Neoseiulus mungeri
Creators: name: Beaulieu, Frédéric
name: Beard, Jennifer J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Neoseiulus
Neoseiulus mungeri

description: Neoseiulus mungeri (McGregor, 1954)   
(Figs 9a–b, 11a–b, 16a; Table 2)  
 Typhlodromus mungeri McGregor, 1954: 92.   
 Material examined. Two females, lectotype and paralectotype; see Figs 1b, 2b–c, Table 1.   
 Dorsal idiosoma (Fig. 9a). Suboval shield, 381–382 long x 201–220 wide, lateral margin smoothly concave at level of setae R 1; shield length / width ratio 1.74–1.90. Shield essentially smooth (as suspected, based on original illustration), except for light lineation in the marginal region of the shield anterolaterally. Number and position of setae are essentially the same as in other Neoseiulus species (Chant & McMurtry, 2003); 17 pairs of setae on shield, r3 and R 1 on soft cuticle (see Table 2 for setal lengths). The few dorsal setae (j1, j3, j4, J5, z5, S4–5, r3, R 1) remaining on either of the two females moderately short, and the only Z5 seta present (on lectotype) elongate (60), with no apparent barbs (although mounting media not clear). Distance between j1 setae 0.76–0.91 x length of j1 setae; seta Z5 0.16 x length of dorsal shield. Four pairs of gland openings visible (gd1, gd4, gd6, gd9), in same positions as in N. californicus; gd4 small and circular, more or less directly posterior to seta s4; gd9 as in N. californicus: conspicuous, and closely anteromesal to S5. Peritreme extending to j1.   
 Ventral idiosoma (Fig. 9b). Sternal shield essentially smooth (as in original illustration), except for lineae in anterior and lateral marginal regions; bearing st1–3. Epigynal shield essentially smooth, although micropunctation discernible. Ventrianal shield reticulate, with three pairs of pre-anal setae; all pre-anal setae (JV1–2, ZV2) broken or missing, except one ZV2 seta apparently intact (26 µm) on one female (lectotype). Gland opening gv3 small, almost punctiform, slightly crescent-shaped, moderately close to each other (separated by 21–26), slightly posterior (7–9 µm) to level of JV2; gv3–gv3 distance / JV2–JV2 distance = 0.37–0.44. Soft opisthogastric cuticle with four pairs of setae (ZV1, ZV3, JV4–5).   
 Spermatheca (Fig. 11a–b). Calyx elongate, narrowly subconical (typically viewed in longitudinal crosssection as narrowly cuneiform, or resembling a champagne flute), 18–20 long, 8–10 wide distally; orientation of calyx’s main axis varies both within and between females, from straight to strongly curved. Atrium 4.8–5.6 long, 4.0–4.2 wide, deeply forked at junction with major duct, thick-walled. Major duct as broad as or broader than atrium.   
 Chelicera (Fig. 16a). Cheliceral movable digit with a small, retrorse tooth, 7–8 µm from apex; fixed digit with two subapical (offset) teeth, followed by 2–3 proximal teeth (these 2–3 proximal teeth were overlooked by McGregor, because they are not aligned with the two subapical teeth (being inserted paraxially)).   
 Legs. A single macroseta (pd3), on basitarsus of leg IV (63–66). Chaetotaxy of genu II–III as for N. californicus.
description: Published as part of Beaulieu, Frédéric & Beard, Jennifer J., 2018, Acarine biocontrol agents Neoseiulus californicus sensu Athias-Henriot (1977) and N. barkeri Hughes (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) redescribed, their synonymies assessed, and the identity of N. californicus (McGregor) clarified based on examination of types, pp. 451-507 in Zootaxa 4500 (4) on page 468, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5297750