Typhlodromalus marmoreus (El-Banhawy)

Lofego, Antonio Carlos, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo, Demite, Peterson Rodrigo & Moraes, Gilberto José De, 2024, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of the subfamily Amblyseiinae from Brazil, Zootaxa 5439 (1), pp. 1-306 : 176

Typhlodromalus marmoreus (El-Banhawy) ( Figure 124)

Amblyseius marmoreus El-Banhawy, 1978: 481 .

Typhlodromalus marmoreus . — Moraes et al., 1986: 132, 2004b: 201; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 199, 2007: 111; Ferla et al., 2011: 24; Rocha et al., 2015: 27.

Specimens measured. SP (2, paratypes).

Dorsal shield of female areolate between j3 and z5 and laterad J2, with scant anterolateral striae and smooth elsewhere, 321–437 long and 164–166 wide. Setal lengths: j1 31, j3 37, j4 11, j5 11, j6 14–17, J2 14, J5 6, z2 28–31, z4 45, z5 11, Z1 25, Z4 61, Z5 85–87, s4 54, S2 45, S4 14, S5 11, r3 28–31 and R1 17. Peritreme extending to level of j1. Distances between st1–st3 59–62, st2–st2 65, st5–st5 71. Ventrianal shield 102 long, 56–59 wide at level of Zv2 and 62 at anus level. Spermathecal calyx tubular, 11–14 long; atrium nodular. Fixed cheliceral digit 28–31 long, with eight teeth; movable digit 31 long, with three teeth. Macrosetae only on leg IV, slightly capitate; SgeIV 28, StiIV 12–14 and StIV 42 .

Distribution in Brazil: Paraná ( Araujo et al., 2022a), Rio Grande do Sul ( Ferla & Moraes, 1998; Ferla et al., 2011; Rocha et al., 2015; Silva et al., 2020), Santa Catarina ( Furtado et al., 2006) and São Paulo ( El-Banhawy, 1978; Parecis-Silva et al., 2016).

Distribution elsewhere. Not reported.

Remarks. Species described from Brazil. Measurements of holotype and paratypes not reported in the original description.