Amblyseius neochiapensis Lofego, Moraes & McMurtry

Lofego, Antonio C., Demite, Peterson R., Kishimoto, Raquel G. & De, Gilberto J., 2009, Phytoseiid mites on grasses in Brazil (Acari: Phytoseiidae), Zootaxa 2240, pp. 41-59 : 43

Amblyseius neochiapensis Lofego, Moraes & McMurtry

Amblyseius neochiapensis Lofego et al., 2000: 462 ; Zacarias & Moraes, 2001: 580; Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 199; Lofego et al., 2004: 4 ; Moraes et al., 2004: 40.

FEMALE (3 specimens measured). Dorsal shield 341 (335–347) long and 206 (200–212) wide; j1 30 (28–32), j3 44 (43–45), j4 7, j5 5 (5–6), j6 6 (6–7), J2 6, J5 7 (6–8), z2 10 (10–11), z4 10, z5 6 (5–6), Z1 7 (7–8), Z4 89 (83–95), Z5 159 (147–165), s4 84 (79–91), S2 10 (10–11), S4 9 (8–9), S5 8 (8–9), r3 21 (18–23), R1 10 (10– 11); distances between st1-st3 63 (62–64), st2-st2 76 (73–78) and st5-st5 68 (66–71); ventri-anal shield 121 (114–125) long, 75 (74–75) wide at level of ZV2 and 72 (69–75) wide at level of anus; JV5 61 (57–67); movable cheliceral digit 36 long, with 3 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 31 long, with 11 teeth; calyx of spermatheca 7 (5–10) long; Sge I 35, Sge II 35 (34–36), Sge III 39 (36–41), Sti III 27 (25–30), Sge IV 72 (65– 77), Sti IV 42 (41–44), St IV 68 (63–76).

Specimens examined: Sud Mennucci (20°39' S, 50°54' W), August 2007, on B. brizantha (1 Ƥ); September 2007, on B. decumbens (1 Ƥ). Santo Antônio do Aracanguá (20° 55' S, 50° 20' W), October 2007, on B. decumbens (1 Ƥ). Taquaritinga (21°24' S, 48°41' W), June 2008, on M. minutiflora (1 Ƥ). Onda Verde (20° 32' S, 49° 14' W), July 2008, on P. maximum (1 Ƥ).

Remarks: This species is previously reported from Brazil. Measurements of the specimens collected are similar to those of the original description.