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03D08791FFA3D02B2E98B08CFC84F91B.text	03D08791FFA3D02B2E98B08CFC84F91B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amblyseius Berlese 1914	<div><p>Genus Amblyseius Berlese, 1914: 143.</p> <p>Amblyseiopsis Garman, 1948: 17.</p> <p>Type species Amblyseiopsis americanus Garman, 1948: 17.</p> <p>Amblyseius (Amblyseius) — Muma, 1961: 287.</p> <p>Amblyseius (Amblyseialus) Muma, 1961: 287. Type species Amblyseiopsis largoensis Muma, 1955: 266.</p> <p>Amblyseius (Amblyseius) section Italoseius Wainstein, 1962: 15. Type species Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) italicus Chant, 1959: 70.</p> <p>Amblyseialus — Muma, 1965: 245.</p> <p>Proprioseiopsis (Peloiseius) Karg, 1983: 303. Type species Amblyseius dorsatus Muma, 1961: 278.</p> <p>Amblyseius (Multiseius) Denmark and Muma, 1989: 82. Type species Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) andersoni Chant, 1957: 296.</p> <p>Amblyseius (Pauciseius) Denmark and Muma, 1989: 132. Type species Amblyseius meridionalis Berlese, 1914: 144.</p> <p>Type species— Zercon obtusus Koch, 1839: 27.13, sensu Karg, 1960: 440.</p> <p>Following the classificatory scheme of Chant &amp; McMurtry (2007) Amblyseius lanceae sp. nov. belongs to americanus group with seta z4 long and ventrianal shield pentagonal.</p> <p>Type species: Amblyseius americanus Garman, 1948: 17</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D08791FFA3D02B2E98B08CFC84F91B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kar, Anamika;Karmakar, Krishna	Kar, Anamika, Karmakar, Krishna (2022): Description of nine new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Sikkim, a north eastern States of India. Zootaxa 5182 (3): 201-237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.1
03D08791FFA3D0282E98B2F3FA5FF95D.text	03D08791FFA3D0282E98B2F3FA5FF95D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amblyseius lanceae Kar & Karmakar 2022	<div><p>Amblyseius lanceae sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 1–5; 50–52)</p> <p>Following the classificatory scheme of Chant &amp; McMurtry (2004) the new species belongs to americanus species group and duncansoni species subgroup by having female idiosomal setal pattern 10A:9B/JV-3: ZV; setae S2 and Z1 short, seta z4 longer than seta z2, 2/3 as long as distance between its base; spermatheca with bell shaped calyx.</p> <p>Diagnosis. The new species is distinguished by dorsal shield smooth with seven pairs of solenostomes, female idiosomal setal pattern: 10A: 9B/JV–3: ZV. Seta z2 shorter than seta z4, z4 reached near the base of s4; peritreme extends up to seta j1; seta Z1 short; sternal shield with three pairs of setae, posterior margin of sternal shield wavy; fixed digit of chelicera with eight teeth and movable digit with three backwardly directed teeth; spermatheca bell shaped; all macrosetae on leg IV are pointed with longest one on genu.</p> <p>Description. Female (n = 10). Dorsum (Fig. 1). Dorsal shield 345 (340–348) long and 202 (200–205) wide, smooth, with marks of sigilla mostly on prodorsal area, prodorsum wide, with seven pairs of solenostomes (gd1, gd2, gd4, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9); visible poroids are shown in the illustration 18 pairs of setae on dorsal shield and two pair of setae on unsclerotised cuticle: j1 20 (19–22), j3 32 (30–33), j4 8 (7–10), j5 4 (4–6), j6 6 (5–8), J2 10 (8–10), J5 6 (6–8), z2 14 (12–15), z4 26 (24–29), z5 4 (4–6), Z1 10 (8–10), Z4 35 (34–37), Z5 55 (53–56), s4 41 (40–43), S2 15 (14–17), S4 12 (10–13), S5 8 (8–10), r3 18 (16–19), R1 6 (5–8). All setae smooth, setae j1, j3, s4, and Z4 long while seta Z5 longest, and all other setae medium to minute.</p> <p>Peritreme (Fig. 1). Extending up to the bases of j1.</p> <p>Venter (Fig. 2). The sternal shield nearly square shaped, posterior margin of sternal shield wavy, lateral margins of both sides are indented inwardly with a distinct groove at the middle of anterior margin. Sternal shield 62 (60–63) long, and 68 (67–70) wide at the level of setae st1-st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures; one pair of setae (st4) on unsclerotised membrane 18 (16–19) long. Distances between st2 - st2 and st5-st5 64 (63–66) and 58 (56–60) respectively. Two pairs of metapodal shields present; primary metapodal shield 22 (20–23) long, 4 (4–6) wide, and secondary metapodal shield 13 (11–13). Genital shield smooth, broad at the base and narrow at genital opening with irregular circular flap touches posterior margin of sternal shield. Ventrianal shield smooth, pentagonal 95 (93–96) long, 54 (53–56) wide at level of ZV2 and 52 (50–53) wide at anus level with three pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1 22 (20–23), JV2 19 (18–20), ZV2 18 (17–19) and one pair of pre-anal pores (gv3) 35 (33–36) apart just below JV2. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1 15 (15–18), ZV3 15 (13–16), JV4 18 (18–20) and JV5 34 (33– 35); JV5 long and smooth.</p> <p>Chelicera (Fig. 3). Fixed digit 25 (23–26) long with eight teeth and a distinct pilus dentilis, and movable digit 26 (24–27) long with three backwardly directed teeth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Fig. 4). Calyx 12 (11–14) long, proximal part of spermatheca spear shaped with conspicuous atrium followed by constricted neck, divergent arms of calyx forming bell shaped distally, major duct flattened, clearly visible while minor duct conspicuous.</p> <p>Leg (Fig. 5). Length of leg I 305 (302–307), leg II 225 (222–228), leg III 238 (235–240) and leg IV 350 (348– 354). Chaetotactic formula of Sge II 1 2/1 1/1 1 and Sge III 1 2/1 1/1 1. Leg II and III with pointed macrosetae, SgeII 27 (25–28), SgeIII 28 (26–28), StiIII 22 (20–25) long. The genu, tibia and tarsus of leg IV with pointed macrosetae of following lengths: SgeIV 38 (36–40), StiIV 33 (32–34) and StaIV 62 (60–63).</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype: female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8667 /2021) collected from unidentified climber, at Plant Conservatory, Bulbul: 27°21’36”N, 88°37’40”E, 1975 m AMSL, East Sikkim, Sikkim on 29 th March, 2021; deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 9 paratype females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8668–8673 /2021) with same collection data as holotype deposited in the Acarological laboratory, Department of Entomology, BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific name ‘lanceae’ refers to the spear shaped atrium of spermatheca of the new species.</p> <p>Remarks. The new species is different from all the 10 species under the species subgroup duncansoni (Chant &amp; McMurtry, 2004) by having unique type of spermatheca, calyx wider at proximal part and atrium spear shaped. This new species is close to Amblyseius similoides Buchelos and Pritchard, 1960; A. arbuti De Leon, 1961; A. nayaritensis De Leon, 1961; A. sinuatus De Leon, 1961 by having similar type of dorsal setal pattern and spermatheca. However, it also widely differs from all these close species by shape of ventrianal shield, numbers of denticles in the chelicera, length of macrosetae of leg IV (not mentioned in description), all those have been presented in the Table 1.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D08791FFA3D0282E98B2F3FA5FF95D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kar, Anamika;Karmakar, Krishna	Kar, Anamika, Karmakar, Krishna (2022): Description of nine new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Sikkim, a north eastern States of India. Zootaxa 5182 (3): 201-237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.1
