Typhlodromalus Muma
Creators: name: Guanilo, Alberto Daniel
name: Moraes, Gilberto José De
name: Knapp, Markus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Typhlodromalus

description: Typhlodromalus Muma
sextus group Chant 1959: 66.
Amblyseius (Typhlodromalus) Muma 1961: 288. Typhloseius, Muma 1961: 291.
Typhlodromalus, De Leon 1966: 87; Chant & McMutry 2005b: 196; 2007: 111.
Typhlodromalus aripo De Leon
Typhlodromalus aripo De Leon 1967: 21; Denmark & Muma 1973: 257; Moraes et al. 1986: 128; 2000: 252; 2004: 195; Feres & Nunes 2001: 1255; Lofego et al. 2004: 10; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 71.
Amblyseius aripo, Moraes & McMurtry 1983: 132; Moraes & Mesa 1988: 73; Feres & Moraes 1998: 126.
FEMALE. (7 specimens measured)
Dorsal shield 338 (325–365) long, 200 (190–215) wide; j1 29 (28–34), j3 40 (37–42), j4 13 (11–15), j5 13 (11–14), j6 17 (15–20), J2 16 (15–18), J5 8 (7–9), z2 18 (16–20), z4 34 (31–40), z5 11 (10–12), Z1 23 (19– 28), Z4 56 (50–66), Z5 74 (67–82), s4 49 (45–53), S2 32 (26–37), S4 25 (19–33), S5 11 (9–14), r3 21 (19–25), R1 17 (15–18). Distances between st1-st3 62 (58–70), st2-st2 64 (60–70) and st5-st5 73 (68–78); ventrianal shield 110 (103–120) long, 64 (58–73) wide at level of ZV2 and 69 (65–75) wide at level of anus; elliptic preanal pores posteromesad to JV2; JV5 55 (52–57). Peritreme extending forward to level of j1. Movable cheliceral digit 30 (29–31) long, with 3 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 30 (29–31) long, with 8–10 teeth; calyx of spermatheca tubular, 16 (15–18) long. Macrosetae stout and sharp: SgeI 20 (18–22), SgeII 19 (17–21), SgeIII 25 (23–26), StiIII 18 (17–21), SgeIV 50 (46–58), StiIV 24 (23–28), StIV 69 (62–75). Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2/ 0-2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1-2/0, 1.
MALE. (1 specimen measured)
Dorsal shield 260 long, 165 wide; j1 23, j3 30, j4 11, j5 11, j6 13, J2 11, J5 6, z2 18, z4 24, z5 10, Z1 17, Z4 35, Z5 42, s4 36, S2 21, S4 16, S5 10, r3 20, R1 13. Ventrianal shield, 100 long and 145 wide at the anterior corners; lyrifissures indiscernible; elliptical preanal pores posteromesad to JV2. Peritreme extending forward to level of j1. Macrosetae stout and sharp: SgeI 18, SgeII, 18, SgeIII 17, StiIII 16, SgeIV 30, StiIV 18, StIV 57. Chaetotaxy of genua II and III as in female.
Specimens examined. Cuzco: Quillabamba — Macamango (12º 05'20''S, 72º42'14''W), 4-VII-2006, on Solanum nigrum (1Ψ); Quillabamba — Ipac (12º53'22''S, 72º46'10''W), 4-VII-2006, on Nicotiana tabacum (1Ψ); Quillabamba — Maranura (12º58'43''S, 72º39'36''W), 5-VII-2006, on Nicotiana tomentosa (1Ψ). Ica: Chincha — El Palmar (13°28'41''S, 76°10'26''W), 20-VII-2006, on Cestrum auriculatum (1Ψ, 1 immature). San Martín: Tarapoto — Las Flores (06°31'16''S, 76°16'49''W), 27-VII-2006, on Solanum caricaefolium (2Ψ, 1ɗ), Tarapoto — Juan Guerra (06°32'51''S, 76°20'41''W), 27-VII-2006, on S. caricaefolium (1Ψ), Tarapoto — Cacatache (06°27'55''S, 76°26'49''W), 27-VII-2006, on S. caricaefolium (1Ψ), on unknown fabaceous plant (4Ψ, 1ɗ); Soritor — Rioja (06°08'11''S, 77°08'13''W), 29-VII-2006, on Brugmansia suaveolens (2Ψ). Amazonas: Bagua Grande — Aramango (05°43'52''S, 78°26'24''W), 2-VIII-2006, on Capsicum frutescens (4Ψ, 1 immature). Cajamarca: San Ignacio — Barrio Nuevo (05°08'09''S, 79°03'08''W), 4-VIII-2006, on Physalis peruviana (1Ψ, 1ɗ), on Lycopersicon peruvianum (2Ψ); San Ignacio — La Villa (05°08'34''S, 78°59'40''W), 3- VIII-2006, on Solanum americanum (4Ψ).
