Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) apoxys Van der Merwe

Ueckermann, E. A., Situngu, Sivuyisiwe & Barker, Nigel P., 2021, Checklist of Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) species from plants bearing leaf domatia, from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, with the description of a new species, Journal of Natural History 55 (11 - 12), pp. 683-697 : 691

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) apoxys Van der Merwe

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) apoxys Van der Merwe, 1968: 31 ; De Moraes et al. 2004: 309.

Amblydromella apoxys, Moraes et al., 1986: 154

Amblydromella (Amblydromella) apoxys , Denmark & Welbourn, 2002: 308.

This species exhibits the following combination of characters: all dorsal setae being short and smooth except for setae Z4 and Z5 which are serrate with the latter the longest and knobbed distally, setae S2, S4 and S5 equally long, ventral setae JV5 smooth and acute, cervix of spermatheca short(6 μm), saccular with posterior half thickwalled, leg IV with one or 2 knobbed macrosetae, genu II has 7 setae and genu III with 6 setae.

World distribution: South Africa and Mozambique. This species was sampled 26 times since description, present study included ( Ueckermann and Loots 1988; Ueckermann, et al., 2008).

Specimens examined: 2♀♀

Kwelera, East London, on Rhoicissus rhomboidea (E. Mey x Harv.) Planch ( Vitaceae ), 27 September 2014; Grahamstown, on Gardenia thunbergia L.f. ( Rubiaceae ), October 2014.