03D08791FFA6D02E2E98B1F5FB70F82C.text	03D08791FFA6D02E2E98B1F5FB70F82C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amblyseiulella Muma 1961	<div><p>Genus Amblyseiulella Muma, 1961: 276</p> <p>Amblyseiulella Muma, 1961: 276</p> <p>Paraphytoseius (Tropicoseius) Gupta, 1979: 80.</p> <p>Type species: Typhlodromus heveae Oudemans, 1930: 97.</p> <p>There are 15 nominal species in this genus (Demite et al., 2021). The members of this genus are characterised by dorsal shield much longer than wide, without strong ornamentation, with lateral margin of female strongly incised at the level s4, and with a prominent pair of pores associated with seta z5, female ventrianal shield much longer than wide with three pairs of preanal setae, leg I-III without macrosetae. Chant &amp; McMurtry (2003) proposed 2 species groups based on the presence or absence of seta S5, the domatorum group with this seta present; and the heveae group with this seta absent. The new species belongs to heveae group with absence of seta S5.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D08791FFA6D02E2E98B1F5FB70F82C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kar, Anamika;Karmakar, Krishna	Kar, Anamika, Karmakar, Krishna (2022): Description of nine new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Sikkim, a north eastern States of India. Zootaxa 5182 (3): 201-237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.1
03D08791FFA7D02D2E98B49CFC6FFB55.text	03D08791FFA7D02D2E98B49CFC6FFB55.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amblyseiulella cancellatus Kar & Karmakar 2022	<div><p>Amblyseiulella cancellatus sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 6–10; 53–56)</p> <p>Diagnosis. Dorsal opisthosoma reticulated; all lateral setae serrated while setae j4, j5, j6, J5 and z5 smooth; posterior margin of sternal shield concave and wavy; one pair of long metapodal plates; fixed digit of chelicera bidentate and movable digit unidentate; leg IV with three blunt macrosetae; spermatheca cup shaped with nodular atrium.</p> <p>Description. Female (n = 5). Dorsum (Fig. 6). Dosal idiosomal chaetotaxy 10A:9B. Dorsal shield 313 (312– 316) long and 188 (186–190) wide, well sclerotized, reticulated posteriorly, with marks of sigilla mostly on prodorsal area, prodorsum wide, with seven pairs of solenostomes (gd1, gd2, gd4, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9); poroids are shown in the illustration 17 pairs of setae on dorsal shield and two pairs of setae on unsclerotised cuticle: j1 30 (29–32), j3 53 (52–55), j4 8 (7–10), j5 8 (7–10), j6 15 (14–18), J5 5 (4–6), z2 20 (19–21), z4 38 (35–39), z5 8 (7–9), Z1 10 (9–12), Z4 38 (36–40), Z5 56 (55–58), s4 72 (70–73), S2 50 (49–52), r3 45 (44–46), R1 28 (26–29). All the dorsal setae serrated medium to long while the setae j4, j5, j6, J5 and z5 are smooth and short, seta Z5 is longest.</p> <p>Sources of measurement: Original paper of Ryu and Lee, 1995; Wu and Ou, 2002; Ehara, 2002; ‘-’: not available</p> <p>Peritreme (Fig. 6). Extending beyond the base of j 1.</p> <p>Venter (Fig. 7). Sternal shield smooth, 61 (60–63) long, 77 (75–78) wide at level of setae st1-st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures; one pair of setae (st4) 30 (30–32) on unsclerotised kidney shaped metasternal plate; posterior margin of sternal shield concave and wavy, lateral margin strongly indented. Distances between st2-st2 61 (60–63), st5-st5 75 (73–76). Genital shield smooth, wider at posterior part and posterior margin almost straight. Two pairs of elongated curved metapodal shields present; primary metapodal shield 45 (43–46) long, 2 (2–3) wide. Ventrianal shield smooth with three pairs setae, shield 112 (107–110) long, 65 (64–67) wide at level of ZV2 setae and 54 (53–56) wide at anus level with three pairs of pre-anal setae JV1 22 (21–23), JV2 21 (20–22), ZV2 21 (20–22) and one pair of pre-anal pores (gv3) 40 (39–42) apart well below JV2. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1 22 (20–22), ZV3 15 (13–16), JV4 16 (14–17) and JV5 41 (40–42); JV5 long and smooth.</p> <p>Chelicera (Fig. 8). Fixed digit 27 (25–28) long, bi-dentate with distinct pilus dentilis, movable digit 27 (25–28) long with one tooth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Fig. 9). Calyx cup shaped, darken portion at the base of vesicle 8 (6–10) long, atrium nodular, major duct and minor duct clearly visible.</p> <p>Leg (Fig. 10). Length of leg I: 313 (311–314), leg II 238 (235–240), leg III 263 (260–265) and leg IV 325 (322–330). Chaetotactic formula of Sge II 1-2/0 2/1-1 and Sge III 1-1/1 2/1-1. Leg IV with three pointed macrosetae of following lengths: SgeIV 40 (40–43), StiIV 38 (37–39), StaIV 55 (54–58).</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype: female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8643 /2021) deposited in the (NZC), Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, collected from unidentified climber, at Plant Conservatory, Bulbul: 27°21’36”N, 88°37’40”E, 1975 m AMSL, East Sikkim, Sikkim on 29 th March, 2021; 4 paratype females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8644 /2021) with same collection data as holotype deposited in Acarology laboratory of BCKV, Mohanpur.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific name cancellatus refers to the unique reticulation pattern of dorsal opisthosoma of this new species.</p> <p>Remarks. The new species Amblyseiulella cancellatus sp. nov. is different from all the 12 species described under this species subgroup (Chant &amp; McMurtry, 2003) by having unique type of reticulation on dorsal opisthosoma. However, the new species is closed to A. chombongensis Ryu &amp; Lee, 1995; A. odowdi Ryu &amp; Lee, 1995; A. paraheveae (Wu &amp; Ou, 2002); A. thoi Ehara, 2002 by having similar type of ventral plates and dorsal setations. The new species differs from these close species by dorsal ornamentation (reticulated versus smooth or sclerotized), length of dorsal setae, number of teeth in fixed and movable digit of chelicera, length and form of leg macrosetae and shape of spermatheca. All the differences are presented in Table 2.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D08791FFA7D02D2E98B49CFC6FFB55	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kar, Anamika;Karmakar, Krishna	Kar, Anamika, Karmakar, Krishna (2022): Description of nine new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Sikkim, a north eastern States of India. Zootaxa 5182 (3): 201-237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.1
