Eharius stathakisi Döker

Barbar, Ziad, Parker, Bruce & Skinner, Margaret, 2022, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Syria: new records and first description of the male of Eharius stathakisi Döker, Acarologia 62 (1), pp. 12-21 : 13-14

Eharius stathakisi Döker

Specimens collected — Alhafah: five ♀♀ and two ♂♂ on Marrubium vulgare L. ( Lamiaceae ),

20 April 2021.

Female (n = 5).

Dorsum — Length of dorsal shield 305 (280–322), width (at level of s4) 122 (120–126).

Setae r3, Z4 and Z5 knobbed apically. Measurements of dorsal setae as follows: j1 12 (12–13),

j3 29 (28–31), j4 19 (17–20), j5 (15), j6 16 (15–18), J2 18 (17–20), J5 6 (5–7), z2 29 (29–30),

z4 36 (34–37), z5 15 (15–16), Z1 25 (24–26), Z4 30 (30–31), Z5 35 (30–40), s4 35 (34–36), S2

29 (29–30), S5 9 (8–10), r3 32 (29–35) and R1 17 (15–20).

Peritreme — Short, reaching to level of z4.

Venter — Distances between st1– st1 44 (40–49), st2–st2 52 (48–56), st3–st3 59 (58–61), st1–st3 73 (70–76), st4–st4 69 (68–70), st5–st5 46 (42–50). Length of ventrianal shield 88 (77–98), width at level of ZV2 40 (38–42), width at level of anus 51 (50–52). Setae JV5 13 (13–14).

Chelicera — Fixed digit 23 (22–25) long with two teeth and pilus dentilis ; movable digit

19 (18–20) long without teeth.

Spermatheca — Calyx cup-shaped 4 (4–6) in length.

Legs — Length of legs (basis of coxae to basis of claws): leg I 230 (220–239); leg II 175 (170–179); leg III 164 (157–172); leg IV 203 (200–207). Leg IV without macrosetae.