identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
7D6487FFFFF4FFE92FD134A0C4004510.text	7D6487FFFFF4FFE92FD134A0C4004510.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amblyseius Berlese	<div><p>Genus Amblyseius Berlese</p> <p>Amblyseius Berlese, 1914: 143.</p> <p>Type species Zercon obtusus Koch, 1839: 13, sensu Karg, 1960: 440.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFF4FFE92FD134A0C4004510	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFF4FFE42FD13795C4F8458B.text	7D6487FFFFF4FFE42FD13795C4F8458B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amblyseius azaliae Kar & Karmakar 2021	<div><p>Amblyseius azaliae sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 1–5; 58–62)</p> <p>Following the classification of Chant &amp; McMurtry (2004), the new species Amblyseius azaliae sp. nov. belongs to the obtusus species group with the ventrianal shield pentagonal, seta z4 short and J2 present; and sub-group pamperisi having spermatheca with calyx swollen basally, then narrowing and finally flaring distally.</p> <p>Female (n = 3) Diagnosis. The species is distinguished by dorsal shield smooth with seven pairs of pores, female idiosomal setal pattern: 10A: 9B/JV–3: ZV, peritreme extends beyond seta j1, sternal shield with three pairs of setae, posterior margin of sternal shield concave, fixed digit of chelicera with 11 teeth and movable digit with three, spermatheca tubular with constriction at the distal part of calyx and then flared, all macrosetae on leg IV are pointed with longest one on genu of leg IV.</p> <p>Dorsum (Fig. 1). Dorsal shield 400 (396–401) long and 275 (273–276) wide, smooth, with sigillum mostly on prodorsal area, dorsum with seven pairs of pores (gd1, gd2, gd4, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9); 17 pairs of setae on dorsal shield and two pairs of setae on unsclerotised cuticle: j1 38 (36–39), j3 52 (51–53), j4 7 (6–8), j5 5 (4–6), j6 6 (6–8), J2 5 (5–6), J5 5 (5–6), z2 8 (8–10), z4 8 (7–9), z5 5 (4–6), Z1 8 (8–9), Z4 113 (111–113), Z5 238 (237–239), s4 75 (74–76), S2 11 (10–12), S4 10 (9–11), S5 10 (9–11), r3 13 (12–14), R1 14 (13–15). All setae smooth, setae j1, j3, s4, and Z4 long, seta Z5 longest, all other setae medium to minute.</p> <p>Peritreme (Fig. 1). Extending beyond the bases of j1.</p> <p>Venter (Figs 2; 59). Sternal shield square shaped, posterior margin of sternal shield concave. Sternal shield 73 (72–74) long and 86 (84–87) wide at level of setae st1-st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of poroids; one pair of setae (st4) on distinct metasternal plate 27 (26–28) long with conspicuous poroids. Distances between st2-st2 83 (82–85), st5-st5 72 (71–74). Genital shield smooth, broad at the base and narrower at genital opening with anterior irregular circular flap. Ventrianal shield smooth, pentagonal 123 (122–125) long, 83 (82–84) wide at level of ZV2 and 64 (62–65) wide at anus level with three pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1 15 (14–16), JV2 18 (17–19), ZV2 16 (15–18) and one pair of crescentic pores gv3 17 (16–19) apart at the level JV2. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1 15 (14–16), ZV3 14 (12–15), JV4 12 (11–15) and JV5 88 (86–89) and smooth. Two pairs of metapodal shields present. Primary inguinal sigilla 26 (25–27) long and 6 (5–7) wide, secondary ones 12 (10–12) long.</p> <p>Chelicera (Figs 3; 58). Fixed digit 36 (35–38) long with 11 teeth and a distinct pillus dentilis; movable digit 40 (39–41) long with three teeth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Figs 4; 61–62). Calyx tubular 19 (18–20) long, arms of the calyx flared distally at vesicle, with narrow constriction. Atrium covers almost width of calyx or incorporated into the basis of calyx; major duct clearly visible, minor duct indistinct.</p> <p>Legs (Figs 5; 60). The genu, tibia and tarsus of leg IV with pointed macrosetae of following lengths: genu 111 (109–114), tibia 75 (74–76) and tarsus 70 (69–71). Genu and tibia of leg I, II and III with macrosetae of the following length respectively, SgeI 40, StiI 30, SgeII 30, StiII 25, SgeIII 50, StiIII 30. Chaetotactic formula of genu II 1 2/1, 1/1 1 and genu III 1 1/1, 2/1 1. Length of leg I 375 (373–376), leg II 255 (253–256), leg III 278 (276–280) and leg IV 354 (351–355).</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype: female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8371 /2019) collected from Azalea, (Rhododendron sp.), at Upper Shillong: 25°32'09"N, 91°49'29"E, 1589 m AMSL, Ri-Bhoi, Meghalaya on 2 nd May, 2019; deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. Two paratype females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8372–8373 /2019) 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 azaliae refers to the host plant azalea (Rhododendron sp.) of the new species.</p> <p>Remarks. Amblyseius azaliae is different from all species under pamperisi sub-group by having its unique type of spermatheca, distal part of of calyx is constricted followed by flared arms. However, this new species is very close to A. orientalis Ehara, 1959; A. kulini Gupta, 1978c; A. raoiellus Denmark &amp; Muma, 1989; A. pamperisi Papadopoulis, 1997; and A. euterpes Gondim Jr. &amp; Moraes, 2001; by having similar type of spermatheca, leg IV with three setaceous macrosetae. However, the new species differs from these close species by the length of dorsal setae, number of teeth in fixed and movable digit of chelicera, length of leg macrosetae and shape of spermatheca. All of them have tubular spermathecae, but spermateca of the new species is very specific with a constriction in calyx and this combination of all characters makes it unique from all the other species of this group. All the differences between the new species and its close species are presented in Table 2.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFF4FFE42FD13795C4F8458B	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFF9FFE62FD137F9C3654543.text	7D6487FFFFF9FFE62FD137F9C3654543.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amblyseius meghalayensis Kar & Karmakar 2021	<div><p>Amblyseius meghalayensis sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 6–10; 63–65)</p> <p>Following the classification of Chant &amp; McMurtry (2004) the new species Amblyseius meghalayensis sp. nov. belongs to the obtusus species group with the ventrianal shield pentagonal, seta z4 shorter and J2 present; and subgroup obtusus, having calyx of spermatheca with annulated stalk, flaring distally.</p> <p>Female (n=4). Diagnosis. The new species Amblyseius meghalayensis is distinguished by having dorsum smooth with six pairs of pores, posterior margin of the sternal shield concave, fixed digit of chelicerae with eight teeth, and movable digit with five teeth, leg IV with three pointed macrosetae.</p> <p>Dorsum (Fig. 6). Dorsal shield 330 (328–332) long and 202 (200–203) wide, smooth, with sigillum mostly on prodorsal area, prodorsum wide, with six pairs of pores (gd2, gd4, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9); 17 pairs of setae on dorsal shield and two pair of setae on unsclerotised cuticle: j1 29 (28–30), j3 42 (41–44), j4 5 (4–6), j5 5 (4–6), j6 5 (4–6), J2 5 (4–6), J5 5 (4–6), z2 5 (4–6), z4 5 (4–6), z5 5 (4–6), Z1 8 (7–9), Z4 106 (105–108), Z5 182 (182–184), s4 84 (83–85), S2 8 (8–10), S4 8 (8–10), S5 8 (8–10), r3 14 (13–15), R1 13 (12–14). 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. 6). Extending beyond the bases of j1.</p> <p>Venter (Figs 7; 63–65). Sternal shield nearly square, posterior margin of sternal shield concave, lateral margins of both sides are indented inwardly with a distinct groove at the middle of anterior margin. Sternal shield 66 (65–67) long, and 69 (67–70) wide at the level of setae st1-st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of poroids; one pair of setae (st4) on unsclerotised membrane 2 5 (25–27) long. Distances between st2 - st2 and st5-st5 62 (61–64) and 69 (68–71) respectively. Genital shield smooth, broad at the base and narrow at genital opening with irregular circular flap that reaches posterior margin of sternal shield. Ventrianal shield smooth, pentagonal 110 (108–111) long, 85 (84–86) wide at level of ZV2 and 56 (54–57) wide at anus level with three pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1 15 (15–18), JV2 15 (15–18), ZV2 15 (15–18) and one pair of pre-anal pores gv3 29 (28–32) apart at the level of JV2. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1 15 (15–18), ZV3 10 (9–11), JV4 8 (8–10) and JV5 72 (71–74); JV5 long and smooth. Two pairs of metapodal shields present; Primary inguinal sigilla 16 (15–18) long, 5 (4–6) wide, and secondary ones 10 (9–11).</p> <p>Chelicera (Fig. 8). Fixed digit 39 (38–40) long with eight teeth and movable digit 35 (33–37) long with five teeth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Figs 9; 65). Calyx elongated, 15 (14–16) long; annulated distally and broad near atrium, atrium covers almost the width of calyx or incorporated in the basis of calyx, major duct flattened, clearly visible while minor indistinct.</p> <p>Legs (Fig. 10). The genu, tibia and tarsus of leg IV with pointed macrosetae of following lengths: genu 88 (88–90), tibia 68 (67–70) and tarsus 85 (84–87). Chaetotactic formula of genu II 0 2/2, 1/1 1 and genu III 0 2/1, 1/1 1. Length of leg I 395 (393–398), leg II 315 (314–319), leg III 306 (304–308) and leg IV 355 (352–356). Leg II and III with macrosetae SgeII 50 (48–51), SgeIII 47 (46–50), StiIII 43 (43–45) long.</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype: female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8374 /20) collected from Cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica), at Jaintia Hills: 25°20'31"N, 91°53'19"E, 1496m AMSL, West Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya on 5 th May, 2019 and deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. Three paratype females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8374- 8375 /2019) with same collection data as holotype and deposited in the Acarological laboratory, Department of Entomology, BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific name meghalayensis refers to the type locality Meghalaya of the new species.</p> <p>Remarks. Amblyseius meghalayensis is distinguished from all other species of the obtusus sub-group by its unique tubular spermatheca which is annulated distally towards vesicle. However, this new species is close to A. abbasovae Wainstein &amp; Beglyarov, 1971; A. isuki Chant &amp; Hansell, 1971; A. guntheri McMurtry &amp; Schicha, 1987; by having annulated calyx of spermatheca, dorsum smooth, seta Z4 and Z5 very long, leg IV with three setaceous macrosetae. The new species differs from these close species by the setal length, ventrianal shield, number of teeth in fixed and movable digit of chelicerae, annulation pattern of spermatheca, length of leg macrosetae etc. All the differences between the new species and its close species are presented in Table 3.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFF9FFE62FD137F9C3654543	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFFBFFE02FD1332EC2C946CD.text	7D6487FFFFFBFFE02FD1332EC2C946CD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amblyseius	<div><p>Key to the species of Amblyseius described or reported from India.</p> <p>1. Ventrianal shield vase-shaped............................................................................ 2</p> <p>- Ventrianal shield not vase-shaped....................................................................... 12</p> <p>2. Spermatheca with calyx elongate, tubular.................................................................. 3</p> <p>- Spermatheca with calyx dish, cup or bell-shaped............................................................ 6</p> <p>3. StIV longer than 200............................................. A. conulus Karmakar, Bhowmik &amp; Sherpa, 2017</p> <p>- StIV shorter than 200.................................................................................. 4</p> <p>4. Calyx wider at the base of vesicle................................................... A. herbicolus (Chant, 1959)</p> <p>- Calyx not wider at the base of vesicle..................................................................... 5</p> <p>5. JV5 longer 50–60................................................................ A. largoensis (Muma, 1955)</p> <p>- JV5 shorter 20–30................................................. A. rubiae Chinniah &amp; Mohanasundaram, 2001</p> <p>6. Dorsum reticulated.................................................................................... 