03D08791FFA5D0202E98B131FCBEFDDD.text	03D08791FFA5D0202E98B131FCBEFDDD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amblyseiulella gangtokiensis Kar & Karmakar 2022	<div><p>Amblyseiulella gangtokiensis sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 11–15; 57–59)</p> <p>Diagnosis. Dorsum smooth with distinct notch at the level s4 and a small depression at level R1; dorsal setae, j4, j5, j6, J5, z2, z5 and Z1 smooth while other setae longer and serrated; ventrianal shield pentagonal, slightly indented at level JV2; posterior margin of sternal shield wavy; fixed digit of chelicera with two teeth and movable digit unidentate; leg IV with three macrosetae of bulbous tip; spermatheca cup shaped with nodular atrium.</p> <p>Description. Female (n = 5). Dorsum (Fig. 11). Dosal idiosomal chaetotaxy 10A:9B. Dorsal shield 331 (328–331) long and 182 (180–185) wide, well sclerotized, smooth, with marks of sigilla mostly on prodorsal area, prodorsum wide, with seven pairs of solenostomes (gd1, gd2, gd4, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9); poroids are shown in the illustration; 17 pairs of setae on dorsal shield and two pairs of setae on unsclerotised cuticle: j1 33 (30–34), j3 65 (64–66), j4 5 (4–6), j5 5 (4–6), j6 8 (7–10), J5 5 (4–6), z2 20 (19–21), z4 25 (24–28), z5 5 (4–6), Z1 7 (6–8), Z4 70 (68–72), Z5 80 (78–82), s4 83 (82–85), S2 45 (44–48), r3 58 (56–59), R1 28 (27–30). All the dorsal setae serrated medium to long while the setae j4, j5, j6, J5, z2, z5 and Z1 are smooth and short seta Z5 is longest.</p> <p>Peritreme (Fig. 11). Extending up to the base of j 1.</p> <p>Venter (Fig. 12). Sternal shield smooth, 73 (72–75) long, 80 (79–82) wide at level of setae st1-st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures; one pair of setae (st4) 34 (33–36) on unsclerotised triangular shield; posterior margin of sternal shield wavy, lateral margin strongly indented. Distances between st2- st2 63 (62–64), st5-st5 78 (77–80). Genital shield smooth, wider at posterior part and posterior margin straight. One pair of metapodal shields present; metapodal shield 43 (42–45) long, 2 (2–3) wide. Ventrianal shield smooth 112 (110–116) long, 68 (67–70) wide at level of ZV2 setae and 64 (62–65) wide at anus level with three pairs of pre-anal setae JV1 20 (19–22), JV2 20 (20–22), ZV2 21 (20–22) and one pair of pre-anal pores (gv3) 50 (48–52) apart below JV2 and above para-anal setae. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1 28 (28–30), ZV3 12 (11–14), JV4 17 (14–17) and JV5 53 (52–55); JV5 long and serrated.</p> <p>Chelicera (Fig. 13). Fixed digit 27 (25–28) long, with two teeth and distinct pilus dentilis, movable digit 28 (25–28) long unidentate.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Fig. 14). Calyx disc shaped, short 5 (4–6) long, atrium nodular, major duct and minor duct clearly visible.</p> <p>Leg (Fig. 15). Length of leg I: 320 (318–325), leg II 280 (278–285), leg III 270 (268–274) and leg IV 337 (335– 340). Chaetotactic formula of Sge II 1-2/1 2/0-1 and Sge III 2-2/1 1/1-0. Leg IV with three knobbed macrosetae of following lengths SgeIV 44 (43–46), StiIV 45 (44–46), StaIV 75 (72–75).</p> <p>Sources of measurement: Original paper; ‘-’: not available</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype: female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8645 /2021) (deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata), collected from unidentified weed, at Bakthang Falls, East Sikkim: 27°21’28”N, 88°37’22”E, 1725 m AMSL, Sikkim on 29 th March, 2021; 4 paratype females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8646 /2021) with same collection data as holotype deposited in the Acarology laboratory of BCKV, Mohanpur.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific name gangtokiensis refers to the type locality from where the new species is collected.</p> <p>Remarks. The new species Amblyseiulella gangtokiensis sp. nov. is different from all the 12 species described under this species sub group (Chant and McMurtry, 2003) by having seta z2 and Z1 short, ventrianal shield long. However, the species is closed to A. heveae (Oudemans, 1930 b); A. nucifera Gupta, 1979; A. chombongensis Ryu and Lee, 1995; A. odowdi Ryu and Lee, 1995; by having almost similar type of dorsum and spermatheca. However, this new species differs from these close species by length of dorsal setae; shape of ventrianal shield; length of metapodal shied; number of teeth in fixed and movable digit of chelicera, length and form of leg macrosetae and shape of spermatheca. All the differences are presented in Table 3.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D08791FFA5D0202E98B131FCBEFDDD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kar, Anamika;Karmakar, Krishna	Kar, Anamika, Karmakar, Krishna (2022): Description of nine new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Sikkim, a north eastern States of India. Zootaxa 5182 (3): 201-237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.1
03D08791FFA8D0202E98B6B9FDB3FB85.text	03D08791FFA8D0202E98B6B9FDB3FB85.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Euseius Wainstein 1962	<div><p>Genus Euseius Wainstein, 1962</p> <p>Euseius Wainstein, 1962</p> <p>Finlandicus group Athias-Henriot, 1957: 23, Chant, 1959: 67.</p> <p>Amblyseius (Amblyseius) section Euseius Wainstein, 1962: 15.</p> <p>Type species– Seiulus finlandicus Oudemans, 1915:183.</p> <p>Amblyseius (Amblyseius) section Afrodromus Wainstein, 1962:17.</p> <p>Amblyseius (Euseius) De Leon, 1965: 121.</p> <p>Euseius De Leon, 1967: 86; Moraes et al., 2004: 60; Chant and McMurtry, 2007: 120; Demite et al., 2014.</p> <p>Following the classificatory scheme of Chant and McMurty (2007) Euseius tubuliferus sp. nov. belongs to the tribe Euseiini, subtribe Euseiina and genus Euseius, Chant and McMurtry (2005) with 19 pairs of dorsal setae, the female idiosomal setal pattern: 10A:9B/JV-3: ZV.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D08791FFA8D0202E98B6B9FDB3FB85	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kar, Anamika;Karmakar, Krishna	Kar, Anamika, Karmakar, Krishna (2022): Description of nine new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Sikkim, a north eastern States of India. Zootaxa 5182 (3): 201-237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.1
03D08791FFA8D0262E98B080FAFBFD15.text	03D08791FFA8D0262E98B080FAFBFD15.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Euseius tubuliferus Kar & Karmakar 2022	<div><p>Euseius tubuliferus sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 16–20; 60–63)</p> <p>Diagnosis. Dorsum reticulated; peritreme extends between z2 and j3; fixed digit of chelicerae with four distinct teeth and a pilus dentilis; spermatheca unique elongated, tubular; leg IV with three pointed macrosetae.</p> <p>Description. Female (n = 10). Dorsum (Fig. 16). Dorsal shield 360 (358–362) long and 223 (222–225) wide, reticulated, with marks of sigilla mostly on prodorsal area, prodorsum wide with five pairs of solenostomes (gd2, gd4, gd5, gd8 and gd9); 17 pairs of setae on dorsal shield and two pairs of setae on unsclerotised cuticle: j1 33 (31–34), j3 28 (27–30), j4 12 (9–12), j5 12 (9–12), j6 14 (13–15), J2 17 (15–18), J5 4 (3–5), z2 16 (13–16), z4 20 (16–20), z5 12 (10–13), Z1 17 (16–18), Z4 16 (15–18), Z5 52 (50–54), s4 27 (25–28), S2 20 (18–21), S4 18 (17–20), S5 20 (19–21), r3 15 (13–16), R1 12 (10–13). All setae smooth, setae j1, j3, z2, z4, s4, S2, S4 and S5 long, seta Z5 longest, all other setae medium.</p> <p>Peritreme (Fig. 16). Extending between z2 and j3.</p> <p>Venter (Fig. 17). Sternal shield square shaped, posterior margin of sternal shield indistinct and forms a groove at the lateral part of the posterior margin of sternal shield. Sternal shield 68 (65–69) long and 86 (84–88) wide at level of setae st1-st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures; one pair of setae (st4) on unsclerotised membrane 28 (26–29) long and conspicuous lyrifissures on distinct metasternal plate. Distances between st2-st2 73 (72–75), st5-st5 86 (85–88). Two pairs of metapodal shields present. Primary metapodal shield 18 (17–20) long and 4 (3–4) wide, secondary metapodal shield 6 (5–8). Genital shield smooth, broad at base and narrow at genital opening with irregular circular flap touching sternal loop anteriorly. Ventrianal shield smooth, 110 (108–111) long, 56 (55–58) wide at level of ZV2 and 72 (70–74) wide at anus level with three pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1 22 (22–25), JV2 27 (26–29), ZV2 27 (26–29) and one pair of large elliptical pre-anal pores (gv3) 28 (27–30) apart just below JV2. