Amblyseius neobernhardi Athias-Henriot, 1966

Amblyseius neobernhardi Athias-Henriot, 1966 View in CoL ( fig. 9 View Fig )

Typhlodromus intermedius Bernhard, 1963 (preoccupied name, non Amblyseius intremedius Gonzales & Schuster, 1962 ).

Amblyseius neobernhardi Athias-Henriot, 1966: 201 View in CoL (replacement name); Wainstein & Shcherbak, 1972: 38; Ghiliarov et al., 1977: 236; Beglyarov, 1981: 68.

Material. Types. Holotype}, France, Cote D’Or , litter (collection date, No. of the specimen unknown; not located; not examined).

Non-types. Ukraine, Kyiv Region, env . Kyiv, slopes of the Dnipro River , clearing in a broad-leaved forest, Lamium sp. , 14.07.1974, specimen #1061, 1}; ibid., the same data, 1 }; Lviv Region, Morshansk District, valley of Berezhnitsa River, Grabniki , Abies alba , 22.07.1983, specimen #4545 a, 1}; ibid., the same data, specimen #4375 a, 1} (Kolodochka) ; Odesa, Odesa District, Khadzhibeysky estuary, near the dam, litter, 28.07 1971, specimen #6054, 1} (Volyansky) ( SIZK) .

R e d e s c r i p t i o n. F e m a l e. The dorsal shield ( fig. 9 View Fig , 1 View Fig ) is well sclerotised, smooth, the dark marginal border is weakly expressed, oval, with light lateral notches. The shield is so convex that the lateral edges are folded to the ventral side, and a long longitudinal fold is formed on the sides of the shield on both sides. In the case when a particular individual is more sclerotised, the shield bursts and is located in one plane without bending to the ventral side of the idiosome. There are 7 pairs of small solenostomes on the shield (it, iv, id, isc, il, is, ic). All dorsal setae are smooth and sharp. Setae PM4 are very long, whip-shaped, PM3 are long, AD1, AL4, AM1 are elongated, the rest are microchaetes. Seta AM1 extends behind theca AL1. Peritremes extend beyond thecae AD1. The ventrianal shield ( fig. 9 View Fig , 2 View Fig ) is somewhat wider than the genital shield, rounded-pentagonal with almost parallel lateral edges, transversely striated, the anal pores are small, spaced. Metapodal scutes are oval, the anterior scute is somewhat shorter and almost twice as narrow as the wider posterior one ( fig. 9 View Fig , 3 View Fig ). The posterior part of the peritremal shield is curved, in a narrow terminal part with almost parallel lateral edges, blunt-pointed, with a pore at the end ( fig. 9 View Fig , 4 View Fig ). There are 8 teeth on Df of chelicerae and 3 on Dm ( fig. 9 View Fig , 5 View Fig ). The funnel of the spermatheca is thin-walled, cylindrical, slightly expanding as it passes to the sac; the atrium is sessile, placed asymmetrically on the funnel ( fig. 9 View Fig , 6 View Fig ). Leg IV has 3 long macrochaetes; the longest is on the genu ( fig. 9 View Fig , 7 View Fig ). The genu and tibia III, as well as genua II and I, also have significantly shorter macrochaetes.

M e a s u r e m e n t s: Lds 380, Wds 255; Lvas 103, Wvas 88, Lian 42; Ltar 110; setae length: AD1 21; AD2 4; AD3 4; AD4 4; PD2 5; PD4 9; AM1 36; AM2 4; AL1 5; AL3 5; AL4 82; PL1 6; PL2 6; PL3 8; PM1 6; PM3 115; PM4 215; AS 8; PS 5; PV 37; MChIV: ge 100, ti 75, ta 60; MChIII: ge 38, ti 30; MChII: ge 37; MChI: ge 38.

M a l e. Unknown.

D i f f e r e n t i a l d i a g n o s i s. See the diagnosis of Amblyseius meridionalis .

D i s t r i b u t i o n, h a b i t a t, o c c u r r e n c e. Europe ( Finland, France, Germany, Moldova, The Netherlands, Slovakia, Russia, Ukraine). In Ukraine: Wood-and-Steppe, Steppe (coniferous trees, grasses, litter); rare.

Note. Descriptions, morphometry and illustrations are given for non-type specimens after comparing them with voucher specimens from the collection of B. A. Wainstein and illustrations of this type in publications by various authors.