7</p> <p>- Dorsum smooth...................................................................................... 8</p> <p>7. Spermatheca dish-shaped............................................................. A. sijiensis Gupta, 1986 - Spermatheca cup-shaped.......................................................... A. hapoliensis Gupta, 1986</p> <p>8. Z4 and Z5 serrated................................................................ A. cucurbitae Rather, 1985</p> <p>- Z4 and Z5 smooth..................................................................................... 9</p> <p>9. Movable digit toothless............................................................................... 10</p> <p>- Movable digit with teeth............................................................................... 11</p> <p>10. Spermatheca bell-shaped............................................................. A. indirae Gupta, 1985 a</p> <p>- Spermatheca ‘v’-shaped............................................. A. kundurukkae Anithalatha &amp; Ramani, 2004</p> <p>11. Seta s4 short 40–50.................................................................. A. jarooa Gupta, 1977a</p> <p>- Seta s4 long 105–110.................................. A. coffeae Sadanandan, 2006 (not A. coffeae De Leon, 1961).</p> <p>12. Seta z4 long, as long as 2/3 distance between bases of z4 and s4............................................... 13</p> <p>- Seta z4 short, not as long as 2/3 distance between bases of z4 and s4............................................ 14</p> <p>13. z4 longer than z2................................................................. A. fraterculus Berlese, 1916</p> <p>- z4 and z2 are equal length............................................ A. mulberricus Sadanandan &amp; Ramani, 2007</p> <p>14. Z5 exceptionally long 528.................................................... A. koothallensis Anithalatha, 2005</p> <p>- Z5 shorter than 500................................................................................... 15</p> <p>15. Dorsum having notch at the level of R1................................. A. excelsus Chaudhri, Akbar &amp; Rasool, 1979</p> <p>- Dorsum without notch at the level of R1.................................................................. 16</p> <p>16. Tibia of leg IV without macrosetae................................................. A. rangatensis Gupta, 1977a</p> <p>- Tibia of leg IV with macrosetae......................................................................... 17</p> <p>17. Spermatheca with calyx annulated or spiny................................................................ 18</p> <p>- Spermatheca with calyx not annulated.................................................................... 20</p> <p>18. Calyx capsule like with spiny outer surface....................... A. parbatabasii Karmakar, Bhowmik &amp; Sherpa, 2017</p> <p>- Calyx not capsule like but with annulated stalk............................................................. 19</p> <p>19. StiIV and StIV equal in length........................................................... A. kulini Gupta, 1978c</p> <p>- StiIV shorter than StIV............................................................. A. meghalayensis sp. nov.</p> <p>20. Spermatheca with calyx swollen basally.................................................................. 21</p> <p>- Spermatheca with calyx not swollen basally............................................................... 24</p> <p>21. Calyx bell-shaped with bean-shaped atrium............................................ A. crotolariae Gupta, 1977c</p> <p>- Calyx swollen basally then narrowing and finally flaring distally............................................... 22</p> <p>22. Calyx with tubular base, followed by a constriction and afterwards with divergent arms distally......... A. azaliae sp. nov.</p> <p>- Calyx tubular but not constricted........................................................................ 23</p> <p>23. Calyx flared at the atrium.................................................. A. raoiellus Denmark &amp; Muma, 1989</p> <p>- Calyx straight not flared at atrium..................................................... A. orientalis Ehara, 1959</p> <p>24. Spermatheca with calyx dish, disc, cup, bell or V-shaped..................................................... 25</p> <p>- Spermatheca with calyx saccular or tubular................................................................ 33</p> <p>25. j1 longer than j3............................................................... A. manipurensis Gupta, 1978c</p> <p>- j1 shorter than j3..................................................................................... 26</p> <p>26. Spermatheca disc or cup-shaped........................................................................ 27</p> <p>- Spermatheca ‘V’-shaped.............................................................................. 30</p> <p>27. Spermatheca disc-shaped....................................................... A. neocrotolariae Gupta, 1978b</p> <p>- Spermatheca cup-shaped.............................................................................. 28</p> <p>28. j1 and j3 equal in length................................................................ A. rosica Gupta, 1992</p> <p>- j1 shorter than j3..................................................................................... 29</p> <p>29. Z4 always reaches base of Z5......................................................... A. neorykei Gupta, 1977c</p> <p>- Z4 does not reach the base of Z5...................................................... A. shoreae Gupta, 1977c</p> <p>30. Dorsum reticulated................................................................................... 31</p> <p>- Dorsum smooth..................................................................................... 32</p> <p>31. Z5 longer 200–250, smooth, SgeIV longer 140–150, movable digit with single tooth.................................................................................................... A. mohanasundarami Anithalatha (2005)</p> <p>- Z5 shorter 80–100, serrated, SgeIV shorter 50–60, movable digit with three teeth................ A. eujeniae Gupta, 1977a</p> <p>32. SgeIV longer 100–110........................................... A. apocynae Chinniah &amp; Mohanasundaram, 2001</p> <p>- SgeIV shorter 70–80.............................................................. A. paraarealis Muma, 1967</p> <p>33. Calyx tubular....................................................................................... 34</p> <p>- Calyx saccular...................................................................................... 42</p> <p>34. Dorsum smooth anteriorly but rugose posteriorly............ A. channabasavannai Gupta &amp; Daniel, 1978 in Gupta, 1978b</p> <p>- Dorsum smooth..................................................................................... 35</p> <p>35. Calyx of spermatheca very short................................ A. brachycalyx Karmakar, Bhowmik &amp;Sherpa, 2017</p> <p>- Calyx of spermatheca elongated......................................................................... 36</p> <p>36. All the three macrosetae of leg IV equal in length........................................ A. mcmurtryi Muma, 1967</p> <p>- All the three macrosetae of leg IV not equal in length........................................................ 37</p> <p>37. Movable digit toothless............................................. A. malabarensis Anithalatha &amp; Ramani, 2004</p> <p>- Movable digit with tooth.............................................................................. 38</p> <p>38. Z4 serrated......................................................................................... 39</p> <p>- Z4 smooth.......................................................................................... 40</p> <p>39. Calyx elongated flared at atrium, movable digit with five backwardly directed teeth............................................................................................ A. bengalensis Karmakar, Bhowmik &amp; Sherpa, 2017</p> <p>- Calyx elongated not flared at atrium, movable digit with four backwardly directed teeth........................................................................................... A. dahliae Karmakar, Bhowmik &amp; Sherpa, 2017</p> <p>40. StiIV and StIV equal in length........................................................................... 41</p> <p>- StiIV longer than StIV............................................................... A. aerialis (Muma, 1955)</p> <p>41. Fixed digit of chelicerae with twelve teeth &amp; movable with four teeth........................ A. adhatodae Muma, 1967</p> <p>- Fixed digit of chelicerae with ten to eleven teeth and movable with one tooth....... A. metaliensis Karmakar &amp; Gupta, 2014</p> <p>42. Ventrianal shield reticulated..................................................... A. muraleedharani Gupta, 1986</p> <p>- Ventrianal shield smooth.............................................................................. 43</p> <p>43. Posterior margin of sternal shield wavy............................................... A. guajavae Gupta, 1978c</p> <p>- Posterior margin of sternal shield almost straight................ A. pseudoorientalis Chinniah &amp; Mohanasundaram, 2001</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFFBFFE02FD1332EC2C946CD	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFFDFFE02FD13756C39F4408.text	7D6487FFFFFDFFE02FD13756C39F4408.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>Type species: Seiulus finlandicus Oudemans, 1915: 183.</p> <p>In the classification of Chant &amp; McMurty (2007) both the species Euseius fascae sp. nov. and E. dwakiensis sp. nov. belong to the tribe Euseiini Chant &amp; McMurtry (2005), subtribe Euseiina Chant &amp; McMurtry (2005) and genus Euseius, with 19 pairs of dorsal setae, and the female idiosomal setal pattern: 10A:9B/JV-3: ZV.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFFDFFE02FD13756C39F4408	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFFDFFE32FD1366EC5F646AB.text	7D6487FFFFFDFFE32FD1366EC5F646AB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Euseius fascae Kar & Karmakar 2021	<div><p>Euseius fascae sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 11–15; 66–69)</p> <p>Female (n=13). Diagnosis. The species is distinguished by having the dorsum strongly reticulated, lateral margin at waist region irregular, peritreme extends near about the bases of j3, dorsum with five pairs of pores, all ventral shields smooth, fixed digit of chelicerae with three distinct anterior teeth and a pilus dentilis, spermatheca tubular, annulated at the distal part of calyx, leg IV with three pointed macrosetae.</p> <p>Dorsum (Figs 11; 66). Dorsal shield 298 (296–299) long and 198 (195–200) wide, strongly reticulated, with sigillum mostly on prodorsal area, prodorsum wide, irregular lateral margin at waist region with five pairs of pores (gd2, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9); 17 pairs of setae on dorsal shield and two pairs of setae on unsclerotised cuticle: j1 28 (28–30), j3 28 (28–29), j4 15 (13–15), j5 15 (13–15), j6 15 (13–15), J2 15 (13–15), J5 5 (5–7), z2 22 (20–23), z4 22 (20–23), z5 15 (13–15), Z1 15 (13–15), Z4 20 (18–20), Z5 58 (57–60), s4 30 (28–30), S2 23 (20–23), S4 23 (20–23), S5 30 (28–30), r3 16 (16–18), R1 13 (13–15). All setae smooth, seta Z5 slightly serrated, setae j1, j3 and s4 long, seta Z5 longest, all other setae medium to small.</p> <p>Peritreme (Figs 11; 66). Extending near about the bases of j3.</p> <p>Venter (Figs 12; 69). Sternal shield rectangular, posterior margin forms a distinct loop. Sternal shield ornamented with lateral stripes, 53 (53–55) long and 72 (70–74) wide at level of setae st1-st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of poroids; one pair of setae (st4) on unsclerotised membrane 18 (18–20) long and conspicuous poroids on distinct metasternal plate. Distances between st2-st2 61 (60–63), st5-st5 70 (70–73). Two pairs of metapodal shields present. Primary inguinal sigilla 18 (17–20) long and 3 (3–4) wide, secondary ones 4 (3–5). Genital shield smooth, broad at base and narrow at genital opening with irregular circular flap touching sternal loop anteriorly. Ventrianal shield smooth, slightly sclerotised at anterior part 88 (85–88) long, 46 (44–47) wide at level of ZV2 and 66 (65–68) wide at anus level with three pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1 17 (16–18), JV2 18 (17–20), ZV2 18 (18–20) and one pair of large elliptical pre-anal pores gv3 26 (25–28) apart below JV2. