Neoseiulus anonymus (Chant & Baker )

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 : 45-46

Neoseiulus anonymus (Chant & Baker)

Amblyseius anonymus Chant & Baker, 1965: 21 ; McMurtry, 1983: 254; Schicha & Elshafie, 1980: 32. Neoseiulus anonymus .— Denmark & Muma, 1973: 265; Kreiter & Moraes, 1997: 378; Moraes & Mesa, 1988: 76; Moraes et al., 1986: 68; 1991: 126; 2000: 245; 2004: 102; Gondim Jr & Moraes, 2001: 77; Chant & McMurtry, 2003a: 21; Guanilo et al., 2008a: 26.

FEMALE (6 specimens measured). Dorsal shield 322 (307–345) long and 151 (142–160) wide; j1 22 (20–25), j3 41 (36–50), j4 36 (28–45), j5 38 (31–47), j6 47 (38–57), J2 49 (40–57), J5 12 (11–15), z2 43 (35–52), z4 44 (37–52), z5 37 (29–48), Z1 48 (40–56), Z4 70 (65–73), Z5 73 (68–78), s4 53 (46–63), S2 53 (40–60), S4 41 (37–47), S5 36 (33–43), r3 34 (31–39), R1 31 (26–36); distances between st1-st3 60 (57–64), st2-st2 57 (55– 60) and st5-st5 54 (43–60); ventri-anal shield 105 (97–115) long, 83 (80–87) wide at level of ZV2 and 71 (70– 73) wide at level of anus; JV5 50 (46–54); movable cheliceral digit 22 (22–23) long, with 3 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 23 (23–24) long, with 5–7 teeth; calyx of spermatheca 18 (17–20) long; St IV 62 (59–65).

Specimens examined: Sud Mennucci (20°39' S, 50°54' W), October 2007, on M. minutiflora (16 Ƥ, 8 3). Piracicaba (22°42' S, 47°38' W), NOVEMBER 2007, on M. minutiflora (1 Ƥ). São José do Rio Preto (20° 45' S, 49°19' W), August 2008, on B. brizantha (1 Ƥ).

Remarks: This species is previously known from Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Saint Barthelemy and Venezuela. Measurements of the specimens collected are close to those of the holotype, reported by Schicha & Elshafie (1980), except that the calyx of the spermatheca is about 1.5 times as long, similar to what was reported by Gondim Jr. & Moraes (2001) for specimens from the State of São Paulo.