Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) incisivus 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 : 690

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) incisivus Van der Merwe

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) incisivus Van der Merwe, 1968: 35 ; De Moraes et al. 2004: 330.

Amblydromella incisiva, Moraes et al., 1986: 164

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

This species can be recognised by all dorsal setae being short and smooth except for setae Z5 which are the longest and serrate, setae S2, S4 and S5 equally long, ventral setae JV5 smooth and acute, spermatheca with cervix longer (21 μm) and saccular with proximal half thick-walled, macroseta on leg IV acute and genu II has 8 setae and genu III with 7.

World distribution: South Africa. This species was sampled 24 times since description, present study included ( Ueckermann and Loots 1988; Ueckermann, et al., 2008).

Specimens examined: 1♀

Gonubie, East London, on Rhoicissus rhomboidea (E. Mey x Harv.) Planch ( Vitaceae ), 26 September 2014.