Ricoseius loxocheles (De Leon, 1965)

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 : 146

Ricoseius loxocheles (De Leon) ( Figure 103)

Amblyseius (Ricoseius) loxocheles De Leon, 1965: 128 .

Amblyseius (Kampimodromus) loxocheles .— Van der Merwe, 1968: 160.

Ricoseius loxocheles . — Denmark & Muma, 1970a: 120; Moraes et al., 1986: 127, 1991: 131, 2000: 251, 2004b: 194; Lofego et al., 2004: 9 ; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 193, 2007: 108; Demite et al., 2017: 2162.

Specimens measured. GO, SP (2, 4).

Dorsal shield of female smooth, 315 (310–330) long and 229 (197–260) wide. Setal lengths: j1 30 (27–33), j3 69 (58–78), j4 39 (33–45), j5 44 (41–53), j6 148 (125–175), J2 166 (150–175), J5 7 (7–8), z2 40 (32–48), z4 126 (116–140), z5 25 (23–28), Z1 50 (40–58), Z4 177 (163–188), Z5 143 (132–150), s4 158 (149–170), S2 82 (71–97), S4 59 (51–65), S5 145 (127–168), r3 60 (50–68), r5 65 (60–73) and R1 67 (65–72). Peritreme extending to level between j1 and j3. Distances between st1–st3 62 (58–68), st2–st2 71 (67–75), st5–st5 76 (68–88). Ventrianal shield 115 (105–125) long, 57 (51–60) wide at level of Zv2 and 75 (66–87) at anus level. Spermathecal calyx tubular, 23 (20–25) long; atrium elongate. Fixed cheliceral digit 32 (30–34) long, with 10–11 teeth; movable digit 29 (27–30) long, with two teeth. Macrosetae on legs I–IV, capitate; SgeI 20 (17–21), SgeII 19 (18–20), SgeIII 20 (19–22), SgeIV 22 (19–24), StiIII 17 (15–18), StiIV 42 (39–44) and StIV 21 (20–21) .

Distribution in Brazil. Bahia ( Nuvoloni et al., 2015a), Goiás ( Rezende & Lofego, 2011; Demite et al., 2017), Mato Grosso ( Demite et al., 2009), Roraima (Gondim Jr. et al., 2012), Santa Catarina ( Barbosa et al., 2021) and São Paulo ( Flechtmann, 1967b, d; Denmark & Muma, 1970 a, 1973; Lofego et al., 2004, 2013; Baldo et al., 2018).

Distribution elsewhere. Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Puerto Rico and USA.

Remarks. The measurements of the specimens examined are similar to those of the original description, except S4, about 1.6 longer in the original description.