Amblyseius pravus

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 : 308-309

Amblyseius pravus Denmark

Amblyseius usitatus Denmark & Muma, 1973: 245.

Amblyseius pravus Denmark, 1977: 171 (replacement name for Amblyseius usitatus Denmark & Muma); Denmark & Andrews, 1981: 149; Denmark et al., 1999: 30; Moraes et al., 1986: 28; 2004b: 47; Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 201; 2007: 81. Amblyseius (Amblyseius) pravus . — Denmark & Muma, 1989: 37.

Specimens examined. Pariquera-Açu, July 2002, 1 female on Aureliana fasciculata Sendt. and 1 female on Ocotea venulosa Benth. & Hook. f São Paulo, May 1968, 1 female on Helia azedarach (Paratype) .

Previous records. Brazil (State of São Paulo) and El Salvador (Moraes et al., 2004b).

Measurements of females. Due to differences between the measurements given in the original description of this species and our measurements of a paratype, measurements of the two specimens collected in this study and (in brackets) of that paratype are provided here.

Dorsal shield 390 [417] long and 257–275 [297] wide. Setae j1 37 [42], j3 42–50 [52], j4 5 [5], j5 5 [5], j6 5 [5], J2 5–7 [7], J5 7 [7], z2 12 [12], z4 12 [10], z5 5 [5], Z 1 7–10 [7], Z4 100–135 [140], Z5 285–300 [297], s4 90 – 102 [117], S2 12 [12], S4 12 [12], S5 12 [12], r3 15 [15], R 1 7–10 [7]. Distances between St1 - St3 70 [77], St2 - St2 75 [80], St5 - St5 70–72 [87]. Ventrianal shield 123–135 [147] long, 75–80 [85] wide at level of ZV 2 and 87 [95] wide at anus level. Movable cheliceral digit 45 [52] long; fixed cheliceral digit 32–40 [50] long. Calyx of spermatheca 7 [8] long. Leg macrosetae: Sge I 42–45 [50], Sge II 42 [42], Sge III 50 [55], Sti III 37 [40], Sge IV 117–127 [122], Sti IV 82–87 [92], St 82–87 [90].

Remarks. The measurements of the paratype examined agree with the measurements of the collected females, and differ from the redescription of the holotype and paratypes of this species given by Denmark & Muma (1989), in the length of Z5, Sge IV, Sti IV and St IV (212, 64, 45 and 41 respectively, mentioned by those authors).