Proprioseiopsis mexicanus ( Garman, 1958 )

Argolo, Poliane Sá, Vital Santos, Renata M., Leão Bittencourt, Maria A., Da Silva Noronha, Aloyséia C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. & Oliveira, Anibal Ramadan, 2017, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) associated with tropical ornamental plants, with a checklist and a key to the species of Bahia, Brazil, Zootaxa 4258 (4), pp. 345-364 : 348

Proprioseiopsis mexicanus ( Garman, 1958)

Specimen examined. Fazenda Barra, Z. spectabile , January 2007 (1 female).

One female measured. Dorsal shield 339 long, 210 wide, j1 23, j3 27, j4 5, j5 5, j6 6, J2 6, J5 9, z2 14, z4 11, z5 5, Z1 7, Z4 81, Z5 107, s4 63, S2 8, S4 7, S5 11, r3 14, R1 11; distances between St1–St3 67, St2–St2 66 and St5–St5 69; ventrianal shield 110 long, 92 wide at level of ZV2 and 85 wide at level of anus; movable cheliceral digit 34 long, with 2 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 31 long, with 8 teeth; calyx of spermatheca 5 long; Sge I 19, Sge II 24, Sge III 24, Sti III 20, Sge IV 52, Sti IV 31, St IV 58.

Remarks. The measurements of the single female collected agree with the measurements of the holotype and of specimens from northeastern Brazil, both provided by Moraes & McMurtry (1983), as well as the measurements provided by Lofego et al. (2009) for specimens from the State of São Paulo.