Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) De Leon 1959
Creators: name: Molla, Md. Iftiar Hossain
name: Kar, Anamika
name: Bala, Suvash Chandra
name: Kar, Krishna Karma-
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Typhlodromus

description: Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) De Leon, 1959   
 Type species: Anthoseius hebetis De Leon, 1959: 258.    Key to the species of Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) described or reported from West Bengal, India based on Hernandes et al. (2012).   
1. Ventrianal shield with three pairs of pre-anal setae........................................................... 2  
- Ventrianal shield with four pairs of pre-anal setae........................................................... 3  
 2. Dorsal shield slightly reticulated with a deep incision at the level of R1; fixed digit of chelicera with four teeth.......................................................................................... T. majumderi Gupta 1986   
 - Lateral margin of dorsal shield strongly striated with a deep incision at the lateral margin of waist region; fixed digit of chelicera with seven teeth................................................... T. heliotropium Karmakar & Bhowmik, 2018   
 3. All dorsal shield setae bulbous........................................................... T. bulbosis sp. nov.   
- All dorsal shield setae not bulbous........................................................................ 4  
4. All the dorsal shield setae serrated....................................................................... 5  
- All the dorsal shield setae not serrated.................................................................... 6  
 5. Sternal shield with three pairs of setae................................................... T. bengalensis sp. nov. - Sternal shield with two pairs of setae...................................................... T. adhatoda sp. nov.   
 6. All dorsolateral setae serrated and dorsocentral setae smooth............... T. carambolae Karmakar & Bhowmik, 2018   
 - All dorsal setae smooth or only Z4 and Z5 serrated.......................................................... 7   
7. Leg IV with three macrosetae........................................................................... 8  
- Leg IV with single macroseta........................................................................... 9  
 8. Setae j3, z3, s4, s6 and Z5 elongated, setae z2, z4 and S5 short, setae Z4 and Z5 smooth, pointed....... T. pruni Gupta, 1970   
 - Setae j3, z3, s4, s6 and Z5 not elongated, setae z2, z4 and S5 short, setae Z4 and Z5 serrated......................... 10   
 9. Setae S2 longer, more than 30 µm....................................................... T. gopali Gupta, 1969   
 - Seta S2 shorter, less than 30 µm......................................................................... 11   
 10. Seta S5 longer, posterior margin of sternal shield with deep cleft............................. T. persicus Gupta, 1992   
 - Seta S5 shorter, posterior margin of sternal shield concave............................ T. darjeelingensis Gupta, 1986   
 11. Setae Z4 and Z5 smooth, macrosetae on Leg IV pointed.................................. T. communis Gupta, 1978   
 - Setae Z4 and Z5 serrated, macrosetae on Leg IV bulbous..................................................... 12   
 12. Seta StIV, long 21–33 µm........................................................... T. fleschneri Chant, 1960   
 - StIV short, 15–20 µm................................................................................. 13   
 13. Seta j5 long 18–22 µm;, movable digit with three teeth....................................... T. sagaricus sp. nov.   
 - Seta j5 short 13–20 µm;, movable digit without teeth........................................ T. homalii Gupta 1970
description: Published as part of Molla, Md. Iftiar Hossain, Kar, Anamika, Bala, Suvash Chandra & Kar, Krishna Karma-, 2021, Description of four new species of phytoseiid mites belonging to the genus Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) De Leon from West Bengal, pp. 541-556 in Zootaxa 4949 (3) on pages 542-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/4640717