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1 16 (15–18), ZV3 8 (8–10), JV4 10 (10–12) and JV5 30 (30–33); seta JV5 long and smooth.</p> <p>Chelicera (Fig. 13). Fixed digit 24 (23–25) long with three anterior teeth and distinct pilus dentilis, movable digit 20 (20–21) long with two teeth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Figs 14; 68). Calyx tubular, elongated 16 (15–18) long, annulated distally, narrow at middle and gradually widening thereafter towards conspicuous atrium, minor duct and major duct visible.</p> <p>Leg (Figs 15; 67). The genu, tibia and tarsus of leg IV with pointed macrosetae of following lengths: genu 30 (30–32), tibia 30 (28–30) and tarsus 50 (48–50). Chaetotactic formula of genu II 1 2/1. 1/1 1 and genu III 1 2/1. 1/1 1. Length of leg I 310 (310–314), leg II 275 (273–276), leg III 250 (248–250) and leg IV 329 (325–330).</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype: female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8376 /20) collected from needlewood tree (Schima wallichii Dc. Korth), at Barapani: 25°40'52"N, 91°54'41"E, 973m, AMSL, Ri-Bhoi, Meghalaya on 3 rd May, 2019; deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. 12 paratype females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8377–8380 /2019) with same collection data as holotype and deposited in the Acarological laboratory, Department of Entomology, BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific name fascae refers to the unique annuli present at the basal part of calyx of the new species.</p> <p>Remarks. The new species Euseius fascae is different from all the species in the genus Euseius by having unique type of spermatheca, calyx annulated basally and flared at atrium. It is close to E. insanus (Khan &amp; Chaudhri, 1969); E. bandispermathecae Pramanik &amp; Karmakar, 2016 and E. astrictus Karmakar &amp; Bhowmik, 2018 by having same pattern of ventral plates and annulation or constriction in calyx. However, this new species differs from the close species by dorsal setae, lateral margin of waist region, position of R1, denticles in chelicerae, macrosetae on leg IV, tip of macrosetae and shape or annulation pattern of spermatheca. All the differences between the new species and close species are presented in Table 4.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFFDFFE32FD1366EC5F646AB	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFFEFFFD2FD134CDC6FC47DB.text	7D6487FFFFFEFFFD2FD134CDC6FC47DB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Euseius dwakiensis Kar & Karmakar 2021	<div><p>Euseius dwakiensis sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 16–20; 70–74)</p> <p>Female (n=6). Diagnosis. The new species is characterised by dorsum strongly reticulated, seta R1 on the dorsal shield, waist region irregular, ventrianal shield vase-shaped, fixed digit of chelicerae with five anterior teeth, with pilus dentilis, spermatheca with a cap-like structure on calyx, narrow at the base of vesicle, leg IV with three macrosetae with rounded tips.</p> <p>Dorsum (Figs 16; 70). Dorsal shield 328 (326–330) long and 230 (229–232) wide, strongly reticulated, with sigillum mostly on prodorsal area, prodorsum wide, irregular lateral margin at waist region with five pairs of pores (gd2, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9); 18 pairs of setae on dorsal shield and one pair of setae on unsclerotised cuticle: j1 33 (30–33), j3 24 (23–25), j4 10 (10–11), j5 10 (10–12), j6 13 (12–14), J2 14 (13–15), J5 4 (3–5), z2 19 (18–20), z4 21 (20–23), z5 14 (13–15), Z1 14 (13–15), Z4 19 (18–20), Z5 60 (60–63), s4 28 (25–29), S2 20 (19–20), S4 23 (23–25), S5 29 (28–31), r3 14 (13–15), R1 14 (13–15). All setae smooth, setae j1, j3 and s4 long, seta Z5 longest, all other setae medium to small.</p> <p>Peritreme (Fig. 16; 70). Extending to the level near about the base j3.</p> <p>Venter (Figs 17; 71). The sternal shield rectangular, posterior margin of sternal shield with a distinct loop. Sternal shield 62 (60–63) long and 77 (74–78) wide at the level of setae st1-st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of poroids; one pair of setae (st4) on unsclerotised membrane 16 (15–18) long with conspicuous poroids on distinct metasternal plate. Distances between st2-st2 60 (58–60), st5-st5 71 (70–73). Two pairs of metapodal shields present. Primary inguinal sigilla 23 (23–25) long and 4 (3–5) wide, secondary ones 6 (5–8). Genital shield smooth, broad at base and narrow at genital opening with irregular circular flap touching sternal loop anteriorly. Ventrianal shield vase-shaped, smooth, 90 (89–92) long, 40 (40–43) wide at level of ZV2 and 65 (65–67) wide at anus level with three pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1 18 (17–20), JV2 22 (20–23), ZV2 18 (18–20) and one pair of large elliptical pre-anal pores gv3 28 (27–30) apart below JV2. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1 18 (17–20), ZV3 9 (8–10), JV4 9 (8–10) and JV5 31 (30–33); seta JV5 long and smooth.</p> <p>Chelicera (Figs 18; 74). Fixed digit 25 (23–25) long with five anterior teeth and distinct pilus dentilis, movable digit 22 (20–23) long with a single tooth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Figs. 19; 72). Calyx elongated 22 (19–23) long with cap like structure. Distal part of calyx narrow towards the vesicle with divergent arms. Atrium incorporated at the base of calyx, major and minor duct distinctly visible.</p> <p>Legs (Figs 20; 73). The macrosetae on genu, tibia and tarsus of leg IV with bulbous tips, of following lengths: genu 48 (46–49), tibia 35 (33–36) and tarsus 68 (65–69). Chaetotactic formula of genu II 1 2/1. 1/1 1 and genu III 1 1/1. 2/1 1. Length of leg I 375 (373–376), leg II 255 (253–256), leg III 278 (276–280) and leg IV 354 (351–355).</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype: female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8381 /20) collected from Carambola, (Averrhoa carambola L.), at Dwaki: 25°131"N, 91°58'16"E, 520m AMSL, West Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya on 2 nd May, 2019; deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. Five paratype females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8382-8383 /2019) 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 dwakiensis refers to the type locality “Dwaki” from where this new species was collected.</p> <p>Remarks. The new species, Euseius dwakiensis is different from all the members of Euseius by having its spermatheca with cap or flap-like structure at atrium. However, the species is close to E. coccosocius Ghai &amp; Menon, 1967; E. elinae Schicha, 1977a; E. victoriensis Schicha, 1977; by the similar pattern of dorsum and ventral plates.</p> <p>The new species differs from these close species by the position of dorsal seta R1, number of teeth in fixed and movable digit of chelicerae, leg macrosetae and spermatheca. All the differences between new species and close species are presented in Table 5.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFFEFFFD2FD134CDC6FC47DB	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFE0FFFE2FD133C5C2C941FF.text	7D6487FFFFE0FFFE2FD133C5C2C941FF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Euseius Wainstein 1962	<div><p>Key to the Indian species of Euseius described or reported from India.</p> <p>1. All the dorsal setae shorter except j1 and Z5................................................................ 2</p> <p>- Besides j1 and Z5 some other setae longer.................................................................. 5</p> <p>2. All the macrosetae of leg IV spatulated.......................................... E. macrospatulatus (Gupta, 1986)</p> <p>- All the macrosetae of leg IV not spatulated................................................................. 3</p> <p>3. Z5 barbed............................................................... E. vikrami Karmakar &amp; Gupta, 2014</p> <p>- Z5 smooth........................................................................................... 4</p> <p>4. Spermatheca short, tubular, flared at atrium............................................... E. ovalis (Evans, 1953) - Spermatheca elongated, tubular, not flared at atrium............................... E. sacchari (Ghai &amp; Menon, 1967)</p> <p>5. Ventrianal shield vase-shaped, no forward migration of JV2 and ZV2............................................ 6</p> <p>- Ventrianal shield pentagonal with forward migration of JV2 and ZV2........................................... 10</p> <p>6. Spermatheca bell-shaped.................................................... E. chikmagalurensis (Gupta, 1986)</p> <p>- Spermatheca tubular-shaped............................................................................. 7</p> <p>7. Setae j1, j3 and Z4 same in length, macrosetae present on genu, tibia and tarsus.................................... 8</p> <p>- Setae j3 longer than j1 and Z4, macrosetae present only on tarsus............................................... 9</p> <p>8. All the lateral setae long j3 40–45, z2 35–40, z4 45–51, s4 60 –65, Z1 31–32, S2 35, S4 27 –29, S5 36 –40, Z4 31–34, Z5 67–72........................................................................ E. scutalis (Athias-Henriot, 1958).</p> <p>- All the lateral setae shorter, j3 32–36, z2 15–17, z4 19–24, s4 29 –47, Z1 10–14, S2 11 –14, S4 12 –18, S5 13 –16, Z4 10–13, Z5 56–60........................................................................... E. concordis Chant, 1959</p> <p>9. Peritreme extended beyond j3, single pair of metapodal shields.......................... E. chitradurgae (Gupta, 1986)</p> <p>- Peritreme extended up to the base of z2, two pairs of metapodal shields................ E. kalimpongensis (Gupta, 1969c)</p> <p>10. Dorsum reticulated................................................................................... 11</p> <p>- Dorsum smooth..................................................................................... 25</p> <p>11. Seta j1 longer than j3................................................................................. 12</p> <p>- Seta j1 shorter or equal to j3............................................................................ 13</p> <p>12. Sternal shield longer than wide................................................ E. papayensis (Sadanandan, 2006)</p> <p>- Sternal shield as long as wide.................................................. E. rhododendronis (Gupta, 1970 a)</p> <p>13. Seta s4, S4 and S5 serrated.................................................. E. sativum Karmakar &amp; Gupta, 2014</p> <p>- Seta s4, S4 and S5 not serrated.......................................................................... 14</p> <p>14. Calyx annulated or constricted.......................................................................... 15</p> <p>- Calyx not annulated.................................................................................. 18</p> <p>15. R1 on the dorsal shield......................................... E. bandispermathecae Pramanik &amp; Karmakar, 2016</p> <p>- R1 off the dorsal shield................................................................................ 16</p> <p>16. Tip of macrosetae blunt, atrium indistinct.................................. E. astrictus Karmakar &amp; Bhowmik, 2018</p> <p>- Tip of macrosetae pointed, atrium distinct................................................................. 17</p> <p>17. Calyx tubular, annulated at the base of vesicle and flared at atrium................................. E. fascae sp. nov.</p> <p>- Calyx tubular, annulated and narrow at atrium................................. E. prasadi Chant &amp; McMurtry, 2005 c</p> <p>18. Calyx of spermatheca constricted at base and flared at atrium................................................. 19</p> <p>- Calyx of spermatheca not constricted at base and not flared at atrium........................................... 22</p> <p>19. R1 on the dorsal shield................................................................ E. dwakiensis sp. nov.</p> <p>- R1 off the dorsal shield................................................................................ 20</p> <p>20. Leg macrosetae with hyaline tip........................................... E. sajnekhalicus Kar &amp; Karmakar, 2021</p> <p>- Leg macrosetae without hyaline tip...................................................................... 21</p> <p>21. z4 longer than z2....................................................... E. coccosocius (Ghai &amp; Menon, 1967)</p> <p>– z4 not longer than z2.......................................................... E. finlandicus (Oudemans, 1915)</p> <p>22. z4 always reaches the base of s4...................................................... E. alstoniae (Gupta, 1975)</p> <p>- z4 never reaches the base of s4.......................................................................... 