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1 26 (24–27), ZV3 16 (15–18), JV4 14 (12–15) and JV5 28 (27–30); seta JV5 long and smooth.</p> <p>Chelicera (Fig. 18). Fixed digit 22 (21–24) long with four teeth clubbed anteriorly and distinct pilus dentilis, movable digit 22 (22–24) long with one tooth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Fig. 19). Calyx unique, elongated, tubular 42 (40–44) long, minor duct and major duct visible.</p> <p>Leg (Fig. 20). Length of leg I 375 (372–380), leg II 300 (298–305), leg III 280 (278–283) and leg IV 400 (396–404). Chaetotactic formula of genu II 1 2/1 1/1 1 and genu III 1 1/1 2/1 1. The genu, tibia and tarsus of leg IV with pointed tip macrosetae of following lengths: SgeIV 43 (41–44), StiIV 39 (38–41) and StaIV 55 (54–56).</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype: female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8647 /2021) deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, collected from unidentified plant at East Sikkim: 27°22’52”N, 88°38’15”E, 1733 m AMSL, Sikkim on 6 th February, 2021; 9 paratype females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8647-8648 /2019) with same collection data as holotype deposited in Acarology laboratory of BCKV, Mohanpur.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific name tubuliferus refers to the long tubular spermatheca of the new species.</p> <p>Remarks. The new species is closed to Euseius delhiensis (Narayanan &amp; Kaur, 1960), E. rhododendronis Gupta, 1970 and E. alstoniae (Gupta, 1975); by having similar type of venter and spermatheca but differs from these species by the length of dorsal shield setae, ventrianal shield, number of teeth in chelicera, shape of spermatheca and leg macrosetae. All the differences between the new species and the close species are presented in table 4.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D08791FFA8D0262E98B080FAFBFD15	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kar, Anamika;Karmakar, Krishna	Kar, Anamika, Karmakar, Krishna (2022): Description of nine new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Sikkim, a north eastern States of India. Zootaxa 5182 (3): 201-237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.1
03D08791FFAED0262E98B20CFDC4F844.text	03D08791FFAED0262E98B20CFDC4F844.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Okiseius Ehara 1967	<div><p>Genus Okiseius Ehara, 1967</p> <p>Genus: Okiseius Ehara, 1967</p> <p>Okiseius Ehara, 1967.</p> <p>Okiseius (Kampimodromellus) Kolodochka &amp; Denmark, 1996.</p> <p>Okiseius (Okiseius) Kolodochka &amp; Denmark, 1996.</p> <p>Type species: Okiseius subtropicus Ehara, 1967: 77.</p> <p>Following the classificatory scheme of Chant &amp; McMurty (2007) Okiseius pahari sp. nov.; belong to tribe Kampimodromini Kolodochka 1998; subtribe Kampimodromina Chant &amp; McMurtry, 2003; without a distinct notch or incision in the lateral margin of the dorsal shield at the level of seta s4. Chant &amp; McMurtry, 2003 proposed 2 species groups based on the point of insertion of seta R1: the subtropicus species group with this seta inserted on dorsal shield with a distinct notch at the lateral margin of dorsal shield below R1 of females and the maritimus species group with seta R1 inserted on lateral integument of females. The new species O. pahari sp. nov. is grouped under subtropicus species group.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D08791FFAED0262E98B20CFDC4F844	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kar, Anamika;Karmakar, Krishna	Kar, Anamika, Karmakar, Krishna (2022): Description of nine new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Sikkim, a north eastern States of India. Zootaxa 5182 (3): 201-237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.1
03D08791FFAFD0272E98B49CFADBF902.text	03D08791FFAFD0272E98B49CFADBF902.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Okiseius pahari Kar & Karmakar 2022	<div><p>Okiseius pahari sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 21–25; 64–68)</p> <p>Diagnosis. Dorsum strongly reticulated, all setae serrated and arise from distinct tubercles, a small depression present on lateral margin of dorsal shield at level r3, distinct notch at the level below R1; ventrianal shield pentagonal; only one pair of elongated, metapodal shield present, fixed digit of chelicerae with three teeth, spermatheca funnel shaped with nodular atrium; leg IV with rod like and blunt tipped macrosetae on basitarsus.</p> <p>Description. Female (n = 5). Dorsum (Fig. 21). Dorsal shield 338 (336–340) long and 175 (174–176) wide, strongly reticulated, with six pairs of solenostomes (gd1, gd2, gd4, gd5, gd8 and gd9); poroids are shown in the illustration; 16 pairs of setae on dorsal shield and one pair of setae on unsclerotised cuticle: j1 28 (27–30), j3 30 (29–32), j4 15 (15–18), j5 15 (15–18), j6 35 (34–38), J5 5 (5–7), z2 28 (26–29), z4 32 (30–33), z5 28 (25–29), Z1 42 (40–43), Z4 56 (55–58), Z5 48 (46–48), s4 48 (46–49), S2 50 (48–52), S5 15 (15–18), r3 32 (30–33), R1 33 (30–33). All setae serrated.</p> <p>Peritreme (Fig. 21). Extended beyond the bases of j1.</p> <p>Venter (Fig. 22). All shields are smooth. Sternal shield 56 (55–58) long and 64 (63–65) wide at the level of setae st1-st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures; one pair of setae (st4) on metasternal plate on unsclerotised membrane at the margin of genital flap 12 (10–13) long with a conspicucous lyrifissures on metasternal plate. Distances between st2-st2 48 (46–50), st5-st5 52 (50–53). Genital shield smooth, broad at base and narrow at genital opening with irregular circular flap and almost straight posteriorly. One pair of elongated narrows inwardly curved metapodal shield present 32 (30–33) long. Ventrianal shield smooth, pentagonal 90 (90–93) long, 43 (40–44) wide at level of ZV2 and 45 (43–46) wide at anus level with three pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1 8 (8–10), JV2 8 (7–10), ZV2 8 (8–10) and one pair of pre-anal pores (gv3) closely placed on longitudinal line below JV2 28 (28–30) apart. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1 10 (9–12), ZV3 8 (8–10), JV4 8 (8–10) and JV5 28 (27–30); the later one is long and serrated.</p> <p>Chelicera (Fig. 23). Fixed digit 20 (18–21) long with three teeth and movable digit 20 (18–21) long with single tooth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Fig. 24). Calyx funnel shaped 10 (8–10) long with nodular atrium, minor duct and major duct visible.</p> <p>Leg (Fig. 25). Length of leg I 225 (222–228), leg II 175 (173–178), leg III 162 (160–165) and leg IV 240 (238–242). Chaetotactic formula of genu II 0 1/2 1/1 2 and genu III 1 2/1 2/0 1. Rod like macrosetae (11–14) present on genu, tibia and basitarsus.</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype: female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8641 /2021) collected from unknown climber, at East Sikkim: 27°16’49”N, 88°37’6”E, 1367m AMSL, Assam Linzey, East Sikkim, Sikkim on 29 th March, 2021; and deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 4 paratype female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8641–8642 /2021) with same collection data as holotype deposited in the Acarological laboratory, Department of Entomology, BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific name pahari refers to the Bengali word Pahar means Mountain, the type habitat of the new species.