Euseius nyalensis (El-Badry)

Euseius nyalensis (El-Badry) View in CoL

Amblyseius nyalensis El-Badry 1968: 322 .

Euseius nyalensis, Moraes et al. 1986: 47 View in CoL , 2001: 40, 2004b: 72 ; Chant & McMurtry 2005b: 215, 2007: 121.

Euseius neotutsi Ueckermann 1992: 149 View in CoL (synonymy according to Moraes et al. 2001).

The biology of this species remains unknown and this is its first record for the Ivory Coast.

Specimens examined — 7 ♀♀ and 1 ♂ collected during this study, between 06/IV/2017 and

18/III/ 2018 in Yamoussoukro, Ngattakro (aasl 158 m, Lat 6°49′39.443″N ; Long 5°17′21.635″W)

on Carica papaya L

World distribution — Benin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Sudan,

Yemen.

Characters Ivory Coast (5) Cape Verde (6) Characters Ivory Coast (5) Cape Verde (6)

(this study) (this study)

dsl 252 (248–258) 250 (242–257) st1 –st1 48 (46–50) –

dsw s4 173 (163–180) 175 (169–182) st2 –st2 54 (53–56) 74 (72–76)

dsw R1 173 (163–180) – st3 –st3 59 (58–61) –

j1 22 (20–25) 22 (20–25) st4 –st4 46 (45–48) –

j3 14 (13–15) 17 (16–17) st5 –st5 38 (36–39) –

j4 5 (5–6) 12 (11–13) st1 –st5 96 (95–98) 111 (109–112)

j5 5 (5–6) 11 (10–12) vsl 103 (98–108) 49 (47–51)

j6 6 (6–7) 12 (11–13) vsw 136 (133–138) 137 (128–146)

J2 8 (8–9) 12 (11–14) vsw anus 54 (53–58) –

J5 5 (5–6) 8 (7–8) gv3-gv3 22 (21–23) 22 (20–23)

r3 11 (10–13) 16 (15–18) JV5 24 (23–27) 26 (24–28)

R1 7 (6–8) 13 (11–16) SgeI 19 (18–21) 22 (21–23)

s4 14 (13–16) 23 (20–25) SgeII 20 (18–22) 20 (20–21)

S2 8 15 (13–17) SgeIII 26 (24–28) 26(25–28)

S4 8 (8–9) 13 (12–15) StiIII 18 (18–19) 17 (16–18)

S5 9 (8–10) 12 (11–13) SgeIV 38 (36–39) 34 (33–34)

z2 7 (6–8) 14 (13–15) StiIV 25 (24–27) 23 (22–23)

z4 7 12 (11–14) StIV 33 (31–35) 34 (33–35)

z5 6 (6–8) 10 (9–11) fdl, No teeth 20 (19–22), 6 22 (21–22), 4 or 5

Z1 6 (5–7) 10 (9–11) mdl, No teeth 19 (18–20), 1 21 (20–21), 1

Z4 8 13 (11–14) shaft 20 (20–21) –

Z5 37 (36–39) 39 (36–41) Branch 6 (5–6) –

Sources of measurements – Cape Verde: Ferragut & Baumann (2021); –: not reported.

Remarks — The measurements of specimens from the Ivory Coast ( Tables 17 and 18) are very close to those of specimens from other regions.