Previous records. Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Jamaica, Paraguay and Trinidad.
Typhlodromalus peregrinus (Muma)
Typhlodromus peregrinus Muma 1955: 270.
Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) peregrinus, Chant 1959: 97.
Typhlodromalus peregrinus, Muma et al. 1970: 88; Moraes et al. 1986: 132; 2004: 202; Zacarias & Moraes 2001: 582; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 11.
Amblyseius peregrinus, McMurtry 1983: 255; Moraes & Mesa 1988: 73; Moraes et al. 1991: 130.
Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) evansi Chant 1959: 99 (synonym according to Muma 1964).
Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) primulae Chant 1959: 99 (synonym according to Muma 1964).
Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) robineae Chant 1959: 98 (synonym according to Muma 1964).
FEMALE. (3 specimens measured, including the holotype from Minneola, Florida, USA, on orange).
Dorsal shield 329 (320–343) [377] long, 203 (190–218) [223] wide; j1 23 (23–24) [31], j3 28 (23–33) [34], j4 11 (9–14) [13], j5 13 (12–14) [13], j6 16 (13–21) [13], J2 17 (16–19) [16], J5 10 (8–11) [9], z2 21 (19– 25) [22], z4 29 (25–33) [22], z5 12 (11–14) [11], Z1 20 (17–24) [17], Z4 45 (41–53) [46], Z5 68 (65–71) [78], s4 38 (32–45) [36], S2 31 (29–35) [24], S4 23 (22–25) [19], S5 16 (15–17) [12], r3 21 (19–23) [20], R1 18 (17–19) [16]. Distances between st1-st3 59 (58–60) [66], st2-st2 57 (55–58) [69] and st5-st5 71 (60–88) [80]; ventrianal shield 110 (100–115) [129] long, 71 (68–73) [56] wide at level of ZV2 and 70 (68–73) [76] wide at level of anus; preanal pores posteromesad to JV2; JV5 41 (40–42) [not measured]. Peritreme extending forward to level of j1 [same for holotype]. Movable cheliceral digit 29 (28–30) [31] long, with 3 [3] teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 30 [31] long, with 8 [9] teeth. Calyx of spermatheca 13 (10–15) [16] long. Macrosetae of tarsus IV slightly knobbed; other macrosetae sharp: SgeII 13 (13–14) [20], SgeIII 18 (16–20) [29], StiIII 14 (13– 15) [19], SgeIV 34 (30–38) [46], StiIV 16 (13–20) [24], and StIV 54 (53–55) [80]. Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2/0- 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1-2/0, 1.
Specimens examined. Lima: Cañete — Agua Dulce (13°05'37''S, 76°25'08''W), 21-VII-2006, on Brugmansia arborea (1Ψ). Cajamarca: San Ignacio — Nambaye (05°09'02''S, 78°59'59''W), 4-VIII-2006, on Brugmansia suaveoleus (3Ψ). Lambayeque: Chiclayo — Callanca (06°50'51''S, 79°48'57''W), 6-VIII-2006, on Cestrum auriculatum (1Ψ, 1ɗ).
Previous records. Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Hawaii, Honduras, Mexico, Peru — Cuzco (McMurtry & Moraes 1989), Surinam, USA and Venezuela.
Remarks. The specimens collected in this study have macrosetae of genua II-IV, tibia IV and tarsus IV 0.6-0.7 shorter than in the holotype.
description: Published as part of Guanilo, Alberto Daniel, Moraes, Gilberto José De & Knapp, Markus, 2008, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) of the subfamily Amblyseiinae Muma from Peru, with descriptions of four new species, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 1880 on pages 24-26, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184181