Gynaeseius

Oliveira, Daniel C., Charanasri, Vatana, Kongchuensin, Manita, Konvipasruang, Ploychompoo, Chandrapatya, Angsumarn & De, Gilberto J., 2012, Phytoseiidae of Thailand (Acari: Mesostigmata), with a key for their identification, Zootaxa 3453, pp. 1-24 : 7-8

Gynaeseius sp.

Specimens examined. Three females, on Rosa sp., at Sukhothai Province, November 1999.

Female

Dorsal shield 316 (310–320) long and 180 wide; j1 25, j3 19 (15–25), j4 14 (14–15), j5 13 (12–13), j6 15, J2 17 (15–20), J5 6 (6–7), z2 15 (12–17), z4 15 (15–16), z5 14 (12–15), Z1 15 (13–16), Z4 14 (14–15), Z5 27 (25–29), s4 18 (15–21), S2 18 (16–20), S5 17 (15–19), r3 15, R1 14 (13–15); distances between St1-St3 63 (63–64), St2-St2 61 (59–63), St5-St5 73 (72–73); ventrianal shield 100 long, 80 wide at level of ZV2; calyx of spermatheca not discernable; fixed cheliceral digit 26 (25–26) long with 11 teeth, movable cheliceral digit 30 (30–31) long with 3 teeth; Sge II 14 (12–15), Sge III 27 (26–27), Sti III 31, Sge IV 40 (35–45), Sti IV 46 (45–48), St IV 43 (40–45). Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2/0-2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1-2/0, 1.

Remarks. According to Chant & McMurtry (2007), 12 species are presently placed in this genus. The species here reported is distinguished from G. brevisetosus (Collyer) , G. christinae (Schicha) , G. duanensis (Liang & Zeng) , G. eharai (Gupta) , G. hebridensis (McMurtry & Moraes) , G. irregularis (Evans) , G. santosoi (Ehara) and G. semirregularis (Schicha & Corpuz) by having fixed cheliceral digit multidentate and movable cheliceral digit with three teeth. The remaining four species, G. armellae (Schicha & Guttierez), G. ghaiae ( Denmark & Kolodochka), G. liturivorus (Ehara) and G. ricini (Ghai & Menon) are very similar to each other and to the species collected in this study. However, it is not possible to tell whether the latter corresponds to any of these species because the spermatheca is not discernible.