Iphiseiodes metapodalis (El-Banhawy)

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 : 108-109

Taxon classification Animalia Mesostigmata Phytoseiidae

Iphiseiodes metapodalis (El-Banhawy)

Amblyseius metapodalis El-Banhawy, 1984: 132.

Iphiseiodes metapodalis : Moraes et al. 2004: 90.

Iphiseiodes metapodalis : Chant and McMurtry 2007: 98.

Specimens examined.

UESC, Euterpe oleracea , VII-2007 (1♀), Cocos nucifera , VII-2007 (5♀, 1♂), I-2008 (2♀, 1♂), IV-2008 (1♀), Elaeis guineensis , VII-2007 (2♀), Psidium guajava , VII-2007 (8♀, 1♂); CEPLAC, Cocos nucifera , fruit, IV-2009 (1♀); Fazenda Barra, Annona muricata , XI-2007 (1♀), Theobroma cacao , XI-2007 (1♀); Fazenda Bela Vista, Cocos nucifera , IV-2007 (2♀), IX-2007 (1♀, 1♂), XI-2007 (1♀); Fazenda Frupical, Annona muricata , XI-2007 (1♀); Fazenda Liberdade, Theobroma cacao , V-2007 (2♀), Mangifera indica , V-2007 (1♀); Fazenda Monte Alegre, Musa sapientum , IX-2007 (1♀), Cocos nucifera , IX-2007 (1♀), I-2008 (1♀), V-2008 (2♀), Annona muricata , I-2008 (2♀); Fazenda Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora, Theobroma cacao , VII-2007 (1♀), Theobroma grandiflorum , XI-2007 (1♀); Fazenda Terra Nova, Cocos nucifera , V-2007 (1♀), IX-2007 (4♀, 1♂); Sítio Agrotropical, Cocos nucifera , III-2007 (2♀); Sítio Sabino, Annona squamosa VIII-2007 (2♀).

Female.

Eleven specimens measured. Dorsal shield 394 (348-425) long, 313 (282-351) wide, j1 23 (20-26), j3 34 (32-37), j4 5 (4-6), j5 5 (4-6), j6 6 (5-7), J2 7 (6-8), J5 8 (7-9), z2 6 (5-7), z4 6 (5-7), z5 5 (4-7), Z1 7 (6-7), Z4 141 (128-149), Z5 192 (184-200), s4 149 (140-157), S2 7 (6-8), S4 6 (5-7), S5 6 (5-8), r3 6 (6-7), R1 7 (6-8); distances between St1-St3 52 (50-55), St2-St2 77 (75-79) and St5-St5 103 (95-111); ventrianal shield 121 (111-130) long, 160 (152-165) wide at level of ZV2 and 115 (110-120) wide at level of anus; movable cheliceral digit 34 (32-36) long, with 4 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 27 (25-28) long, with 11 teeth; calyx of spermatheca 13 (12-15) long; Sge I 63 (58-68), Sge II 38 (34-43), Sge III 66 (60-71), Sti III 31 (29-35), Sge IV 138 (130-145), Sti IV 82 (76-87), St IV 43 (37-47).

Male.

Five specimens measured. Dorsal shield 326 (315-340) long, 243 (220-269) wide, j1 24 (23-25), j3 35 (31-39), j4 5 (4-6), j5 5 (4-6), j6 7 (6-7), J2 6 (5-7), J5 7 (6-8), z2 6 (5-7), z4 6 (6-7), z5 5 (5-6), Z1 6 (5-7), Z4 109 (105-118), Z5 182 (176-187), s4 106 (100-110), S2 7 (6-7), S4 6 (5-7), S5 6 (5-7), r3 6 (6-7), R1 6 (6-7); ventrianal shield 142 (141-145) long and 191 (186-197) wide at anterior corners; shaft of spermatodactyl 20 (20-22) long; Sge I 47 (45-49), Sge II 33 (30-35), Sge III 44 (42-47), Sti III 28 (25-30), Sge IV 95 (92-98), Sti IV 65 (60-70), St IV 44 (42-48).

Remarks.

Measurements of the specimens collected are similar to those of the original description, except for the width of dorsal shield (reported as 147 for the female holotype, probably a mistake). This is the first description of a male of this species.