</p> <p>Remarks. The new species is different from all the species under subtropicus subgroup by having unique fundibular type of calyx. However, it is close to O. subtropicus Ehara, 1967; O. chinensis Wu, 1983; O. himalayana Gupta, 1986; O. sikkimensis Gupta, 1986; O. merenoi Schicha, 1987 and O. unisetatus Kar &amp; Karmakar, 2021 by having similar type of dorsum and venter. The new species differs from the close species by the length of dorsal setae, serration of seta S5; denticles of chelicerae; number of metapodal shield; leg macrosetae and shape of spermathecae. All the differences among the new species and its close species are presented in Table 5.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D08791FFAFD0272E98B49CFADBF902	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kar, Anamika;Karmakar, Krishna	Kar, Anamika, Karmakar, Krishna (2022): Description of nine new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Sikkim, a north eastern States of India. Zootaxa 5182 (3): 201-237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.1
03D08791FFB3D03B2E98B49CFD7CFE5A.text	03D08791FFB3D03B2E98B49CFD7CFE5A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Paraamblyseius Muma 1962	<div><p>Genus Paraamblyseius Muma, 1962: 8</p> <p>Paraamblyseius Muma</p> <p>Paraamblyseius Muma, 1962: 8.</p> <p>Type species: Paraamblyseius lunatus Muma, 1962:8.</p> <p>Chant and McMurtry, 2007 classified the genus as dorsal shield round, broad, heavily sclerotized, brownish in color, densely reticulate, dorsal setae approximately equal in length, sternal shield much wider than long, ventrianal shield strongly reticulate, very broad, with 3 to 4 pairs of preanal setae and all but one species with seta ZV3 absent, with either one enlarged metapodal plate or usual two.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D08791FFB3D03B2E98B49CFD7CFE5A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kar, Anamika;Karmakar, Krishna	Kar, Anamika, Karmakar, Krishna (2022): Description of nine new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Sikkim, a north eastern States of India. Zootaxa 5182 (3): 201-237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.1
03D08791FFB3D0382E98B63CFEBCFEA1.text	03D08791FFB3D0382E98B63CFEBCFEA1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Paraamblyseius ranipoolensis Kar & Karmakar 2022	<div><p>Paraamblyseius ranipoolensis sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 26–30; 69 –74)</p> <p>Diagnosis. Female dorsal shield well sclerotized, posteriorly reticulated; all the prodorsal setae are shorter than the opisthosomal setae, Z4 and Z5 are long and almost in same length, sternal shield wider than the length, reticulated; genital shield reticulated, posterior margin rounded and narrower than ventrianal shield. Ventrianal shield massive with four pairs of preanal setae, seta ZV3 absent; leg IV without macrosetae.</p> <p>Description. Female (n = 2). Dorsum (Fig. 26). Dorsal idiosomal chaetotaxy 10A:9B. Dorsal shield 470 (465–475) long and 220 (218–228) wide, well sclerotized, reticulated posteriorly, with marks of sigilla mostly on prodorsal area, prodorsum wide, with seven pairs of solenostomes (gd1, gd2, gd4, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9); 17 pairs of setae on dorsal shield and two pairs of setae on unsclerotised cuticle: j1 15 (14–17), j3 24 (23–26), j4 18 (16–19), j5 18 (16–19), j6 20 (19–22), J2 32 (30–33), J5 13 (12–15), z2 28 (28–30), z4 38 (35–39), z5 14 (13–16), Z1 40 (38–42), Z4 48 (46–50), Z5 41 (39–42), s4 40 (38–41), S2 33 (32–35), S4 22 (20–23), S5 20 (18–23), r3 18 (15–18), R1 20 (19–22). All setae smooth except seta Z4, seta Z5 is longest, all other setae short to medium.</p> <p>Peritreme (Fig. 26). Extending near base of j 1.</p> <p>Venter (Fig. 27). Sternal shield reticulated, 56 (55–58) long, 82 (82–85) wide at level of setae st1-st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures; one pair of setae (st4) 12 (11–14) on unsclerotized kidney shaped membrane; posterior margin of sternal shield concave, lateral margin strongly indented. Distances between st2-st2 65 (65–68), st5-st5 85 (83–86). Genital shield strongly reticulated, wider at posterior part and posterior margin straight. Two pairs of metapodal shields present; primary metapodal shield 42 (40–44) long, 5 (4–6) wide, secondary metapodal shield 13 (12–15) long. Ventrianal shield very broad, strongly reticulated, anterior part of triangular ventrianal plate much wider than posterior part, with four pairs of setae, ZV1 within the ventrianal shield and seta ZV3 absent, ventrianal shield 125 (120–130) long, 185 (185–190) wide at level of ZV2 setae and 68 (66–70) wide at anus level with four pairs of pre-anal setae, ZV1 25 (23–26), JV1 21 (20–22), JV2 14 (13–15), ZV2 14 (13–15) and one pair of pre-anal pores (gv3) 27 (26–28) apart. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with two pairs of setae JV4 11 (10–13) and JV5 26 (25–28); JV5 long and smooth.</p> <p>Chelicera (Fig. 28). Fixed digit 25 (24–26) long with six teeth and distinct pilus dentilis, movable digit 23 (22–24) long with two backwardly directed teeth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Fig. 29).Calyx tubular, 25 (24–26) long, wider distally and gradually tapering towards conspicuous atrium, atrium covers almost the total width of the calyx, minor duct and major duct clearly visible.</p> <p>Leg (Fig. 30). Length of leg I: 320 (315–325), leg II 220 (218–230), leg III 230 (225–235) and leg IV 335 (335–338). Chaetotactic formula of Sge II 1-2/1 1/1-1 and Sge III 1-2/1 1/1-1. Leg IV without macrosetae.</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype: female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8639 /2021) (deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata), collected from debdaru or false ashoka (Monoon longifolium),at Ranipool:27°17’25”N, 88°35’36”E, 820m AMSL, East Sikkim, Sikkim on 30 th March, 2021; 1 paratype female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8640 /2021) from same host with same collection data as holotype.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific name ranipoolensis refers to the type locality “Ranipool” of east Sikkim from where this new species was collected.</p> <p>Remarks. Paraamblyseius ranipoolensis sp. nov. is different from all the 9 species described under the species group (Denmark, 1988) by having unique type of reticulation; ZV1 within the ventrianal shield; spermatheca tubular. However, this new species is close to P. lunatus Muma 1962; P. formosanus (Ehara, 1970); P. dinghuensis (Wu &amp; Qian, 1982); P. foliatus Corpuz-Raros, 1994 all by having ventrianal shield with 4 pairs of setae but differs from these close species by the length of dorsal setae, width of genital shield, length and width of ventrianal shield, number of teeth on fixed and movable digit of chelicera and shape of the spermatheca. All the differences are presented in Table 6.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D08791FFB3D0382E98B63CFEBCFEA1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kar, Anamika;Karmakar, Krishna	Kar, Anamika, Karmakar, Krishna (2022): Description of nine new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Sikkim, a north eastern States of India. Zootaxa 5182 (3): 201-237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.1
