Paraphytoseius santurcensis

Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 3700 (3), pp. 301-347 : 327

Paraphytoseius santurcensis De Leon

Paraphytoseius santurcensis De Leon, 1965a: 130; De Leon, 1967: 17; Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 216; 2007: 53; Moraes et al., 1986: 106; 2004b: 163.

Specimens examined. Pariquera-Açu, March 2001, 1 female on Aparisthmium cordatum Baill.

Previous records. Brazil [States of Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão and Pernambuco (Moraes et al., 2004b) and São Paulo (Castro & Moraes, 2010)]; Puerto Rico and Trinidad (Moraes et al., 2004b).

Measurements of female (n= 1).

Dorsal shield 265 long and 145 wide. Setae j1 33, j3 83, j4 3, j5 3, j6 6, J5 5, z2 7, z4 8, z5 4, Z1 5, Z4 70, Z5 101, s4 130, S2 8, r3 40, R1 25. Distances between St1 - St3 60, St2 - St2 63, St5 - St5 78. Ventrianal shield 90 long, 55 wide at level of ZV 2 and 50 wide at anus level. Movable cheliceral digit 28 long, with two teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 23 long, with eight teeth. Calyx of spermatheca 5 long. Leg macrosetae: seta pd1 of genu I (7) stouter but shorter than other setae on same segment; pd1 of genu II (11), ad1 of genu III (11) and tibia III (12) stouter but as long as other setae of respective segments, Sge IV 30, Sti IV 40, St IV 50, macroseta of the telotarsus IV 39; all knob-tipped.

Remarks. The measurements of the single adult female collected fit the original description. No information was given in the original description about the shape of pd1 of genua I and II and ad1 of genua III and IV.