Amblyseius megaporos De, 1961

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 : 50-51

Amblyseius megaporos De Leon ( Figure 34)

Amblyseius megaporos De Leon, 1961: 85 .

Typhlodromus megaporos .— Hirschmann, 1962: 5.

Amblyseius megaporos .— Moraes et al., 1986: 21, 2004b: 37; Chant & McMurtry, 2004a: 208, 2007: 80.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) megaporos .— Denmark & Muma, 1989: 79.

According to Denmark & Muma (1989), dorsal shield of female smooth, 355 long and 235 wide. Setal lengths: j1 24–26, j3 34–35, j4 10, j5 10, j6 10, J2 10, J5 8, z2 14, z4 11, z5 10, Z1 11, Z4 56, Z5 195, s4 56, S2 13, S4 12 , S5

11, r3 17 and R1 12. Peritreme extending to level of j1. Shape of spermatheca unknown. Fixed cheliceral digit with 10–11 teeth; movable digit with three teeth. Macrosetae of legs I–IV, sharp-tipped (length of macrosetae of legs I-III not provided); SgeIV 105, StiIV 66 and StIV 56.

Distribution in Brazil. São Paulo ( Denmark & Muma, 1973).

Distribution elsewhere. Jamaica and Mexico.

Remarks. Additional specimens were not examined. As nothing is known about the shape of the spermatheca of A. megaporos , this species is not included in the key later provided in this publication.