Phytoscutus eugenus (Ueckermann & Loots)

De Moraes, Gilberto J., Zannou, Ignace D., Ueckermann, Eddie A., Oliveira, Anibal R., Hanna, Rachid & Yaninek, John S., 2007, Species of the subtribes Arrenoseiina and Proprioseiopsina (Tribe Amblyseiini) and the tribe Typhlodromipsini (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa, Zootaxa 1448 (1), pp. 1-39 : 4

Phytoscutus eugenus (Ueckermann & Loots)

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Amblyseius (Trochoseius) eugenus Ueckermann & Loots, 1985: 130 .

Phytoscutus eugenus, Yoshida-Shaul & Chant, 1997: 231 ; Chant & McMurtry, 2004b: 309; Moraes et al., 2004: 165.

Female. ( Specimen measured. Angola: holotype)

Dorsum. Dorsal shield smooth, 441 long and 302 wide. Setae j1 [28], j3 [72], j4 [9], j6 [9], J5 [9], z2 [82], z4 [25], z5 [9], Z1 [19], Z4 [186], Z5 [227], s4 [173], S5 [9], r3 [13], R1 [13].

Venter. Sternal shield smooth, posterior margin concave; distances between St1-St3 [54], St2-St2 [66]. Genital shield striate; distance between St5-St5 [95]. Ventrianal shield reticulate, pentagonal, anterior margin straight, [176] long, [183] wide at level of Zv2 and [151] wide at level of anus, with 3 pairs of preanal setae (Jv1, Jv2 and Zv2; only one member of Jv4 present); Zv1 on soft cuticle; Jv5 long [189]; preanal pores posteromesad to Jv2. With 1 pair of metapodal shields.

Chelicera. Movable digit [28]; fixed digit [25] (because of the position, it is not possible to count the number of teeth).

Spermatheca. Calyx cup-shaped, [6] long.

Legs. Sharp-tipped macrosetae; Sge I [50], Sge II [32], Sge III [63], Sti III [50], Sge IV [101], Sti IV [88], St IV [95].

Specimens examined. Angola: Salazar, holotype, on Eugenia uniflora , 18-IV-1972, M.K.P. Smith Meyer .

World distribution. Angola.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Phytoscutus eugenus (Ueckermann & Loots) (female): A. Dorsal shield; B. Ventral surface; C. Spermatheca; D. Peritremal shield; E. Leg IV.