23</p> <p>23. Z5 serrated..................................................... E. arunachalensis Pramanik &amp; Karmakar, 2016</p> <p>- Z5 smooth.......................................................................................... 24</p> <p>24. Macrosetae of leg IV capitate, movable digit toothless..................................... E. coccinae Gupta, 1975</p> <p>- Macrosetae of leg IV not capitate, movable digit with teeth.............. E. sundarbanensis Karmakar &amp; Bhowmik, 2018</p> <p>25. z2 always reaches the base of z4........................................................................ 26</p> <p>- z2 never reaches the base of z4.......................................................................... 27</p> <p>26. All lateral setae long, S4 always reaches base of S5.................................. E. vignus Rishi &amp; Rather, 1983</p> <p>- All lateral setae not long, S4 never reaches base of S5........................... E. mangiferae (Ghai &amp; Menon, 1967)</p> <p>27. R1 on the dorsal shield............................................................ E. ahaioensis (Gupta, 1992)</p> <p>- R1 off the dorsal shield................................................................................ 28</p> <p>28. s4 longer than j1........................................................... E. eucalypti (Ghai &amp; Menon, 1967)</p> <p>- s4 shorter or equal to the length of j1..................................................................... 29</p> <p>29. j1 longer than j3..................................................................................... 30</p> <p>- j1 shorter or equal length of j3............................................... E. bambusae (Ghai &amp; Menon, 1967)</p> <p>30. Ventrianal shield triangular, 60 long, 40 wide at ZV2................................ E. neococcineae (Gupta, 1978c).</p> <p>- Ventrianal shield pentagonal, 100–105 long, 45–50 wide at ZV2................ E. bomdilae Pramanik &amp; Karmakar, 2016</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFE0FFFE2FD133C5C2C941FF	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFE3FFFF2FD13239C5D1468F.text	7D6487FFFFE3FFFF2FD13239C5D1468F.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, 1967a</p> <p>Okiseius Ehara, 1967a: 77.</p> <p>Type species Okiseius subtropicus Ehara, 1967a: 77.</p> <p>Okiseius (Kampimodromellus) Kolodochka &amp; Denmark, 1996: 223.</p> <p>Type species: Amblyseius (Kampimodromus) maritimus Ehara, 1967b: 224.</p> <p>Following the classification of Chant &amp; McMurty (2007) Okiseius jainticus sp. nov. and Okiseius unisetatus sp. nov. belong to tribe Kampimodromini Kolodochka, 1998, and subtribe Kampimodromina Kolodochka, 1998, 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 two species groups based on the point of insertion of seta R 1: the subtropicus species group with this seta inserted on dorsal shield with a distinct notch at the lateral margin of dorsal shield below R 1 of females and the maritimus species group with seta R 1 inserted on lateral integument of females without notch at the lateral margin. The new species O. jainticus sp. nov. is grouped under maritimus species group while O. unisetatus sp. nov. is grouped under subtropicus species group.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFE3FFFF2FD13239C5D1468F	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFE2FFF92FD134E8C3AB4647.text	7D6487FFFFE2FFF92FD134E8C3AB4647.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Okiseius jainticus Kar & Karmakar 2021	<div><p>Okiseius jainticus sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 21–25; 75–78)</p> <p>Female (n=7). Diagnosis. The species Okiseius jainticus sp. nov. belongs to the subgroup maritimus, by having R1 off the dorsal shield. This new species is distiguished from all the six species under this subgroup (Chant &amp; McMurtry, 2003) by having all setae serrated except j4, j5, j6, J5, and z5 which are smooth and all the setae arise from distinct tubercles, seta S5 serrated, both the setae r3 and R1 are off the dorsal shield and each with a distinct depression at the lateral margin of dorsal shield, one pair of long narrow metapodal shields, fixed digit of chelicerae with six teeth, movable digit with three teeth, leg IV with three distinct macrosetae with bulbous tips. In addition, the genu of leg IV having all setae rod-like except macroseseta which has bulbous tip, tibia and basitarsus of leg IV having rod-like setae but ventral setae are pointed.</p> <p>Dorsum (Figs 21; 75). Dorsal shield 333 (332–335) long and 193 (192–195) wide, strongly reticulated, prodorsum wide, smooth lateral margin with seven pairs of pores (gd1, gd2, gd4, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9); 15 pairs of setae on dorsal shield and two pairs of setae on unsclerotised cuticle: j1 26 (25–28), j3 38 (38–40), j4 9 (8–10), j5 9 (8–10), j6 25 (24–25), J5 5 (4–5), z2 34 (33–35), z4 43 (42–45), z5 13 (13–15), Z1 38 (38–41), Z4 50 (49–53), Z5 70 (69–72), s4 48 (46–49), S2 49 (48–50), S5 15 (14–17), r3 41 (39–42), R1 28 (26–29). All setae serrated, except j4, j5, j6, J5 and z5 which are smooth.</p> <p>Peritreme (Fig. 21). Extending beyond the bases of j1.</p> <p>Venter (Figs 22; 78). All shields smooth. Sternal shield longer than width, posterior margin of sternal shield wavy. Sternal shield 66 (63–67) long and 76 (74–77) wide at level of setae st1 - st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of poroids; one pair of setae (st4) on unsclerotised membrane 17 (15–18) long and conspicuous poroids on distinct metasternal plate. Distances between st2-st2 59 (58–60), st5-st5 65 (64–68). Genital shield smooth, broad at base and narrow at genital opening with irregular circular flap and almost straight posteriorly. Secondary ones fused anteried form a single pair 42 (40–44) long. Ventrianal shield smooth, pentagonal 105 (103–105) long, 56 (54–57) wide at level of ZV2 and 60 (59–62) wide at anus level with three pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1 14 (13–15), JV2 14 (13–15), ZV2 13 (12–14) and one pair of pre-anal pores gv3 26 (24–27) apart at the level JV2. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1 18 19 (18–20), ZV3 10 (9–10), JV4 15 (13–15) and JV5 49 (48–50); seta JV5 long and serrated.</p> <p>Chelicera (Fig. 23). Fixed digit 25 (24–25) long with six teeth and a distinct pilus dentilis, movable digit 25 (24–25) long with three teeth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Figs 24; 77). Calyx short 10 (7–11) long, arms diverging distally, atrium nodular, minor duct and major duct distinctly visible.</p> <p>Legs (Figs 25; 76). The genu, tibia and tarsus of leg IV with bulbous macrosetae of following lengths: genu 29 (28–30), tibia 24 (23–25) and tarsus 51 (50–53). Chaetotactic formula of genu II 1 2/1. 1/1 1 and genu III 1 1/1. 2/1 1. Length of leg I 282 (280–284), leg II 250 (246–250), leg III 236 (235–238) and leg IV 342 (341–345).</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype: female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8384 /20) collected from Golden Himalayan raspberry (Rubus elypticus), at West Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya 25°21'44"N, 91°52' 40"E, 1933 m AMSL on 1 st May, 2019; and deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. Six paratype females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8385- 8387 /2019) collected from undetermined climber at Mawkdok: 25°24'30"N, 91°46'44"E, 1806 m AMSL, East Khasi Hills, with same data as holotype and deposited in the Acarological Laboratory of BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific name jainticus refers to the Jaintia Hills, the habitat of the new species.</p> <p>Remarks. Okiseius jainticus is close to O. maritimus (Ehara, 1967a); O. alniseius Wainstein &amp; Beglyarov, 1972; O. juglandis Wang &amp; Xu, 1985; O. tibetagramins Wu, 1987; O. tribulation Walter, 1999 and Okiseius wongi Denmark &amp; Kolodochka, 1996, by the similar type of dorsal and ventral pattern, presence of depression at level r3, R1 and S5. The new species differs from all these close species by the length of dorsal setae, serration of dorsal setae, number of metapodal shields, denticles on fixed and movable digit of chelicerae, number of rod-like setae on leg IV etc. All the differences between the new species and its close species are presented in Table 6.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFE2FFF92FD134E8C3AB4647	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFE7FFFB2FD13581C2C940C9.text	7D6487FFFFE7FFFB2FD13581C2C940C9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Okeseius unisetatus Kar & Karmakar 2021	<div><p>Okeseius unisetatus sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 26–30; 79–84)</p> <p>Female (n=3). Diagnosis. The new species is characterised by strongly reticulated dorsum, all setae including J5 and S5 thick and serrated, arising from distinct tubercles, a small depression present on lateral margin of dorsal shield at level r3, distinct notch present at below level of R1, posterior margin of sternal shield concave, ventrianal shield vase-shaped, only one pair of elongated, inwardly curved metapodal shields, fixed digit of chelicerae with seven teeth including pilus dentilis, leg IV with three distinct rod-like macrosetae, all the dorsal setae are rod-like while all the ventral are pointed. All these characters make the species different from all the ten species under this subgroup.</p> <p>Dorsum (Figs 26; 79–80). Dorsal shield 308 (307–310) long and 175 (174–176) wide, strongly reticulated, with five pairs of pores (gd2, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9); 16 pairs of setae on dorsal shield and one pair of setae on unsclerotised cuticle: j1 25 (24–26), j3 21 (20–23), j4 15 (15–17), j5 15 (15–17), j6 26 (25–27), J5 6 (5–7), z2 25 (24–26), z4 25 (24–26), z5 19 (18–20), Z1 32 (31–33), Z4 47 (46–49), Z5 47 (46–48), s4 28 (27–29), S2 36 (35–38), S5 19 (18–21), r3 25 (24–26), R1 26 (25–28). All setae serrated, only seta j3 weakly serrated.</p> <p>Peritreme (Figs 26; 79–80). Extended beyond the bases of j1.</p> <p>Venter (Figs 27; 81). All shields are smooth. Sternal shield is longer than width, posterior margin concave. Sternal shield 64 (62–65) long and 62 (61–63) wide at the level of setae st1-st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of poroids; one pair of setae (st4) on metasternal plate on unsclerotised membrane at the margin of genital flap 16 (15–18) long with a conspicucous poroid on metasternal plate. Distances between st2-st2 44 (42–48), st5-st5 57 (56–60). Genital shield smooth, broad at base and narrow at genital opening with irregular circular flap and almost straight posteriorly. One pair of elongated narrow inwardly curved metapodal shields present 39 (37–40) long. Ventrianal shield smooth, pentagonal 113 (110–115) long, 50 (48–50) wide at level of ZV2 and 58 (56–59) wide at anus level with three pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1 12 (11–14), JV2 8 (7–10), ZV2 9 (8–10) and one pair of pre-anal pores 18 (17–19) apart closely placed on longitudinal line below JV2. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1 12 (11–13), ZV3 9 (8–10), JV4 11 (10–12) and JV5 32 (31–33); the latter one is long and serrated.</p> <p>Chelicera (Figs 28; 83). Fixed digit 18 (17–20) long with six teeth and a distinct pilus dentilis, movable digit 16 (15–17) long with single tooth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Figs 29; 84). Calyx short 4 (3–5) long with conspicuous atrium, minor duct and major duct visible.</p> <p>Legs (Figs 30; 82). The genu, tibia and tarsus of leg IV with macrosetae of blunt tips, of following lengths: genu 11 (10–12), tibia 16 (15–17) and tarsus 19 (17–20). All the dorsal setae have blunt tips while the ventral and lateral have pointed tips. Chaetotactic formula of genu II 1 2/1. 1/1 1 and genu III 1 1/1. 2/1 1. Length of leg I 280 (280–284), leg II 250 (246–250), leg III 235 (235–238) and leg IV 342 (341–345).</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype: female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV /8389/20) collected from Litchi, (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) at Dwaki: 25°13'1"N, 91°58'16"E, 520m AMSL, West Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya on 2 May 2019; and deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, two paratype females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV /8389–8390/2019) 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 unisetatus refers to the uniform serration pattern of dorsal setae of new species.