Iphiseiodes musae

Lofego, Antonio Carlos, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo, Demite, Peterson Rodrigo & Moraes, Gilberto José De, 2024, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of the subfamily Amblyseiinae from Brazil, Zootaxa 5439 (1), pp. 1-306 : 100-101

Iphiseiodes musae Denmark & Evans ( Figure 72)

Iphiseiodes musae Denmark & Evans, 2019: 47.

According to Denmark & Evans (2019), dorsal shield of female smooth, 423–439 long and 264–341 wide. Setal lengths: j1 17–18, j3 3, j4 3, j5 3, j6 3, J2 3, J5 2, z2 2–3, z4 2–3, z5 2–3, Z1 3, Z4 2–3, Z5 12, s4 117–118, S2 3, S4 3, S5 3, r3 2–3 and R1 2–3. Peritreme extending forward almost to level of j3. With two pairs of metapodal plates. Spermathecal calyx short tubular-saccular, 8 long; atrium undifferentiated. Fixed cheliceral digit with eight teeth; movable digit with three teeth; lengths of digits not provided. Macrosetae on legs I–IV, sharp-tipped, lengths of macrosetae of legs I-III not provided; SgeIV 141, StiIV 70 and StIV 36. Measurements of ventral shields not provided .

Distribution in Brazil. São Paulo ( Denmark & Evans, 2019).

Distribution elsewhere. Not reported.

Remarks. Species described from Brazil and known only from the type specimens.