03D08791FFB6D03E2E98B49CFB7CFD0B.text	03D08791FFB6D03E2E98B49CFB7CFD0B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phytoseius Ribaga 1904	<div><p>Genus Phytoseius Ribaga, 1904</p> <p>Phytoseius Ribaga, 1904</p> <p>Phytoseius Ribaga, 1904: 177.</p> <p>Type species Gamasus plumifer Canestrini &amp; Fanzago, 1876: 130, by subsequent designation (Vitzthum, 1941).</p> <p>Phytoseius (Phytoseius) — Wainstein, 1959: 1361.</p> <p>Phytoseius (Dubininellus) Wainstein, 1959: 1361. Dubinellus — Muma, 1961: 293 (incorrect spelling).</p> <p>Phytoseius (Pennaseius) Pritchard &amp; Baker, 1962: 223.</p> <p>Pennaseius — Schuster &amp; Pritchard, 1963: 299.</p> <p>Typhlodromus (Phytoseius) — Van der Merwe, 1968: 100.</p> <p>Phytoseius (Euryseius) Wainstein, 1970: 1726.</p> <p>Chant &amp; McMurtry (1994) recognized three species groups based on presence or absence of setae J2 and R1: the horridus species group, Denmark (1966) with setae J2 and R1 absent, the pulmifer species group Chant and Yoshida-Shaul (1992) characterised with setae J2 and R1 present and purseglovei species group Chant &amp; YoshidaShaul (1992) with seta J2 absent and R1 present. The new species Phytoseius ferrum belongs to horridus species group with setae J2 and R1 absent, ventral setal pattern JV-3,4: ZV (Chant &amp; McMurtry 1994).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D08791FFB6D03E2E98B49CFB7CFD0B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kar, Anamika;Karmakar, Krishna	Kar, Anamika, Karmakar, Krishna (2022): Description of nine new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Sikkim, a north eastern States of India. Zootaxa 5182 (3): 201-237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.1
03D08791FFB6D03C2E98B6F6FA94FE11.text	03D08791FFB6D03C2E98B6F6FA94FE11.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phytoseius ferrum Kar & Karmakar 2022	<div><p>Phytoseius ferrum sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 31–35; 75–78)</p> <p>Diagnosis. The new species is characterised by dorsum strongly reticulated; ventrianal shield sole shaped with three pairs of preanal setae; fixed digit of chelicerae with two teeth and movable digit with one tooth, leg IV with two rod like macrosetae on tibia and tarsus, all the dorsal leg setae are blade or chopper like.</p> <p>Description. Female (n = 8). Dorsum (Fig. 31). Dorsal shield 300 (300–308) long and 148 (145–152) wide, strongly reticulated, with six pairs of solenostomes (gd1, gd2, gd4, gd5, gd8 and gd9); poroids are shown in the illustration; 15 pairs of setae on the dorsal shield: j1 28 (26–29), j3 35 (35–38), j4 5 (4–6), j5 5 (4–6), j6 5 (4–6), J5 5 (4–6), z2 20 (20–23), z3 28 (26–29), z4 15 (14–18), z5 5 (4–6), Z4 80 (79–81), Z5 75 (74–80), s4 120 (118–121), s6 75 (75–78), r3 40 (38–41). All setae serrated except the setae j4, j5, j6, and z5 which are smooth and pointed</p> <p>Peritreme (Fig. 31). Extended beyond the bases of j1.</p> <p>Venter (Fig. 32). All the shields are smooth. The sternal shield square shaped, posterior margin of sternal shield indistinct. Sternal shield 64 (62–65) long and 75 (74–78) wide at level of setae st1-st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures; one pair of setae (st4) on unsclerotised membrane 21 (20–23) long. Distances between st2-st2 65 (62–66), st5-st5 73 (72–75). Base of genital shield broad, posterior margin little convex with a notch at lateral margin below st5. One pair of metapodal shields visible, genital shield smooth, broad at base and narrow at genital opening with semicircular flap. Ventrianal shield smooth, sole shaped 100 (98–102) long, 32 (31–33) wide at level of ZV2 and 52 (50–54) wide at anus level with three pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1 14 (13–15), JV2 14 (13–15), ZV2 12 (10–12) and one pair of pre-anal pores (gv3) on longitudinal line below JV2 14 (12–15) apart. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with three pairs of setae ZV1 15 (15–18), ZV3 9 (8–10), and JV5 55 (53–57); seta JV5 long and serrated.</p> <p>Chelicera (Fig. 33). Fixed digit 25 (23–26) long with two teeth and movable digit 24 (23–25) long with single tooth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Fig. 34). Calyx short 6 (5–8) long, cup shaped with nodular atrium, wide at base of vesicle, minor duct not visible while the major duct long and very distinct.</p> <p>Leg (Fig. 35). Length of leg I 280 (278–282), leg II 210 (208–212), leg III 210 (208–212) and leg IV 400 (398–403). Chaetotactic formula of genu II 1 2/1 1/1 1 and genu III 1 2/1 2/0 1. The tibia and tarsus of leg IV with spatulated macrosetae enveloped by hyaline cover at the tip. The macrosetae are of following lengths: Sti 50 (50–54) and Sta 30 (28–32). The setae of genu IV and tibia IV are chopper or blade shaped while pointed ventral seta present only one on each of tibia and tarsus.</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8661 /2021) deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, collected from wild brinjal (Solanum torvum), at Assam Linzey: 27°16’58”N, 88°31’20”E, 1355 m above AMSL, East Sikkim, Sikkim on 30 th March, 2021; 7 paratype females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8662-66 /2021) with same collection data as holotype deposited in the Acarological laboratory, Department of Entomology, BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific name ferrum refers to the “chopper or blade shaped” leg setae of this new species.</p> <p>Remarks. The new species Phytoseius ferrum sp. nov. is notable from all the species under horridus species group by having blade or chopper like leg setae and also having two pairs of leg macrosetae, genu IV without macrosetae, instead all setae are typically chopper like. However, this new species is close to P. sonunensis Ryu &amp; Ehara, 1993; P. nipponicus Ehara, 1962; P. neocorniger, Gupta, 1977; and P. jujuba Gupta, 1977, all by having leg IV with two macrosetae but differs from these close species by the length and form of dorsal shield setae, serration of setae z2 and z4, number of metapodal shield, denticles in fixed and movable digit of chelicerae, macrosetae on leg IV and shape of spermatheca. All the differences between the new and close species are given in Table 7.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D08791FFB6D03C2E98B6F6FA94FE11	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kar, Anamika;Karmakar, Krishna	Kar, Anamika, Karmakar, Krishna (2022): Description of nine new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Sikkim, a north eastern States of India. Zootaxa 5182 (3): 201-237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.1