</p> <p>Remarks. The new species is close to O. subtropicus Ehara,1967b, O. merenoi Schicha, 1987; O. eharai Liang &amp; Ke, 1982; O. sikkimensis Gupta, 1986; O. yazuliensis Gupta, 1986 and O. himalayana Gupta, 1986 by having similar type of heavily sculptured dorsum, depression at the level r3, and rod-like shape of leg macrosetae. However, the new species differs from these close species by the length of dorsal setae, serration pattern of dorsal setae, denticles of chelicerae, number of metapodal shields, number of rod-like setae in leg IV and shape of spermatheca. In O. subtropicus all dorsal setae serrated except J5, with a distinct notch at level between R1 and S5; fixed digit of chelicerae with three teeth; metapodal shields fused, very long, about 130 long. The new species also differs from O. merenoi by all setae serrated except J5 and S5; setae j6, S5 and R1 shorter than the new species; fixed digit of chelicerae with two teeth; two pairs of metapodal shield while in new species all dorsal setae are serrated, fixed digit with six teeth and with single metapodal shield. In new species j1 longer and s4 shorter, all dorsal setae serrated, fixed digit of chelicerae with six teeth while in O. himalayana j1 shorter and s4 longer, J5 smooth, fixed digit of chelicerae with three teeth. All the differences between the new species and its close species are presented in Table 7.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFE7FFFB2FD13581C2C940C9	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFEBFFF62FD13581C2C9469D.text	7D6487FFFFEBFFF62FD13581C2C9469D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Okiseius Ehara 1967	<div><p>Key to the Indian species of Okiseius described from India.</p> <p>1. R1 on the dorsal shield................................................................................. 2</p> <p>- R1 off the dorsal shield.................................................................. O. jainticus sp. nov.</p> <p>2. j1 longer or equal to j3................................................................. O. unisetatus sp. nov.</p> <p>- j1 shorter than j3...................................................................................... 3</p> <p>3. Seta j6 shorter, less than 10........................................................ O. sikkimensis Gupta, 1986</p> <p>- Seta j6 longer, more than 20............................................................................. 4</p> <p>4. Seta j1 and j3 shorter, 10 and 23 respectively.......................................... O. himalayana Gupta, 1986</p> <p>- Seta j1 and j3 longer 22 and 34 respectively........................................... O. yazuliensis Gupta, 1986</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFEBFFF62FD13581C2C9469D	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFEBFFF62FD13707C3934481.text	7D6487FFFFEBFFF62FD13707C3934481.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: 177.</p> <p>Type species Gamasus plumifer Canestrini &amp; Fanzago, 1876: 130, designated by Vitzthum, 1941.</p> <p>Phytoseius (Dubininellus) Wainstein, 1959: 1361.</p> <p>Type species Phytoseius (Dubininellus) corniger Wainstein, 1959: 1361, by original designation.</p> <p>Chant &amp; McMurtry (1994) recognised three species groups based on presence or absence of setae J2 and R 1: the horridus species group, Denmark (1966) with setae J2 and R 1 absent, the plumifer species group Chant &amp; Yoshida- Shaul (1992) characterised with setae J2 and R 1 present, and purseglovei species group Chant &amp; Yoshida-Shaul (1992) with seta J2 absent and R 1 present. Both the new species P. clavus and P. aonlae belong to horridus species group with setae J2 and R 1 absent, ventral setal pattern JV-3, 4: ZV (Chant &amp; McMurtry 1994).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFEBFFF62FD13707C3934481	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFEBFFF12FD136FFC7A4422F.text	7D6487FFFFEBFFF12FD136FFC7A4422F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phytoseius Ribaga 1904	<div><p>Phytoseius clavus sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 31–37; 85–87)</p> <p>Female (n=4). Diagnosis. The new species is characterised by dorsum strongly reticulated, all the dorsocentral setae arising from distinct pin head-shaped tubercles, ventrianal shield sole-shaped with three pairs of pre-anal setae, fixed digit of chelicerae with six teeth including pilus dentilis and movable digit with two teeth, all setae including three macrosetae of leg IV rod-like and blunt.</p> <p>Dorsum (Figs 31; 85–86). Dorsal shield 328 (326–329) long and 146 (145–147) wide, strongly reticulated, with five pairs of pores (gd2, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9); 15 pairs of setae on the dorsal shield: j1 32 (29–33), j3 37 (35–38), j4 8 (8–9), j5 8 (8–9), j6 8 (8–9), J5 22 (21–23), z2 21 (20–23), z3 33 (32–33), z4 20 (20–21), z5 8 (8–9), Z4 68 (67–70), Z5 78 (77–80), s4 72 (72–75), s6 91 (89–92), r3 48 (47–50). All setae serrated except the setae j4, j5, j6, and z5 which are smooth and pointed.</p> <p>Peritreme (Fig. 31; 85–86). Extended upto 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 60 (58–60) long and 77 (74–78) wide at level of setae st1-st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of poroids; one pair of setae (st4) on unsclerotised membrane 23 (22–25) long. Distances between st2-st2 58 (58–60), st5-st5 62 (60–65). Base of genital shield broad, posterior margin little convex with a notch at lateral margin below ST5. Metapodal shields not visible, genital shield smooth, broad at base and narrow at genital opening with semicircular flap. Ventrianal shield smooth, sole-shaped 84 (83–85) long, 32 (31–33) wide at level of ZV2 and 49 (48–50) wide at anus level with three pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1 14 (13–15), JV2 12 (11–13), ZV2 10 (10–11) and one pair of pre-anal pores on longitudinal line below JV2, 10 (9–12) apart. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with three pairs of setae ZV1 16 (15–18), ZV3 9 (8–10), and JV5 66 (65–68); seta JV5 long and serrated.</p> <p>Chelicera (Fig. 33). Fixed digit 28 (26–30) long with two teeth and distinct pilus dentilis, movable digit 28 (26–29) long with two teeth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Fig. 34). Calyx short 8 (7–9) long, funnel-shaped, wide at base of vesicle, atrium indistinct, minor duct not visible while the major duct long and very distinct.</p> <p>Legs (Fig. 35). The genu, tibia and tarsus of leg IV with rod-like macrosetae with blunt tip of following lengths: genu 22 (21–24), tibia 35 (34–36) and tarsus 35 (34–36). Chaetotactic formula of genu II 1 2/1. 2/0 1 and genu III 1 2/1. 2/0 1. Length of leg I 243 (242–245), leg II 220 (217–222), leg III 236 (235–238) and leg IV 388 (387–390).</p> <p>Male (n=1). Dorsum. Dorsal shield 228 long and 142 wide strongly reticulated, prodorsum wide, smooth lateral margin with 15 pairs of setae on the dorsal shield: j1 22, j3 28, j4 8, j5 7, j6 7, J5 14, z2 16, z3 29, z4 19, z5 7, Z4 32, Z5 35, s4 50, s6 47, r3 36. All setae serrated, setae j4, j5, j6, and z5 are smooth.</p> <p>Peritreme. Extended beyond the bases of j1.</p> <p>Venter (Fig. 36). Sternogenital shield smooth with five pairs of setae and three pairs of distinguishable poroids. Ventrianal shield 100 long, 111 wide at level of ZV2, 52 wide at level of anus, with three pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1 7, JV2 7, ZV2 7 and a pair of pores below JV2, 13 apart. Unsclerotised membrane surrounding the ventrianal shield with one pair of setae JV5 23 long and serrated.</p> <p>Chelicera (Fig. 37). Spermatodactyl with an elongated shaft 20 long terminating with a wide toe.</p> <p>Leg. Leg IV with three macrosetae of blunt tip of following lengths: genu 14, tibia 14 and tarsus 27. Chaetotactic formula of genu II 1 2/1. 2/0 1 and genu III 1 2/1. 2/01. Length of leg I 224, leg II 206, leg III 191 and leg IV 302.</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype: female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8391 /2019) deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata), collected from Rhododendron, (Rhododendron sp.), at Upper Shillong: 25°32'9"N, 91°49'29"E, 1589m AMSL, Upper Shillong, Meghalaya on 2 May 2019; two paratype females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8391– 8392 /2019) and one paratype male (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8393 /2019) 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 clavus refers to the “pin-shaped” prodorsal setae of this new species.</p> <p>Remarks. The new species Phytoseius clavus is notable from all the species under horridus species group by all the dorsocentral setae arising from distinct pin head-shaped tubercles and all setae including three macrosetae of leg IV rod-like and blunt. However, this new species is close to P. corniger Wainstein, 1959; P. nipponicus Ehara, 1962; P. meyerae Gupta, 1977; P. domesticus Rather, 1985 and P. dorsospinosus Pramanik &amp; Karmakar, 2016 by having similar pattern of dorsal shield ornamentation, dorsocentral setae smooth, sole-shaped ventrianal shield with three pairs of setae. The new species differs from these close species by the length, shape and pattern 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 8.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFEBFFF12FD136FFC7A4422F	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFECFFCC2FD13048C44A4543.text	7D6487FFFFECFFCC2FD13048C44A4543.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phytoseius aonlae Kar & Karmakar 2021	<div><p>Phytoseius aonlae sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 38–42; 88–91)</p> <p>Female (n=8). Diagnosis. The species is distinguished by having the dorsum strongly reticulated forming a pattern like leopard skin, all dorsal setae serrated except the setae j4, j5, j6, J5, z2, and z4, setae s4, s6, Z4 and Z5 are long, serrated with distinct longitudinal groove covering near about 1/3 rd part of longitudinal line of setae. Ventrianal shield sole-shaped with three pairs of pre-anal setae arranged along the anterior lateral margins of ventrianal shield. Fixed digit of chelicerae with three teeth and pilus dentilis, movable digit with single tooth, leg IV with three macrosetae with bulbous tips, a hyaline cap visible covering the tip.</p> <p>Dorsum (Figs 38; 88). Dorsal shield 315 315 (314–316) long and 148 149 (147–150) wide, strongly reticulated like leopard skin, with five pairs of pores (gd4, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9); 15 pairs of setae on the dorsal shield: j1 30 (28–31), j3 35 (33–36), j4 8 (7–9), j5 8 (7–9), j6 8 (7–9), J5 6 (5–7), z2 16 (15–19), z3 35 (32–36), z4 13 (12–15), z5 8 (7–9), Z4 84 (82–85), Z5 82 (79–83), s4 136 (135–138), s6 70 (67–71), r3 48 (45–49). All setae serrated, setae j4, j5, j6, J5, z2, z4, and z5 smooth and having longitudinal groove all along the length of the setae s4, s6, Z4, and Z5.</p> <p>Peritreme (Fig. 38). Extended beyond the bases of j1.</p> <p>Venter (Fig. 39). All shields are smooth. The sternal shield square-shaped, posterior margin of sternal shield nearly straight. Sternal shield 51 (48–52) long and 69 (66–71) wide at level of setae st1-st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of poroids; one pair of setae (st4) on unsclerotised membrane 16 (15–18) long. Distances between st2-st2 57 (55–59), st5-st5 62 (60–65). The base of the genital shield broad indented posterior lateral margin below st5. One pair of elongated, narrow inwardly curved metapodal shields present 35 (32–36) long and 3 (2–4) wide. Genital shield smooth broad at the base and narrow at genital opening with irregular circular flap. Ventrianal shield smooth, sole-shaped 103 (102–105) long, 35 (33–36) wide at level of ZV2 and 53 (51–54) wide at anus level with three pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1 12 (11–13), JV2 12 (11–13), ZV2 12 (11–13) and one pair of pre-anal pores at the level of JV2, 9 (8–10) apart. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with three pairs of setae ZV1 13 (11–14), ZV3 8 (9–10), and JV5 51 (50–53); the later one is long and serrated.</p> <p>Chelicera (Figs 40; 90). Fixed digit 19 (18–22) long with two teeth and a distinct pilus dentilis, movable digit 19 (18–22) long with single tooth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Figs 41; 91). Calyx short 8 (7–9) long, cup-shaped, atrium nodular from where minor and major duct arises, major duct flattened and distinctly visible.