Amblydromalus rapax

Ferragut, Francisco, Moraes, Gilberto Jose & Navia, Denise, 2011, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) of the Dominican Republic, with a re-definition of the genus Typhloseiopsis De Leon, Zootaxa 2997, pp. 37-53 : 38

Amblydromalus rapax ( De Leon)

Amblyseius (Typhlodromalus) rapax De Leon, 1965a : 125 Amblyseius rapax .— Moraes et al., 1994: 213.

Typhlodromalus rapax .— De Leon, 1967: 22; Moraes et al., 2000: 252.

Specimens examined. Jarabacoa (Cordillera Central), 30-IX-2008, one female on Cecropia peltata L. ( Cecropiaceae ); six females and two males on Inga vera Willdenow (Leguminosae) . Manabao (Cordillera Central), 30-IX- 2008, one female and one male on Ocotea leucoxylon (Swartz) Lanessan (Lauraceae) .

Remarks. This species has previously been recorded from Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Marie Galante, México, Perú and Trinidad-Tobago. The measurements of five adult females collected are similar to those of the holotype, except for the longer macrosetae on leg IV, similarly to specimens collected in Marie-Galante by Moraes et al. (2000). The average measurements for the females collected are: dorsal shield, 295 µm long (266–310) and 172 wide (168–176); ventrianal shield, 100 µm long (95–105) and 51 wide (46–54). Setae j1: 23 (22–24), j3: 36 (35–38), j4, j5: 7 (7–8), j6, J2: 10 (10–11), J5: 9 (9–10), z2: 11 (10–11), z4: 10 (10–11), z5: 6, Z1: 11 (10–11), Z4: 10 (8–11), Z5: 74 (71–78), s4: 66 (64–68), S2: 12 (11–12), S4: 11 (10–11), S5: 10 (9–10), r3: 17 (16–18), R1: 8, Sge I: 42, Sge II: 34 (33–34), Sge III: 38 (36–39), Sge IV: 74 (71–76), Sti IV: 44 (42–47), St IV: 91 (88–94).