Amblyseius igarassuensis Gondim Jr. & Moraes

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 : 104

Taxon classification Animalia Mesostigmata Phytoseiidae

Amblyseius igarassuensis Gondim Jr. & Moraes

Amblyseius igarassuensis Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001: 71.

Amblyseius igarassuensis : Moraes et al. 2004: 30.

Amblyseius igarassuensis : Chant and McMurtry 2007: 78.

Specimens examined.

UESC, Psidium guajava , I-2008 (3♂); Fazenda Bela Vista, Cocos nucifera , IX-2007 (2♀, 3♂); Fazenda Monte Alegre, Theobroma cacao , V-2007 (3♀), I-2008 (3♀, 1♂), fruit, IX-2007 (1♀); Fazenda Terra Nova, Theobroma cacao , IX-2007 (1♀), I-2008 (6♀, 5♂).

Female.

Eight specimens measured. Dorsal shield 331 (307-346) long, 216 (197-241) wide, j1 25 (23-26), j3 37 (35-39), j4 8 (6-9), j5 7 (6-8), j6 10 (10-11), J2 10 (9-11), J5 9 (8-10), z2 11 (9-12), z4 11 (11-12), z5 7 (6-7), Z1 10 (9-11), Z4 64 (60-66), Z5 141 (130-155), s4 59 (56-61), S2 11 (10-13), S4 10 (10-11), S5 10 (9-11), r3 12 (11-14), R1 10 (9-11); distances between St1-St3 62 (60-63), St2-St2 66 (60-68) and St5-St5 62 (59-64); ventrianal shield 110 (102-118) long, 75 (68-79) wide at level of ZV2 and 65 (62-70) wide at level of anus; movable cheliceral digit 34 (32-35) long, with 3 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 29 (25-30) long; calyx of spermatheca 10 (9-13) long; Sge I 35 (34-38), Sge II 34 (33-37), Sge III 33 (30-35), Sti III 28 (26-29), Sge IV 57 (55-60), Sti IV 44 (41-46), St IV 57 (51-61).

Male.

Seven specimens measured. Dorsal shield 252 (243-261) long and 158 (141-174) wide, j1 23 (17-28), j3 32 (31-34), j4 8 (7-9), j5 8 (7-8), j6 9 (9 10), J2 9 (8-10), J5 7 (6-8), z2 10 (9-12), z4 10 (8-11), z5 8 (7-8), Z1 10 (9-11), Z4 48 (41-52), Z5 109 (90-138), s4 41 (38-44), S2 11 (9-12), S4 10 (8-11), S5 8 (7-10), r3 12 (11-13), R1 10 (8-11); ventrianal shield 103 (98-110) long and 133 (122-150) wide at anterior corners; shaft of spermatodactyl 18 (17-20) long; Sge I 30 (29-34), Sge II 28 (26-31), Sge III 27 (23-32), Sti III 23 (21-27), Sge IV 39 (35-47), Sti IV 32 (27-38), St IV 47 (39-60).

Remarks.

Measurements of females of this species are similar to those of the original description, except for the longer Z5 (91-118 in the original description). This is the first record of this species in Bahia, and the first report of the measurements of males.