Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius ) clairathiasae Wainstein & Arutunjan, 1967

Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius) clairathiasae Wainstein & Arutunjan, 1967 View in CoL

Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius) clairathiasae Wainstein & Arutunjan, 1967: 1766 View in CoL . Anthoseius clairathiasae View in CoL .—Beglyarov, 1981: 25.

Amblydromella clairathiasae .—Moraes et al., 1986.

Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius) clairathiasae . — Moraes et al., 2004: 318.

This species was first reported as Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius) kazachstanicus Wainstein in Algeria by Athias- Henriot (1960b), but then identified as a new species by Wainstein & Arutunjan (1967). Nothing is known of its biology. This is the second report of this species in the world.

Specimens examined: 2003, Ras El Ma on Cydonia oblonga (Rosaceae) ( 1 female), Silene sedoides (Caryophyllaceae) ( 1 female), near Larache on Chamaerops humilis (Arecaceae) ( 1 female), Saïdia on Lygos raetrum (Fabaceae) ( 1 female).

Previous records: Algeria.

Redescription of the adult female ( n = 2) ( Figs 1–4 View FIGURES 1 – 4 )

Dorsum ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 4 ). Dorsal shield 358, 360 long and 190, 193 wide, lightly reticulated, with five solenostomes ( gd2, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9), 18 pairs of dorsal setae and two pairs of sub-lateral setae: j 1 23, 25; j 3 20, 32; j 4 16, 18; j 5 20, 24; j 6 23, 25; J2 26; J5 12; z 2 20, 23; z 3 25, 28; z4 30; z 5 20, 23; Z4 50, 53; Z5 58; s4 32, 34; s6 35, 38; S2 40, 43; S4 38, 40; S 5 17, 23; r3 32, 35; R 1 28, 30. All setae smooth, except Z4 and Z5, slightly serrated. Peritreme extending between j1 and j3 ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 4 ).

Venter ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1 – 4 ). Sternal shield, with a few lateral striae, with two pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures; two pairs of sternal setae and lyrifissures (only visible on one specimen) on small metasternal plates. Distances between ST1 – ST3 58, 62; ST2 – ST2 60, 75; ST5–ST5 60. Two pairs of metapodal plates 30 (28, 32) long, 0.5 wide for the largest and 15 (13, 15) long and 0.2 wide for the smallest. Ventri-anal shield with four pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1, JV2, JV3 and ZV2 and no pre-anal pore. Membrane surrounding ventri-anal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1, ZV3, JV4 and JV5; ventri-anal shield 113, 122 long; 85, 88 wide at anterior corners, and 70, 73 wide at level of anus. JV5 54, 60 long. No visible lyrifissure near JV5.

Legs ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 4 ). Legs IV with a swollen-tipped macroseta on basitarsus, STIV 50, 55. Chaetotactic formula of genu II: seven setae, 2 2/0, 2/0 1; genu III: seven setae, 2 2/0, 2/0 1.

Chelicera. Fixed digit 27 long and movable digit 22 long, dentition not discernable. Spermatheca ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1 – 4 ). Cup-shaped and pocular ( Denmark et al., 1999), with a cervix 12 long and 5 wide, atrium included in the calyx.