Typhlodromina subtropica Muma

Guanilo, Alberto Daniel, Moraes, Gilberto José De & Knapp, Markus, 2008, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) of the subfamilies Phytoseiinae Berlese and Typhlodrominae Wainstein from Peru, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 1729, pp. 49-60 : 55

Typhlodromina subtropica Muma and Denmark

Typhlodromina subtropica Muma and Denmark 1969: 412; Muma et al. 1970: 132; Denmark and Muma 1978: 16; Moraes et al. 2004: 305; Chant and McMurtry 2007: 169.

Typhlodromus subtropicus, Chant and Yoshida-Shaul 1983: 1046 .

FEMALE. (8 specimens measured)

Dorsal shield 364 (340–380) long, 258 (245–265) wide; j1 28 (26–30), j3 45 (42–48), j4 38 (34–40), j5 42 (35–45), j6 53 (41–59), J2 62 (46–69), J5 13 (12–13), z2 41 (34–47), z3 47 (33–55), z4 53 (41–61), z5 45 (37– 50), Z4 70 (55–77), Z5 58 (48–62), s4 56 (49–62), s6 70 (60–77), S5 67 (55–71), r3 34 (30–37), R1 28 (17– 34); distances between ST1-ST3 56 (52–58), ST2-ST2 61 (60–65) and ST5-ST5 74 (70–78); ventrianal shield 118 (115–123) long, 81 (75–88) wide at level of ZV2 and 79 (75–83) wide at level of anus; JV5 66 (60–72); movable cheliceral digit 27 (26–28) long, with 1 tooth; fixed cheliceral digit 25 (24–26) long, with 3 teeth; calyx of spermatheca 21 (20–25); Sge IV 22 (20–24), Sti IV 26 (20–29), St IV 42 (36–45). Chaetotaxy: genu II - 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1 (in a female from Sunampe, Chincha, Ica, 2, 2/1, 2/0 on one side); genu III - 1, 2/1, 2/0, 1.

Specimens examined. Ica: Ica-San Juan (13° 59' 31" S, 75° 44' 12" W), 19-VII-2006, on Brugmansia arborea (1Ψ); Chincha-La Calera (Alto Laran) (13° 27' 30" S, 76° 3' 30" W), 20-VII-2006, on B. arborea (1Ψ); Chincha-Sunampe, 19-V-2006, on Vitis vinifera (1Ψ). Lima: Cañete-San Luis (13° 2' 34" S, 76° 25' 41" W), 21-VII-2006, on Ricinus communis (1Ψ); Cañete-Nuevo Imperial (13° 4' 33" S, 76° 21' 12" W), 21-VII- 2006, on Lippia nodiflora (1Ψ). Cajamarca: Jaén-Linderos (5° 41' 38"S, 78° 48' 10"W), 5-VIII-2006, on Capsicum frutescens (1Ψ). Lambayeque: Chiclayo-Callanca (6° 50' 51" S, 79° 48' 57" W), 6-VIII-2006, on Nicandra physaloides (1Ψ); Chiclayo-Monsefú (6° 32' 19" S, 79° 52' 45" W), 6-VIII-2006, on B. arborea (1Ψ); Chiclayo-Jayanca (6° 23' 4" S, 79° 48' 5" W), 6-VIII-2006, on Cestrum auriculatum (1Ψ). La Libertad: Trujillo-Chanquita (8° 25' 24" S, 78° 48' 50" W), 7-VIII-2006, on B. arborea (3Ψ); Trujillo-Viru (Huancaco) (8° 26' 3" S, 78° 46' 46" W), 7-VIII-2006, on B. arborea (1Ψ).

Previous records. Antigua, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Galapagos, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Saint-Martin, USA and Venezuela.

Remarks. The females collected in this study agree with the measurements of the holotype given by Chant and Yoshida-Shaul (1983).