Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) quadratus Wu & Liu, 1997

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Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) quadratus Wu & Liu

Typhlodromus quadratus Wu & Liu 1997: 150­151 .

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) quadratus, Moraes et al. 2004b: 344 , Chant & McMurtry 2007:

155, Wu et al. 2010: 302.

This species also belongs to the rhenanus species group ( Chant and McMurtry 1994). It has been collected only once in China on unknown host plants. So this the first report of this species outside China. Its biology is unknown.

World distribution: China.

Specimens examined: A single female collected during this study. Djoumoichongo (230

m aasl, lat. 11°48 ′ 34 ″ S, long. 43°17 ′ 37 ″ E), 1 ♀ on Cyathea sp. (Cyatheaceae) , 10/XII/2018. Remarks: description by Wu and Liu (1997) is quite poor, with many details lacking and very small drawings, making difficult comparisons and diagnose. Morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements of our specimen ( Table 11) fit however very well with measurements of the original description given by those authors. Only slight differences exist in the length of setae. The most important difference between the Chinese specimens and the present specimen is seta Z4 which is serrated in our specimen but smooth in the original description.