03D08791FFB4D03D2E98B355FE00FC8C.text	03D08791FFB4D03D2E98B355FE00FC8C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Typhlodromus Scheuten 1857	<div><p>Genus Typhlodromus Scheuten, 1857</p> <p>Sub-genus Typhlodromus (Anthoseius)</p> <p>Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) De Leon, 1959</p> <p>Type species: Anthoseius hebetis De Leon, 1959: 258.</p> <p>Chanteius (Colchodromus) Wainstein, 1962: 19.</p> <p>Mumaseius De Leon, 1959: 23.</p> <p>Orientiseius Muma &amp; Denmark, 1968: 238.</p> <p>Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) – Van der Merwe, 1968: 20.</p> <p>Berethria Tuttle &amp; Muma, 1973: 35.</p> <p>Vittoseius Kolodochka, 1988: 42.</p> <p>Typhlodromus rhenanus group Chant, 1959: 62.</p> <p>Typhlodromus barkeri group Chant, 1959: 60.</p> <p>Type species: Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) rickeri Chant, 1960</p> <p>Species of this subgenus are characterised by having the dorsal shield well sclerotized, mostly reticulated, with 18 pairs of setae, setae s6 present, Z1 absent. Z4 and Z5 often thick and serrated and may be knobbed. Ventrianal shield with four pairs of preanal setae. Macrosetae present on genu, tibia and tarsus and often knobbed. Chant &amp; McMurtry (1994) recognised 9 species groups viz., arizonicus, transvaalensis, singularis, daresalaami, rickeri, religiosus, rhenanus, egypticus and bergi under the subgenus Anthoseius based on the presence or absence of S4, JV3 and JV4; morphology of the dorsal setae and their lengths; shape of the female ventrianal shield and the point of insertion of setae r3 and R1. Among these species groups the present species Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) himaliniae sp. nov. belongs to transvaalensis species group due to absence of JV3, and long serrated dorsal shield setae; T. (Anthoseius) kanchanjanghai sp. nov. belongs to rickeri species group with dorsal setae j3, z3, s4, s6 and Z5 elongated while setae z2, z4 and S5 shorter.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D08791FFB4D03D2E98B355FE00FC8C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kar, Anamika;Karmakar, Krishna	Kar, Anamika, Karmakar, Krishna (2022): Description of nine new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Sikkim, a north eastern States of India. Zootaxa 5182 (3): 201-237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.1
03D08791FFB5D0302E98B789FECDFBC1.text	03D08791FFB5D0302E98B789FECDFBC1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) himaliniae Kar & Karmakar 2022	<div><p>Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) himaliniae sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 36–42; 79 –81)</p> <p>Diagnosis. Dorsum smooth; all dorsal setae pointed, long and serrated; ventrianal shield lightly reticulated with three pairs of preanal setae; fixed digit of chelicera with four teeth and movable digit with one; macroseta of SgeIV bulbous while macrosetae of StiIV and StaIV are pointed; spermatheca tubular with flower bud shaped atrium.</p> <p>Description. Female (n = 3). Dorsum (Fig. 36). Dorsal shield 345 (342–350) long, 176 (175–180) wide, strongly reticulated, with five pairs of solenostomes (gd2, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9); 18 pairs of setae on dorsal shield and two pairs of setae on unsclerotised cuticle: j1 25 (24–27), j3 40 (38–41), j4 25 (24–27), j5 25 (24–27), j6 40 (39–42), J2 58 (56–59), J5 12 (10–13), z2 22 (21–24), z3 45 (44–46), z4 50 (49–51), z5 30 (29–31), Z4 65 (63–66), Z5 73 (70–74), s4 50 (49–51), s6 58 (57–59), S2 58 (56–58), S4 63 (60–64), S5 28 (27–30), r3 30 (30–32), R1 38 (37–40). All setae long and slightly serrated, with pointed tip.</p> <p>Peritreme (Fig. 36). Extending to bases of j3.</p> <p>Venter (Fig. 37). All shields almost smooth to faintly reticulated. Sternal shield 52 (50–53) long, 45 (44–46) wide at level of setae st1-st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with two pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures; setae st3 off sternal shield and one pair of setae (st4) and a pair of lyrifissures on conspicuous metasternal shield; posterior margin of sternal shield indistinct. Distances between st2- st2 41 (40–43), st5-st5 48 (48–50). Genital shield, posterior margin straight and truncated. Two pairs of metapodal shields present, primary shield 25 (24–26) long, 4 (3–5) secondary shield small, 10 (8–10) long. Ventrianal shield broad, faintly reticulated, 105 (104–108) long, 72 (72–76) wide at level of ZV2 setae, and 53 (52–55) at anus level with three pairs of pre-anal setae JV1 12 (10–13), JV2 10 (10–13), ZV2 10 (10–13) and one pair of pre-anal pores. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1 12 (12–15), ZV3 8 (7–9), JV4 10 (9–12) and JV5 55 (54–58), JV5 long and serrated with pointed tip.</p> <p>Chelicera (Fig. 38). Fixed digit 26 (25–28) long with four teeth and distinct pilus dentilis, movable digit 25 (25–26) long with one tooth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Fig. 39). Calyx elongated, 28 (25–29) long, wider at base of vesicle, tubular terminating very conspicuous flower bud shaped atrium from where clearly visible minor duct and major duct arises.</p> <p>Leg (Fig. 40). Length of leg I 350 (346–355), leg II 275 (270–278), leg III 270 (269–275) and leg IV 338 (336–342). Chaetotactic formula of Sge II 1-2/0 2/1-1 and Sge III 1-2/1 2/0-1. Leg IV with three macrosetae on genu, tibia and tarsus. All leg setae smooth; tips of macroseta on genu is bulbous while the remaining macrosetae are pointed and of following lengths: SgeIV 31 (31–33), StiIV 26 (25–30) and StaIV 45 (44–48).</p> <p>Sources of measurement: Original paper of Nesbitt, 1951; Gupta, 1969, 1977; Wu, 1983; Gupta, 2003; ‘-’: not available</p> <p>Male (n = 2). Dorsum. Dorsal shield 295 (293–296) long, 155 (152–156) wide, smooth, with five pairs of solenostomes (gd2, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9); 18 pairs of setae on dorsal shield and two pairs of setae on unsclerotised cuticle: j1 25 (24–27), j3 35 (34–36), j4 28 (26–28), j5 30 (29–32), j6 43 (42–45), J2 53 (52–56), J5 10 (8–10), z2 25 (24–26), z3 38 (37–39), z4 43 (42–44), z5 28 (27–29), Z4 58 (57–59), Z5 65 (64–66), s4 53 (52–54), s6 58 (57–59), S2 58 (56–58), S4 53 (52–55), S5 28 (27–30), r3 25 (24–26), R1 32 (31–33). All setae long and slightly serrated, with pointed tip.</p> <p>Peritreme. Extending to bases of j3.</p> <p>Venter (Fig. 41). Sternogenital shield smooth, ventrianal shield striated. Sternogenital shield with five pairs of setae and three pairs of distinguishable lyrifissures. Ventrianal shield 115 (114–117) long, 114 (112–115) wide at level of ZV2 setae and 58 (56–60) wide at level of anus; with three pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1, JV2 and ZV2 arranged in a tangential line and one pair of large pre-anal pores. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with one pair of setae JV5; 30 (29–33) long and smooth.</p> <p>Chelicera (Fig. 42). Spermatodactyl foot-shaped, shaft 10 (9–12) long and foot 8 (7–8) long.</p> <p>Leg. Length of leg I 350 (346–355), leg II 275 (270–278), leg III 270 (269–275) and leg IV 338 (336–342). Chaetotactic formula of Sge II 1-2/0 2/1-1 and Sge III 1-2/1 2/0-1. Leg IV with three macrosetae on genu, tibia and tarsus and of following lengths: Sge IV 28 (26–28), Sti IV 22 (21–24) and Sta IV 36 (35–38).</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8649 /2021) deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, collected from Moss at East Sikkim: 27°22’52”N 88°38’15”E, 1732 m AMSL, East Sikkim, Sikkim on 29 th March, 2021. 2 paratype females collected on 29 th March, 2021 (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8649 /2021) with same locality and host plant as holotype. 2 paratype males collected on 25 th February, 2021 (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8650– 51 /2021) with same locality and host plant as holotype.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific name himaliniae dedicated to the name of Goddess Parvati, better half of God Shiva resides in the Great Himalaya.</p> <p>Remarks. The T. (Anthoseius) himaliniae sp. nov. is close to T. (A.) gopali Gupta, 1969a; T. (A.) orissaensis Gupta, 1977; T. (A.) xini (Wu, 1983) and T. (A.) transvaalensis (Nesbitt, 1951) by having similar type of dorsum and venter but differs from these close species by the length and form of dorsal setae; ventrianal shield; number of teeths in fixed and movable digit of chelicera; length and form of leg macrosetae. All the differences are presented in Table 8.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D08791FFB5D0302E98B789FECDFBC1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kar, Anamika;Karmakar, Krishna	Kar, Anamika, Karmakar, Krishna (2022): Description of nine new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Sikkim, a north eastern States of India. Zootaxa 5182 (3): 201-237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.1
