Proprioseiopsis pentagonalis (Moraes & Mesa)

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 : 114

Taxon classification Animalia Mesostigmata Phytoseiidae

Proprioseiopsis pentagonalis (Moraes & Mesa)

Amblyseius pentagonalis Moraes et al., 1991: 127.

Proprioseiopsis pentagonalis : Moraes et al. 2004: 186.

Proprioseiopsis pentagonalis : Chant and McMurtry 2007: 89.

Specimens examined.

Fazenda Monte Alegre, Theobroma cacao , I-2008 (1♀).

Female.

One specimen measured. Dorsal shield 328 long, 207 wide, j1 24, j3 23, j4 6, j5 6, j6 7, J5 10, z2 10, z4 11, z5 6, Z1 9, Z4 102, Z5 164, s4 74, S2 10, S4 10, S5 8, r3 18, R1 11; distances between St1-St3 63, St2-St2 69 and St5-St5 61; ventrianal shield 108 long, 85 wide at level of ZV2 and 71 wide at level of anus; movable cheliceral digit 35 long; fixed cheliceral digit 30 long; calyx of spermatheca 50 long; Sge II 25, Sge III 22, Sti III 17, Sge IV 58, Sti IV 37, St IV 52.

Remarks.

Measurements of the specimen collected are similar to those of the original description and of Moraes et al. (2013) for specimens from São Paulo state. This is the first record of this species in Bahia.