</p> <p>Legs (Figs 42; 89). The genu, tibia and tarsus of leg IV with bulbous macrosetae of following lengths; genu 13 (12–15), tibia 54 (52–55) and tarsus 28 (25–29). Chaetotactic formula of genu II: 1 2/1, 2/0 1 and genu III 1 2/1, 2/0 1. Length of leg I 245 (242–245), leg II 220 (217–220), leg III 235 (235–238) and leg IV 388 (387–390).</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype: female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8394 /2019) collected from Aonla, (Phyllanthus emblica), at Dwaki: 25°13’1”N, 91°58’16”E, 520m AMSL, Dwaki, Meghalya, on 2 May 2019; deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. two paratype females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8395 /2019) collected from same host and location and five paratype females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8396–98 /2019) collected from same host at Keibul Lamjao National Park: 24°28’24”N, 93°49’1”E, 781m AMSL Bishnupur, Manipur, deposited in the Acarological laboratory, Department of Entomology, BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific name aonlae refers to the host plant from where the species was collected.</p> <p>Remarks. The new species is different from all the other species of the horridus group. Phytoseius aonlae sp. nov. is close to P. crinitus Swirski &amp; Shechter, 1961; P. woodburyi De Leon, 1965; P. neoferox Ehara &amp; Bhandhufalck, 1977; and P. litoralis Silva et al., 2013 by having similar dorsal setal pattern. However, the new species differs from its close species by the dorsal setal length; length and shape of macrosetae in leg IV; denticles in fixed digit of chelicerae; shape of ventrianal and genital shield; and shape of spermatheca. All the differences between the new species and its close species are described in Table 9.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFECFFCC2FD13048C44A4543	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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7D6487FFFFD1FFCD2FD137A5C2C8459E.text	7D6487FFFFD1FFCD2FD137A5C2C8459E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phytoseius Ribaga 1904	<div><p>Key to the species of Phytoseius described or reported from India.</p> <p>1. Setae J2 and R 1 present................................................................................ 2</p> <p>- Setae J2 absent and R 1 present or absent................................................................... 3</p> <p>2. Dorsal shield with a distinct notch at the level s4........................................... P. kapuri Gupta, 1969</p> <p>- Dorsal shield without a distinct notch at the level s4......................... P. minutus Narayanan, Kaur &amp; Ghai, 1960</p> <p>3. Seta J2 and R 1 absent.................................................................................. 4</p> <p>- Seta J2 absent and R 1 present................................................... P. namdaphaensis Gupta, 1986</p> <p>4. Setae s4 longer than s6................................................................................. 5</p> <p>– Setae s4 shorter or equal to s6.......................................................................... 19</p> <p>5. j3 longer than j1...................................................................................... 6</p> <p>- j3 not longer than j1.................................................................................. 16</p> <p>6. Setae z2 and z4 serrated............................................................. P. mixtus Chaudhri, 1973</p> <p>- Setae z2 and z4 smooth................................................................................. 7</p> <p>7. Z5 longer than Z4................................................................ P. domesticus Rather, 1985</p> <p>- Z5 shorter or equal to Z4............................................................................... 8</p> <p>8. Z5 shorter than Z4..................................................................................... 9</p> <p>- Z5 not shorter than Z4................................................................................. 13</p> <p>9. Spermatheca poccular, dorsum with spine like structure................... P. dorsospinosus Pramanik &amp; Karmakar, 2016</p> <p>- Spermatheca tubular or bell-shaped, dorsum rugose......................................................... 10</p> <p>10. Genu IV without distinct macrosetae................................................. P. wainsteini Gupta, 1981b</p> <p>- Genu IV with distinct macrosetae....................................................................... 11</p> <p>11. Macrosetae of leg IV rod-like........................................................................... 12</p> <p>- Macrosetae of leg IV spatulated with hyaline cap................................ P. crinitus Swirski &amp; Shechter, 1961</p> <p>12. Seta s4 longer 129–141, macrosetae on genu IV shorter 15–20............................ P. corniger Wainstein, 1959</p> <p>- Seta s4 shorter 93–112, macrosetae on genu IV longer 25–35.................. P. neoferox Ehara &amp; Bhandhufalck, 1977</p> <p>13. Leg IV with three macrosetae....................................................... P. macropilis (Banks, 1909)</p> <p>- Leg IV with two macrosetae............................................................................ 14</p> <p>14. Seta j3 longer than r3............................................................ P. neocorniger Gupta, 1977b</p> <p>- Seta j3 shorter or equal to r3........................................................................... 15</p> <p>15. Macrosetae of leg IV with blunt tip..................................................... P. jujuba Gupta, 1977b</p> <p>- Macrosetae of leg IV with clavate tip.................................................... P. roseus Gupta, 1969b</p> <p>16. Dorsal shield rugose.................................................................................. 17</p> <p>- Doral shield not rugose......................................................... P. bandipurensis Gupta, 1980b</p> <p>17. Setae s4, Z4, s6 and Z5 with longitudinal groove................................................ P. aonlae sp. nov.</p> <p>- Setae s4, Z4, s6 and Z5 without longitudinal groove......................................................... 18</p> <p>18. Setae Z4 and Z5 almost equal in length and spermatheca fundibular................ P. rachelae Swirski &amp; Shechter, 1961</p> <p>- Seta Z4 longer than Z5 and spermatheca tubular...................................... P. maldahaensis Gupta, 1992</p> <p>19. s4 shorter than s6.................................................................................... 20</p> <p>- s4 not shorter than s6................................................................................. 22</p> <p>20. Macrosetae on leg IV present........................................................................... 21</p> <p>- Macrosetae on leg IV absent........................................... P. intermedius Evans &amp; Macfarlane, 1962</p> <p>21. Macrosetae of leg IV with clavate tip and seta J5 smooth................................... P. meyerae Gupta, 1977d</p> <p>- Macrosetae of Leg IV with blunt tip and seta J5 serrated......................................... P. clavus sp. nov.</p> <p>22. Genu of leg IV without macrosetae...................................................................... 23</p> <p>- Genu of leg IV with macrosetae......................................................................... 24</p> <p>23. j1 shorter than j3 and seta z4 serrated.............................................. P. macrosetosus Gupta, 1977b</p> <p>- j1 not shorter than j3 and seta z4 smooth............................................... P. nipponicus Ehara, 1962</p> <p>24. Macrosetae SgeIV and StiIV are equal................................................. P. rogusus Denmark, 1966</p> <p>- Macroseta SgeIV shorter than StiIV...................................................................... 25</p> <p>25. Z4 equal to r3............................................................ P. coheni Swirski &amp; Shechter, 1961</p> <p>- Z4 longer than r3.................................................................................... 26</p> <p>26. Tip of macrosetae blunt........................................... P. leopardisimilis Pramanik &amp; Karmakar, 2016</p> <p>- Tip of macrosetae knobbed............................................................................. 27</p> <p>27. Tip of macrosetae on Leg IV with hyaline cap.............................................................. 28</p> <p>- Tip of macrosetae on Leg IV without hyaline cap........................................................... 29</p> <p>28. Macroseta SgeIV longer 15–17...................................... P. namkhanaensis Karmakar &amp; Bhowmik, 2018</p> <p>- Macroseta SgeIV shorter 8–10............................................ P. brevicrinis Swirski &amp; Shechter, 1961</p> <p>29. Macrosetae SgeIV and StIV are equal.............................................. P. indicus Bhattacharrya, 1968</p> <p>- Macroseta SgeIV and StIV are unequal.................................................................... 30</p> <p>30. Ventrianal shield pentagonal....................................................... P. punjabensis Gupta, 1977b</p> <p>- Ventrianal shield sole-shaped........................................................................... 31</p> <p>31. Seta r3 longer than Z5................................... P. mizoramensis Gupta &amp; Chatterjee, 2003 in Gupta, 2003</p> <p>- Seta r3 shorter than Z5.............................................................. P. swirskii Gupta, 1980a</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFD1FFCD2FD137A5C2C8459E	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFD0FFCD2FD13619C543426B.text	7D6487FFFFD0FFCD2FD13619C543426B.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>Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) De Leon, 1959: 258.</p> <p>Type species: Anthoseius hebetis De Leon, 1959: 258.</p> <p>Amblydromella Muma, 1961: 294.</p> <p>Type species: Typhlodromus fleschneri Chant, 1960: 60.</p> <p>Typhlodromus rhenanus group, Chant, 1959 b: 62.</p> <p>Type species – Seiulus rhenanus Oudemans, 1905: 78.</p> <p>Chant &amp; McMurtry (1994) recognised nine species groups viz., arizonicus, transvaalensis, singularis, daresalaami, rickeri, religiosus, rhenanus, egypticus and bergi species groups under the subgenus Anthoseius based on presence or absence of setae S4, JV3 and JV4, morphology of dorsal setae and their length, shape of female ventrianal shield and the point of insertion of r3 and R 1. Among these species groups the present species Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) barapanicus sp. nov., T. (Anthoseius) campana sp. nov., and T. (Anthoseius) cherrapunjiensis sp. nov. belong to rhenanus species group with setae r3 and R 1 inserted on the lateral integument of the adult female, with the setae on the dorsal shield in the z -Z and s -S series shorter than the distances between their bases and with the female ventrianal shield pentagonal in shape.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFD0FFCD2FD13619C543426B	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFD0FFC82FD1308DC3C6437B.text	7D6487FFFFD0FFC82FD1308DC3C6437B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) barapanicus Kar & Karmakar 2021	<div><p>Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) barapanicus sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 43–47; 92–95)</p> <p>Female (n=6). Diagnosis. The species is notable by having dorsum strongly reticulated; all the dorsal setae serrated except j4, j5, j6, J2, J5, and z5; seta Z5 serrated with bulbous tip; posterior margin of sternal shield forms an indistinct loop touching the genital cover flap, ventrianal shield pentagonal with four pairs of pre-anal setae, fixed digit of chelicerae with four teeth while movable digit with single tooth, spermatheca long tubular, basal half thick walled with thin walled cervix narrowed at the base of atrium, leg IV with one macroseta with bulbous tip.</p> <p>Dorsum (Figs 43; 92). Dorsal shield 335 (334–338) long and 175 (174–177) wide, strongly reticulated, with six pairs of pores (gd1, gd2, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9); 18 pairs of setae on the dorsal shield and two pairs on unsclerotised cuticle: j1 22 (20–23), j3 17 (16–20), j4 10 (9–11), j5 10 (9–11), j6 12 (11–13), J2 14 (13–15), J5 9 (8–10), z2 12 (11–13), z3 25 (24–26), z4 14 (13–15), z5 11 (10–13), Z4 23 (23–25), Z5 39 (38–40), s4 25 (23–26), s6 25 (22–25), S2 18 (16–19), S4 20 (19–20), S5 24 (23–25), r3 15 (14–16), R1 15 (14–16). All setae are serrated and with pointed tip except j4, j5, j6, J2, J5, and z5 which are smooth, setae Z5 serrated with bulbous tip.