Cocoseius palmarum Gondim Jr., Moraes & McMurtry

de Souza, Izabel Vieira, Sa Argolo, Poliane, Junior, Manoel Guedes Correa Gondim, Moraes, Gilberto Jose de, Bittencourt, Maria Aparecida Leao & Oliveira, Anibal Ramadan, 2015, Phytoseiid mites from tropical fruit trees in Bahia State, Brazil (Acari, Phytoseiidae), ZooKeys 533, pp. 99-131 : 118

Taxon classification Animalia Mesostigmata Phytoseiidae

Cocoseius palmarum Gondim Jr., Moraes & McMurtry

Cocoseius palmarum Gondim Jr. et al., 2000: 1226.

Cocoseius palmarum : Moraes et al. 2004: 263.

Cocoseius palmarum : Chant and McMurtry 2007: 134.

Specimens examined.

UESC, Cocos nucifera , VII-2007 (3♀), I-2008 (1♀), IV-2008 (1♀); Fazenda Formiga, Cocos nucifera , VIII-2007 (1♀); Fazenda Terra Nova, Cocos nucifera , IX-2007 (1♀), I-2008 (2♀).

Female.

Eight specimens measured. Dorsal shield 270 (265-275) long, 182 (161-189) wide, j1 25 (23-27), j3 41 (38-45), j4 54 (52-59), j5 61 (57-64), j6 68 (65-70), J2 68 (65-72), J5 12 (11-13), z2 26 (21-28), z3 34 (31-36), z4 69 (65-75), z5 34 (31-38), z6 88 (85-92), Z4 73 (70-75), Z5 69 (67-71), s4 76 (72-81), S4 64 (60-68), r3 57 (52-65), R1 54 (50-59); distances between St1-St3 48 (46-50), St2-St2 55 (53-57) and St5-St5 63 (60-66); ventrianal shield 93 (88-94) long, 70 (67-73) wide at level of ZV2 and 63 (60-65) wide at level of anus; movable cheliceral digit 25 (23-26) long, with 1 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 24 (22-25) long, with 3 teeth; calyx of spermatheca 16 (15-18) long; Sge IV 37 (36-40), Sti IV 26 (25-28), St IV 53 (50-56).

Remarks.

Measurements of the specimens collected are similar to those of the original description, except for a slightly shorter calyx of spermatheca [21 (20-23) in the original description]. This is the first record of this species in Bahia.