Phytoscutus moraesi Demite, Cruz & Cavalcante

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 : 110

Phytoscutus moraesi Demite, Cruz & Cavalcante ( Figure 80)

Phytoscutus moraesi Demite et al., 2019a: 1534 .

According to Demite et al. (2019a), dorsal shield of female mostly punctate, laterally striate, 339 (325–360) long and 285 (255–300) wide. Setal lengths: j1 16 (14–19), j3 48 (40–52), j4 9 (8–10), j6 9 (7–11), J5 10 (8–12), z2 12 (9–14), z4 13 (11–16), z5 9 (8–10), Z1 13 (10–15), Z4 174 (170–178), Z5 234 (215–250), s4 177 (165–188), S4 10 (7–11), S5 10 (9–10), r3 10 (9–11) and R1 11 (8–12). Peritreme extending to level of j1. Distances between st1–st3 50 (49–52), st2–st2 62 (58–68), st5–st5 86 (80–90). Ventrianal shield 127 (115–133) long, 149 (142–156) wide at level of Zv2 and 124 (115–130) at anus level. Seta Zv3 absent. Spermathecal calyx funnel-shaped, 16 (14–18) long; atrium c-shaped. Fixed cheliceral digit 21 (20–22) long and movable digit 20 (18–22) long; number of teeth on cheliceral digit not distinguishable. Macrosetae only on genu and tibia IV, sharp-tipped; SgeIV 80 (78–84) and StiIV 61 (56–65), seta al3 of tarsus IV (usual position of macrosetae) stout, but not distinctly elongate, 15 (15–16). Distribution in Brazil. Amazonas ( Cruz et al., 2019; Demite et al., 2019a). Distribution elsewhere. Not reported. Remarks. Species described from Brazil. Specimens were not examined.