg IV are short.

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FIGURE 97. Typhlodromus muliebris (Van der Merwe) (Female). A. Dorsal shield; B. Ventral shields; C. Spermatheca; D. Leg IV.