Phytoseius
Creators: name: Silva, Guilherme Liberato Da
name: Rocha, Matheus Dos Santos
name: Ferla, Noeli Juarez
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Phytoseius

description: Key for Phytoseius species reported from Brazil (based on females).
1. Setae J2 and R1 absent...................................................... horridus group Denmark 1966 …2
- Setae J2 and R1 present.......................................... plumifer group Chant & Yoshida-Saul 1992b …4
2. Leg IV without macrosetae..................................... Phytoseius intermedius Evans & MacFarlane 1962
- Leg IV with macrosetae spatulate distally.................................................................. 3
3. Setae s4, s6, Z4 and Z5 without a long slit or dividing line, calyx of spermatheca broad, setae Z4 74 µm, JV5 41 µm, two teeth on fixed digit, and genu IV with seven setae.................................. Phytoseius woodburyi De Leon 1965b
- Setae s4, s6, Z4 and Z5 with a long slit or dividing line, calyx of spermatheca cup-shaped, setae Z4 89 µm, JV5 51 µm, four teeth on fixed digit, and genu IV with six setae.......................................... Phytoseius litoralis n. sp.
4. Leg IV without macrosetae............................................................................. 5
- Leg IV with macrosetae............................................................................... 7
5. Calyx of the spermatheca very short, cap-shaped; setae on leg IV with knobbed tips............................... 6
- Calyx of the spermatheca long, cup-shaped, thick-walled in the proximal third of the atrium; setae on leg IV without knobbed tips........................................................... Phytoseius jurute Demite, Lofego & Feres 2008
6. Knobbed setae only on basitarsus IV, setae Z5 smooth................................ Phytoseius mumai Ehara 1966
- Knobbed setae on genu, tibia and basitarsus IV, setae Z5 serrated........ Phytoseius kaapre Demite, Lofego & Feres 2008
7. Antero-lateral setae j3, z2, z3, r3, s4 and s6 smooth......................................................... 8
- Antero-lateral setae j3, z2, z3, r3, s4 and s6 serrated......................................................... 10
8. Spermatheca with major duct inflated, sternal shield with two pairs of setae (ST1 and ST2)..................................................................................... Phytoseius pernambucanus Moraes & McMurtry 1983
- Spermatheca with major duct not inflated, sternal shield with three pairs of setae (ST1, ST2 and ST3)................... 9
9. Genu IV with eight setae, with conspicuous large pores near the base of setae z5, calyx of spermatheca saccular and atrium nodular....................................................... Phytoseius jatoba Demite, Lofego & Feres 2008
- Genu IV with seven setae, without pores near the bases of setae z5, calyx of spermatheca elongate, atrium indistinct.............................................................................. Phytoseius guianensis De Leon 1965a
10. Calyx of spermatheca cup-shaped, major duct inflated....................................................... 11
- Calyx of spermatheca elongate, major duct broad.......................................................... 12
11. Setae Z4 (36), Z5 (42), s 4 (41), s6 (52) and JV5 (38), with a pair of enlarged pores near z5 .................................................................................................... Phytoseius latinus El-Banhawy 1984
- Setae Z4 (55), Z5 (72), s4 (60), s6 (72) and JV5 (50), with a pair of normal pores near z5 .................................................................................................. Phytoseius marumbus El-Banhawy 1984
12. Setae j1 smooth and with macrosetae only on basitarsus IV..................... Phytoseius nahuatlensis De Leon 1959
- Setae j1 serrated and with macrosetae on genu, tibia and basitarsus IV.............. Phytoseius averrhoae De Leon 1965a
description: Published as part of Silva, Guilherme Liberato Da, Rocha, Matheus Dos Santos & Ferla, Noeli Juarez, 2013, First new species of the Phytoseius horridus group (Acari: Phytoseiidae) described from Brazil, with a key to the Brazilian species of Phytoseius, pp. 595-599 in Zootaxa 3681 (5) on page 598, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.5.9, http://zenodo.org/record/217092