</p> <p>Peritreme (Figs 43; 92). Extended beyond the bases of j1.</p> <p>Venter (Fig. 44; 93). All the shields are smooth. The sternal shield is rectangular with posterior lateral lobe and posterior margin forms a loop touching the genital cover flap. Sternal shield 75 (74–76) long and 53 (52–54) wide at the level of setae st1-st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of poroids; one pair of setae (st4) on unsclerotised membrane 13 (13–15) long. Distances between st2-st2 53 (52–54), st5-st5 55 (52–54). The base of the genital shield broad, flat posteriorly. Two pairs of metapodal shields present. The primary inguinal sigilla 27 (25–28) long and 4 (3–5) wide, secondary ones 7 (7–9). Genital shield smooth, broad at the base and narrow at genital opening with irregular circular flap. Ventrianal shield smooth, pentagonal, 121 (120–123) long, 81 (80–83) wide at level of ZV2 and 73 (71–74) wide at anus level with four pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1 8 8(7–9), JV2 8 8 (7–9), JV3 8 (7–9), ZV2 8 (7–9) and one pair of pre-anal pore gv3 15 (14–16) apart just below JV2. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1 9 (8–10), ZV3 8 (8–10), JV4 10 (8–10) and JV5 29 (28–30); the later one is long serrated and pointed.</p> <p>Chelicera (Fig. 45). Fixed digit 30 (30–33) long with four teeth and distinct pilus dentilis, movable digit 30 (28–30) long with single tooth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Figs 46; 95). Calyx tubular, 35 (33–35) long. Distal half of calyx thick walled and proximal part thin walled with a neck connected to atrium, minor and major duct visible.</p> <p>Legs (Figs 47; 94). The basitarsus of leg IV with single macroseta with bulbous tip, macrosetae on genu and tibia of leg IV with pointed tip and of following lengths: genu 13 (11–13), tibia 15 (13–15) and basitarsus 28 (25– 28). Chaetotactic formula of genu II: 0 2/1, 2/1 1 and genu III 1 2/1, 2/01. Length of leg I 305 (300–305), leg II 218 (213–219), leg III 213 (212–218) and leg IV 288 (283–288).</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype: female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8399 /2019) collected from Broom grass, (Thysanolaena latifolia Roxb.), at Barapani: 25°40'52"N, 91°54'41"E, 973m AMSL, Barapani, Meghalaya on 3 rd May, 2019; deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. Three paratype females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8399–8400 /2019) with same collection data as holotype and two paratype females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8401 /2019) collected from Loktak, 24°33'1.0"N, 93°47'20"E, 768m AMSL, Manipur, from same host and deposited in the Acarological laboratory, Department of Entomology, BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific name barapanicus refers to the type locality “Barapani” of Meghalaya from where this new species was collected.</p> <p>Remarks. The new species Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) barapanicus is different from all the members of rhenanus group by having unique type of spermatheca. The new species is close to T (A.) muliebris Van der Merwe, 1968; T (A.) paganus Van der Merwe, 1968; and T. (A.) carambolae Karmakar &amp; Bhowmik, 2018 by having similar pattern of dorsum and venter. Typhlodromus (A.) barapanicus sp. nov. differs from these close species by the dorsal and ventral setal length, form of setae, posterior margin of sternal shield, shape of spermatheca and macrosetae of leg IV. All the differences between the new species and close species are given in Table 10.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFD0FFC82FD1308DC3C6437B	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFD5FFCB2FD13189C5584543.text	7D6487FFFFD5FFCB2FD13189C5584543.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) campana Kar & Karmakar 2021	<div><p>Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) campana sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 48–52; 96–98)</p> <p>Female (n=3). Diagnosis.The species is distinguished by having dorsum strongly reticulated, all the dorsal setae short, thin, smooth and pointed except Z5 smooth with bulbous tip; posterior margin of sternal shield slightly wavy, fixed digit of chelicerae with six teeth while movable digit with three teeth, spermatheca bell-shaped, basitarsus of leg IV with bulbous macroseta while the same on tibia and tarsus are pointed.</p> <p>Dorsum (Fig. 48). Dorsal shield 350 (349–353) long and 165 (164–167) wide, strongly reticulated, with six pairs of pores (gd2, gd4, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9); 18 pairs of setae on dorsal shield and two pairs on unsclerotised dorsal cuticle: j1 15 (14–16), j3 18 (17–19), j4 12 (11–14), j5 13 (11–14), j6 16 (15–17), J2 15 (14–16), J5 8 (6–8), z2 13 (12–14), z3 16 (14–17), z4 15 (14–16), z5 14 (13–15), Z4 25 (22–26), Z5 31 (29–34), s4 23 (21–24), s6 16 (14 –17), S2 22 (20–24), S4 25 (24–26), S5 18 (17–19), r3 20 (19–22), and R1 18 (16–19). All setae smooth and pointed, seta Z5 smooth and bulbous.</p> <p>Peritreme (Fig. 48). Extended beyond the bases of j1.</p> <p>Venter (Fig. 49). All shields are smooth. The sternal shield rectangular, posterior margin of sternal shield slightly wavy. Sternal shield 69 (68–71) long and 64 (63–65) wide at level of setae st1-st3 and st3-st3 respectively, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of poroids; one pair of setae (st4) on unsclerotised membrane 20 (19–22) long. Distances between st2-st2 58 (56–59), st5-st5 56 (55–57). The base of the genital shield broad, flat posteriorly. Two pairs of metapodal shields present. The primary inguinal sigilla 21 (20–22) long and 5 (4–6) wide, secondary ones 14 (13–15) long. Genital shield smooth, broad at base and narrow at genital opening with irregular circular flap. Ventrianal shield smooth, pentagonal 112 (111–114) long, 90 (89–91) wide at level of ZV2 and 65 (64–68) wide at anus level with four pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1 10 (9–11), JV2 10 (9–11), ZV2 12 (11–13), JV3 12 (11–13) and one pair of pre-anal pores gv3 22 (20–23) apart below JV2. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1 10 (9–11), ZV3 12 (12–14), JV4 14 (13–15) and JV5 38 (37–40); JV5 long, smooth with bulbous tip.</p> <p>Chelicera (Figs 50; 97). Fixed digit 26 (25–27) long with six teeth and distinct pilus dentilis, movable digit 26 (25–27) long with three backwardly directed teeth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Fig. 51; 96). Spermatheca bell-shaped. Calyx 16 (15–17) long with a distinct narrow neck at the base of atrium, minor duct and flattened major duct visible.</p> <p>Leg (Figs 52; 98). Macroseta on tarsus of leg IV with bulbous tip while the same on genu and tibia of leg IV are pointed and of the following lengths: genu 15 (14–16), tibia 20 (19–21) and tarsus 45 (44–46). Chaetotactic formula of genu II: 1 2/1, 2/0 1 and genu III 1 2/1, 2/01. Length of leg I 363 (360–368), leg II 240 (238–245), leg III 233 (230–236) and leg IV 388 (387–390).</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype: female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8385 /20) collected from weed (Rubus elypticus), at Mawkdok: 25°24'30"N, 91°46'44"E, 1806m AMSL, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya on 1 st May, 2019; deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. Two paratype females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8402 /2019) 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 campana refers to the unique bell-shaped spermatheca of the new species.</p> <p>Remarks. The new species Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) campana is different from all the members of subspecies group rhenanus by having bell-shaped spermatheca with conspicuous neck at the base of atrium. The new species is close to T. (A.) neorhenanus Gupta, 1977; T. (A.) sijiensis Gupta, 1986; and T. (A.) dahungensis Pramanik &amp; Karmakar, 2016 by having similar dosum and venter. However, this new species differs from the close species by length and form of dorsal setae, shape of ventrianal shield, number of teeth on fixed and movable digit, shape of spermatheca, and number and form of leg macrosetae. All the differences between the new species and its close species are presented in Table 11.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFD5FFCB2FD13189C5584543	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFD6FFC52FD137A4C6DF468F.text	7D6487FFFFD6FFC52FD137A4C6DF468F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) cherrapunjiensis Kar & Karmakar 2021	<div><p>Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) cherrapunjiensis sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 53–57; 99–101)</p> <p>Female (n=6). Diagnosis. The species is diagnosed by having dorsum smooth, all dorsal setae short, smooth and with pointed tip, posterior margin of sternal shield wavy, setae st3 off the sternal shield in separate platelets, fixed digit of chelicera with four teeth while movable digit with two teeth, spermatheca saccular-shaped, major duct conspicously flattened, leg IV with only one pointed macroseta on tarsus.</p> <p>Dorsum (Fig. 53). Dorsal shield 328 (326–329) long and 145 (145–147) wide, smooth, with six pairs of pores (gd2, gd4, gd5, gd6, gd8 and gd9); 18 pairs of setae on the dorsal shield and two pairs of setae on the unsclerotised cuticle: j1 19 (17–20), j3 21 (19–22), j4 11 (10–12), j5 11 (10–12), j6 11 (10–12), J2 13 (11–14), J5 8 (7–9), z2 13 (11–14), z3 14 (12–14), z4 16 (13–16), z5 12 (9–12), Z4 15 (14–16), Z5 49 (48–51), s4 15 (13–16), s6 20 (18–21), S2 19 (17–20), S4 19 (17–20), S5 22 (20–23), r3 15 (14–16), R1 16 (15–18). All setae smooth.</p> <p>Peritreme (Fig. 53). Extended beyond the bases of j3.</p> <p>Venter (Figs 54; 99). All shields are smooth. The sternal shield square-shaped, posterior margin of sternal shield wavy, laterally with few lines. Sternal shield 65 (63–66) long and 82 (79–83) wide at level of setae st1-st3 and st3- st3 respectively, with two pairs of setae and two pairs of poroids; st3 on separate shield, one pair of setae (st4) on unsclerotised membrane 21 (21–23) long. Distances between st2-st2 63 (62–64), st5-st5 63 (62–64). Two pairs of metapodal shields present. The primary inguinal sigilla long 22 (20–22) and 8 (6–9) wide, secondary ones 11 (9–11) long. Genital shield smooth, broad at the base and narrow at genital opening with irregular circular flap. Ventrianal shield smooth, pentagonal 103 (100–104) long, 75 (73–75) wide at level of ZV2 and 60 (58–61) wide at anus level with four pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1 13 (13–15), JV2 13 (11–13), JV3 13 (11–13), ZV2 13 (11–13) and one pair of pre-anal pores gv3 below seta JV2, 16 (15–18) apart. Membrane surrounding ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1 13 (11–13), ZV3 10 (9–10), JV4 10 (8–10) and JV5 30 (28–31); JV5 long and smooth.</p> <p>Chelicera (Figs 55; 101). Fixed digit 30 (29–31) long with four teeth and distinct pilus dentilis, movable digit 30 (28–30) long with two backwardly directed teeth.</p> <p>Spermatheca (Figs 56; 100). Calyx 16 (14–17) long, saccular with distinct atrium attached with a sclerotised structure, major duct narrow tubular, minor duct clearly visible.</p> <p>Legs (Fig. 57). The leg IV with only one pointed macroseta on tarsus 49 (48–51). Chaetotactic formula of genu II: 1 2/1, 2/0 1 and genu III 1 2/1, 2/0 1. Length of leg I 245 (242–245), leg II 220 (217–220), leg III 218 (216–222) and leg IV 388 (387–390).</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype: female (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8404 /20) collected from moss associated with forest plant, at Cherrapunji 25°24'30"N, 91°46'44"E, 1806m AMSL, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya on 1 st May, 2019; deposited in the NZC, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. Five paratype females (Acarol.lab/ BCKV/8403–8404 /2019) 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 cherrapunjiensis refers to the type locality of the new species.</p> <p>Remarks. The new species Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) cherrapunjiensis sp. nov. is different from all the species of rhenanus species group because of its unique type of spermatheca, major duct broad and flattened. This new species is very close to T. (A.) capparidis van der Merwe, 1968, T. (A.) apoxys van der Merwe, 1968 by having similar type of saccular-shaped spermatheca, sternal shield with two pairs of setae and leg IV with a single macroseta. However, this new species differs from these species by the dorsal setal form and length, number of teeth on fixed and movable digit of chelicera, posterior margin of sternal shield, shape of ventrianal shield, tip of leg macroseta and spermatheca having broad, flattened major duct. All the differences between the new species and the close species are given in Table 12.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFD6FFC52FD137A4C6DF468F	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 (2021): Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India. Zootaxa 5068 (3): 301-354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1