03D08791FFB8D00B2E98B0C4FDA1FB55.text	03D08791FFB8D00B2E98B0C4FDA1FB55.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) kanchanjanghai Kar & Karmakar 2022	<div><p>T. (Anthoseius) kanchanjanghai sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 43–49; 82–86)</p> <p>Diagnosis. Dorsum striated laterally with slight reticulation on lateral opisthosomal region; almost all lateral setae long and smooth; ventrianal shield pentagonal; fixed digit of chelicera with four teeth and movable digit with one; leg IV with three pointed macrosetae; spermatheca elongated with crescent shaped atrium.</p> <p>Description. Female (n=10). Dorsum (Fig. 43). Dorsal shield 380 (378–385) long, 172 (170–175) wide, faintly reticulated in lateral part, with six pairs of solenostomes (gd2, gd4, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9); poroids are shown in the illustration; 18 pairs of setae on dorsal shield and two pairs of setae on unsclerotised cuticle: j1 27 (25–28), j3 50 (48–51), j4 15 (14–17), j5 15 (14–17), j6 30 (30–34), J2 38 (36–39), J5 5 (4–6), z2 18 (17–19), z3 58 (56–59), z4 20 (18–21), z5 10 (10–12), Z4 70 (68–71), Z5 88 (88–92), s4 58 (57–59), s6 73 (72–75), S2 68 (66–69), S4 42 (42–45), S5 15 (14–16), r3 32 (30–33), R1 20 (19–21). All the lateral setae are long with pointed tip.</p> <p>Peritreme (Fig. 43). Extending to bases of j3.</p> <p>Venter (Fig. 44). All shields smooth. Sternal shield 70 (69–72) long, 72 (70–73) wide at level of setae st1-st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures; and one pair of setae (st4) 28 (26–29) long and a pair of lyrifissures on conspicuous metasternal shield; posterior margin of sternal shield indistinct. Distances between st2-st2 65 (64–66), st5-st5 59 (58–60). Genital shield, posterior margin straight. Two pairs of metapodal shields present, primary shield 30 (30–33) long, 5 (3–5) secondary shield small, 12 (10–12) long. Ventrianal shield pentagonal, 114 (112–115) long, 79 (78–80) wide at level of ZV2 setae, and 62 (62–65) at anus level with three pairs of pre-anal setae JV1 23 (21–23), JV2 23 (21–23), ZV2 24 (23–25) and one pair of pre-anal pores (gv3) below JV2 17 (16–18) apart. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1 25 (24–26), ZV3 13 (12–14), JV4 20 (19–22) and JV5 52 (50–53), JV5 longest.</p> <p>Chelicera (Fig. 45). Fixed digit 24 (22–25) long with 4 teeth and distinct pilus dentilis, movable digit 26 (25– 26) long with single tooth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Fig. 46). Calyx elongated, 18 (18–20) long, wider distally and proximally terminating with conspicuous atrium from where clearly visible minor duct and major duct arises.</p> <p>Leg (Fig. 47). Length of leg I 375 (374–376), leg II 252 (250–255), leg III 263 (260–265) and leg IV 420 (420–425). Chaetotactic formula of Sge II 1-2/1 1/1-1 and Sge III 1-2/1 0/2-1. Leg IV with three macrosetae on genu, tibia and tarsus. All leg setae smooth; tip of macroseta present on genu is bulbous while the other macrosetae are pointed and of following lengths: SgeIV 36 (35–38), StiIV 31 (30–33) and Sta IV 58 (57–60).</p> <p>Sources of measurement: Original paper of Chant, 1960; Arutanjan, 1973; Gupta, 1977, 1978, 2003; ‘-’: not available</p> <p>Male (n = 5). Dorsum. Dorsal shield 255 (252–260) long and 158 (157–162) wide, with lateral lines and reticulated in the lateral opithosomal region; with five pairs of solenostomes (gd2, gd4, gd6, gd8 and gd9); 19 pairs of setae on the dorsal shield: j1 18 (16–19), j3 33 (32–35), j4 18 (17–20), j5 18 (17–20), j6 22 (21–24), J2 25 (24–27), J5 8 (8–10), z2 19 (18–20), z3 38 (37–40), z4 25 (24–27), z5 15 (14–17), Z4 42 (41–44), Z5 58 (57–60), s4 38 (35–40), S2 40 (37–42), S4 30 (29–32), S5 24 (23–26), r3 27 (26–29), R1 20 (19–21). All setae smooth and the lateral setae j3, z3, s4, s6, S2 and S4 are longer.</p> <p>Peritreme. Extending up to seta j1.</p> <p>Venter (Fig. 48). Sternogenital shield with a few lateral lines, ventrianal shield striated. Sternogenital shield with five pairs of setae and three pairs of distinguishable lyrifissures. Ventrianal shield 93 (92–100) long, 110 (110–112) wide at level of ZV2 setae and 40 (38–43) wide at level of anus; with three pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1, JV2 and ZV2 arranged in a tangential line and one pair of large pre-anal pores. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with one pair of setae JV5; 35 (34–37) long and smooth.</p> <p>Chelicera (Fig. 49). Spermatodactyl foot-shaped, shaft 10 (9–12) long and foot 5 (4–6) long.</p> <p>Leg. Length of leg I: 280 (278–284), leg II: 205 (203–210), leg III: 195 (193–200) and leg IV: 288 (287–294). Chaetotactic formula of genu II and genu III are identical to the female. Legs IV with three smooth macrosetae, pointed distally and of the following lengths: SgeIV 30 (28–32), StiIV 34 (32–36), StaIV 55 (52–56).</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype: female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8653 /2021) deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, collected from unidentified plant, at East Sikkim: 27°21’28”N 88°37’22”E, 1725 m AMSL, East Sikkim, Sikkim on 28 th March, 2021. 4 paratype females collected on 28 th March, 2021 (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8654- 55 /2021) with same locality and host plant as holotype. 3 paratype females collected on 28 th March, 2021 (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8656 /2021) with same locality and unidentified tree plant. 2 paratype females (Acarol.lab/BCKV/8657/2021), collected from large cardamom (Amomum subulatum), at <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=88.62028&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=88.62028" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 88.62028/lat 88.62028)">East Sikkim</a> 27°96’58”N 88°37’13”E, 1264m AMSL on 29 th March, 2021. 5 paratype males (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8658-60 /2021), collected from large cardamom (Amomum subulatum), at East Sikkim 27°96’58”N 88°37’13”E, 1264m AMSL on 29 th March, 2021.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific name kanchanjanghai is derived from the famous mountain range ‘Kanchenjungha’ a section of the Great Himalaya which is pronounced in Bengali as Kanchanjangha, the type locality of this species.</p> <p>Remarks. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) kanchanjanghai sp. nov. is closed to T. (A.) rickeri Chant, 1960; T. (A.) bondasenkoi Arutanjan, 1973; T. (A.) orissaensis Gupta, 1977; and T. (A.) channabasavannai Gupta, 1978 by having similar type of dorsum but differs from these close species by the length of dorsal setae, ventrianal shield; number of teeth in fixed and movable digit of chelicera; macrosetae of leg IV. The differences between the new species and its close species are presented in Table 9.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D08791FFB8D00B2E98B0C4FDA1FB55	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		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