Phytoseiinae Berlese, Vitzthum 1941
Creators: name: Ueckermann, Eddie A.
name: Zannou, Ignace D.
name: De Moraes, Gilberto J.
name: Oliveira, Anibal R.
name: Hanna, Rachid
name: Yaninek, John S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae

description: Key to the genera and species of the subfamily Phytoseiinae treated in this paper   1 Setae z3 and z6 present; seta s6 absent; most setae of dorsal shield paddle-shaped; genu II with 6 setae … Chantia Pritchard & Baker ................................................................. Chantia paradoxa Pritchard & Baker   
- Setae z3 present/absent and z6 absent; seta s6 present; dorsal setae not paddle-shaped; genu II with 7 setae..................................................................................................................................................................... 2  
 2 Seta z3 present......................................................................................................... Phytoseius Ribaga... 3   
 - Seta z3 absent...................................................................................................... Platyseiella Muma … 15   
 3 Setae J2 and R1 present … plumifer species group Chant & Yoshida-Shaul............................................ 4   
- Setae J2 absent and R1 present/absent...................................................................................................... 10  
4 Setae s4 at most 0.7 as long as distance between their bases; setae Z4 at most half as long as distance between their bases...................................................................................................................................... 5  
- Setae s4 at least as long as distance between their bases; setae Z4 at least 0.8 times as long as distance between their bases.................................................................................................................................... 7  
 5 Female ventrianal shield smooth; major duct of spermatheca inflate near atrium........................................................................................................................................................ P. neoamba Ueckermann & Loots   
- Female ventrianal shield striate anteriorly to anus; major duct of spermatheca not inflate near atrium.... 6  
 6 Diameter of flared part of calyx of spermatheca ca. equal to length of tubular part; with a single, knobbed macroseta on leg IV (basitarsus) ........................................................ P. neomontanus Moraes & McMurtry   
 - Diameter of flared part of calyx of spermatheca much larger than length of tubular part; with 3, setiform macrosetae on leg IV (genu, tibia and basitarsus) ............................... P. kisumuensis Moraes & McMurtry   
 7 Seta s6 ca. 1.5 times as long as Z4; macrosetae absent on genu and tibia of leg IV.......................................................................................................................................... P. comodera El-Banhawy & Abou-Awad   
- Seta s6 at most 1.3 times as long as Z4; macrosetae present on genu and tibia of leg IV......................... 8  
 8. Calyx of spermatheca without a tubular portion; major duct of spermatheca not inflated near atrium.......................................................................................................... P. neohongkongensis Moraes & McMurtry   
- Calyx of spermatheca with a distinct tubular portion; major duct of spermatheca inflate near atrium...... 9  
 9 Seta j3 ca. twice as long as j1; seta z3 ca. 0.7 times as long as r3..................... P. amba Pritchard & Baker   
 - Seta j3 ca. 2.8 times as long as j1; seta z3 at least as long as r3....... P. hongkongensis Swirski & Shechter   
 10 Seta R1 present .................... purseglovei species group Chant & Yoshida-Shaul... P. perforatus El-Badry   
 - Seta R1 absent.................................................................................... horridus species group Denmark...11   
 11 Without leg macrosetae ....................................................................... P. intermedius Evans & MacFarlane   
- Leg IV with at least 1 macroseta............................................................................................................... 12  
 12 With only 1 macroseta, on telotarsus of leg IV .......................................... P. duplus Ueckermann & Loots   
- With 4 macrosetae, on genu, tibia, basitarsus and telotarsus of leg IV..................................................... 13  
 13 Seta s4 ca. 2.5 as long as j1 and ca. 0.8 times as long as s6..... P. antigamenti El-Banhawy & Abou-Awad   
- Seta s4 at least 3.5 times as long as j1 and 1.4 times as long as s6.......................................................... 14  
 14 Seta z3 ca. as long as j3; macroseta of basitarsus (Sbt) IV at least twice as long as Sge IV......................... ....................................................................................................................... P. crinitus Swirski & Shechter   
 - Seta z3 ca. 0.7 times as long as j3; Sbt IV ca. as long as Sge IV ........................ P. ferox Pritchard & Baker   
 15 Setae s4 ca. half as long as distance between their bases; ventrianal shield with 1 pair of preanal setae (Jv2).......................................................................................................................... P. eliahui Ueckermann   
 - Setae s4 about as long as distance between their bases; ventrianal shield with 2 pairs of preanal setae (Jv2 and Zv2)................................................................................................................. P. marikae Ueckermann
description: Published as part of Ueckermann, Eddie A., Zannou, Ignace D., De Moraes, Gilberto J., Oliveira, Anibal R., Hanna, Rachid & Yaninek, John S., 2007, Phytoseiid mites of the subfamily Phytoseiinae (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 1658 (1) on pages 18-19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1658.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5104092