7D6487FFFFDEFFDC2FD13581C2C94318.text	7D6487FFFFDEFFDC2FD13581C2C94318.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) De Leon 1959	<div><p>Key to the Indian species of Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) described or reported from India based on Hernandes et al. (2012).</p> <p>1. Ventrianal shield with three pairs of pre-anal setae, seta JV3 absent.............................................. 2</p> <p>- Ventrianal shield with four pairs of pre-anal setae, seta JV3 present.............................................. 5</p> <p>2. Leg IV with macrosetae................................................................................ 3</p> <p>- Leg IV without macrosetae.............................................................................. 4</p> <p>3. All dorsal setae long, serrated, Z4, Z5, and S5 with bulbous tip................ T. (A.) gosabaensis Kar &amp; Karmakar, 2021</p> <p>- All dorsal setae not serrated, only Z4 and Z5 serrated, Z5 knobbed................... T. (A.) bambusicolus Gupta, 1977d</p> <p>4. Dorsal shield slightly reticulated with a deep incision at the level of R1 and fixed digit of chelicerae with four teeth.................................................................................... T. (A.) majumderi Gupta 1986</p> <p>- Lateral margin of dorsal shield strongly striated with a deep incision at the lateral margin of waist region and fixed digit of chelicerae with seven teeth....................................... T. (A.) heliotropium Karmakar &amp; Bhowmik, 2018</p> <p>5. All the dorsal setae bulbous type................................ T. (A.) bulbosis Molla, Kar, Bala &amp; Karmakar, 2021</p> <p>- All the dorsal setae not bulbous type...................................................................... 6</p> <p>6. Lateral setae j3, z3, s4, s6 and Z5 elongated, setae z2, z4 and S5 short, setae Z4 and Z5 smooth, pointed................. 7</p> <p>- Lateral setae j3, z3, s4, s6 and Z5 not elongated, setae z2, z4 and S5 short, setae Z4 and Z5 serrated.................... 13</p> <p>7. st3 out of the sternal shield.......................................................... T. (A.) dalii (Rather, 1984)</p> <p>- st3 on the sternal shield................................................................................ 8</p> <p>8. j1 longer than j3........................................................... T. (A.) manipurensis Gupta, 1977d</p> <p>- j1 shorter than j3...................................................................................... 9</p> <p>9. Dorsocentral setae j5, j6 &amp; J2 longer..................................................................... 10</p> <p>- Dorsocentral setae j5, j6 &amp; J2 shorter.................................................................... 11</p> <p>10. Macrosetae on leg IV longer SgeIV 45, StiIV 51, StIV 63.................................. T. (A.) rickeri Chant, 1960</p> <p>- Macrosetae on leg IV shorter SgeIV 10, StiIV 14, StIV 36................................ T. orissaensis Gupta, 1977d.</p> <p>11. Seta z3 longer than j3............................................................ T. (A.) hadii Chaudhri, 1965</p> <p>- Seta z3 as long as of j3................................................................................ 12</p> <p>12. Spermatheca tubular................................................................ T. (A.) pruni Gupta, 1970</p> <p>- Spermatheca bell-shaped................................................ T. (A.) channabasavannai Gupta, 1978a</p> <p>13. All dorsal setae serrated............................................................................... 14</p> <p>- All dorsal setae not serrated, only few serrated and others smooth.............................................. 16</p> <p>14. Sternal shield with two pairs of setae................................. adhatoda Molla, Kar, Bala and Karmakar, 2021</p> <p>- Sternal shield with three pairs of setae.................................................................... 15</p> <p>15. All dorsal setae long and serrated, setae Z4, Z5 and S5 bulbous...... T. (A.) bengalensis Molla, Kar, Bala &amp; Karmakar, 2021</p> <p>- All dorsal setae short and serrated, setae Z4, Z5 and S5 not bulbous................. T. (A.) neotransvalensis Gupta, 1978a</p> <p>16. All the dorsolateral setae serrated and dorsocentral setae smooth............................................... 17</p> <p>- All dorsal setae smooth or Z4 and Z5 serrated or only Z5 serrated.............................................. 18</p> <p>17. Spermatheca saccular............................................ T. (A.) carambolae Karmakar &amp; Bhowmik, 2018</p> <p>- Spermatheca long, tubular......................................................... T. (A.) barapanicus sp. nov.</p> <p>18. All dorsal setae smooth............................................................................... 19</p> <p>- Z4 and Z5 serrated or only Z5 serrated.................................................................... 25</p> <p>19. st3 on the sternal shield............................................................................... 20</p> <p>- st3 off the sternal shield............................................................................... 24</p> <p>20. Distinct notch at the level of R1.................................................. T. (A.) garwalicus Gupta, 1982.</p> <p>- Without distinct notch at level R1....................................................................... 21</p> <p>21. S5 reaches the base of Z5.............................................................................. 22</p> <p>- S5 not reaches the base of Z5......................................................... T. (A.) campana sp. nov.</p> <p>22. j3 longer than j1................................................................. T. (A.) sijiensis Gupta, 1986</p> <p>- j3 and j1 equal in length............................................................................... 23</p> <p>23. S5 shorter than S4............................................................. T. (A.) communis Gupta, 1980a</p> <p>- S5 equal to S4.............................................................. T. (A.) neorhenanus Gupta, 1977d</p> <p>24. Spermathecae fundibular with distinct neck, major duct tubular............................... viniferae (Rather, 1987)</p> <p>- Spermathecae saccular without neck, major duct broad.............................. T. (A.) cherrapunjiensis sp. nov.</p> <p>25. Z4 and Z5 serrated................................................................................... 26</p> <p>- Z5 serrated but Z4 smooth............................................................................. 42</p> <p>26. R1 on the dorsal shield................................................ T. (A.) meerutensis (Ghai &amp; Menon, 1969)</p> <p>- R1 off the dorsal shield................................................................................ 27</p> <p>27. Ventianal shield triangular....................................................... T. (A.) bakeri (Garman, 1948)</p> <p>- Ventrianal shield pentagonal............................................................................ 28</p> <p>28. Posterior margin of sternal shield with deep interior cleft................................ T. (A.) persicus Gupta, 1992</p> <p>- Posterior margin of sternal shield without any cleft.......................................................... 29</p> <p>29. Leg IV with three macrosetae........................................................................... 30</p> <p>- Leg IV with less than three macrosetae................................................................... 33</p> <p>30. Tip of macrosetae of leg IV bulbous..................................................................... 31</p> <p>- Tip of macrosetae of leg IV not bulbous........................................ T. (A.) darjeelingensis Gupta, 1986</p> <p>31. Spermatheca saccular with umbrella like process.................... T. (A.) umbratus (Chaudhri, Akbar &amp; Rasool, 1974)</p> <p>- Spermatheca saccular without umbrella like process......................................................... 32</p> <p>32. Seta s6 shorter than S2 and S4............................................... T. (A.) sonprayagensis Gupta, 1985 a</p> <p>- Seta s6, S2 and S4 are of equal in length............................. T. (A.) dahungensis Pramanik &amp; Karmakar, 2016</p> <p>33. Leg IV with single macrosetae.......................................................................... 34</p> <p>- Leg IV with two macrosetae......................................................... T. (A.) mori Gupta, 1981b</p> <p>34. Sternal shield with two pairs of setae........................................... T. (A.) rhenanus (Oudemans, 1905)</p> <p>- Sternal shield with three pairs of setae.................................................................... 35</p> <p>35. Sternal shield longer than its width................................................ T. (A.) fleschneri Chant, 1960</p> <p>- Sternal shield almost as long as width.................................................................... 36</p> <p>36. Tip of macrosetae of leg IV knobbed..................................................................... 37</p> <p>- Tip of macrosetae of leg IV not knobbed.................................................................. 39</p> <p>37. StIV longer, 30-40 long....................................................... T. (A.) himalayensis Gupta, 1981a</p> <p>- StIV shorter, less than 20 long.......................................................................... 38</p> <p>38. Posterior margin of sternal shield distinct, movable digit with teeth.... T. (A.) sagaricus Molla, Kar, Bala &amp; Karmakar, 2021</p> <p>- Posterior margin of sternal shield indistinct, movable digit without teeth..................... T. (A.) homalii Gupta, 1970</p> <p>39. Spermatheca elongate, tubular................................................ T. (A.) chrysanthemi Gupta, 1977b</p> <p>- Spermatheca cup, dish or bell shaped..................................................................... 40</p> <p>40. Seta S2 longer (52), movable digit toothless........................................... T. (A.) gopali Gupta, 1969a</p> <p>- Seta S2 shorter less than 30, movable digit with tooth........................................................ 41</p> <p>41. Posterior margin of sternal shield concave, StIV shorter (25)....................... T. (A.) rhododendroni Gupta, 1978b</p> <p>- Posterior margin of sternal shield straight, StIV longer (40)....................... T. (A.) kodaikanalensis Gupta, 1978b</p> <p>42. Seta Z4 reaches base of Z5............................................................................. 43</p> <p>- Seta Z4 never reaches base of Z5........................................................................ 44</p> <p>43. Spermatheca pocular, st3 off the sternal shield..................................... T. (A.) denmarkii (Rather, 1984)</p> <p>- Spermatheca bell-shaped with a distinct neck at atrium, st3 on the sternal shield.............................................................................................. T. (A.) divergentis (Chaudhri, Akbar &amp; Rasool, 1974)</p> <p>44. Leg IV with three macrosetae........................................................................... 45</p> <p>- Leg IV with single macrosetae................................................ T. (A.) arunachalensis Gupta, 1986</p> <p>45. Macrosetae SgeIV and StiIV unequal.............................................. T. (A.) nilgiriensis Gupta, 1986</p> <p>- Macrosetae SgeIV and StiIV equal.................................................. T. (A.) zafari Chaudhri, 1965</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D6487FFFFDEFFDC2FD13581C2C94318	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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