Neoseiulus magnanalis Thor

• Main Authors: Kolodochka, Leonid A., Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Mesostigmata; Phytoseiidae; Neoseiulus; Neoseiulus magnanalis; Arctic; Polar willow; Rangifer tarandus; Salix polaris; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5696396; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C84B76FFB8FFC0CE90FA98CD86FF30

Neoseiulus magnanalis (Thor) (Figs 1–14) Lasioseius ( Lasioseius ) magnanalis Thor, 1930: 109. Typhlodromus ( Amblyseius ) magnanalis . — Chant, 1959: 105. Type material. Neotype . Female. Spitsbergen, Billefjord, Petuniabukta (N 78º 42´, E16º 40´), sample SPIT –42, excrement of Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus), 20 July 2007, coll. D.J. Gwiazdowicz. Deposited at the Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (IZNASU), Kiev. Other material examined. 1 female, Spitsbergen, Billefjord, Petuniabukta (N 78º 42´, E16º 40´), sample SPIT –21, plant communities with polar willow Salix polaris Wahlenb., 10 July 2007, coll. D.J. Gwiazdowicz; 2 females, Spitsbergen, Billefjord, Petuniabukta (N 78º 42´, E16º 40´), sample SPIT –41, excrement of goose, 20 July 2007, coll. D.J. Gwiazdowicz. Description. Female . Dorsal shield (Fig. 1) well sclerotised, slightly striated, with seven pairs of solenostomes ( it , iv , id , isc , il , is , ic ) and 17 pairs of short, smooth, and pointed setae. Setae AL4, PM2, PM3 somewhat longer than others. Sternal shield with two pairs of solenostomes and three pairs of setae (St1–St3); MSt located on separate metasternal platelets. Ventrianal shield scutiform with three pairs of pre-anal setae PrA1–PrA3 (Fig. 3). Anal pores small, distinct, pointed, the distance between them shorter than the distance between bases of PrA2. Setae V1, MV1, MV2 and PV on the integument surrounding the ventrianal shield. All ventral setae smooth, sharp, and fine. Peritremes short, extending only beyond base of seta AM1 (Fig. 2 ). Chelicerae (Figs 5–6) normal in relation to body size. Fixed digit with five teeth, movable digit without teeth. Large metapodal plate drop-shaped and caudally narrowed, smaller metapodal plate curved (Figs 7–9). Spermatheca with bell-shaped, narrow funnel, and with c-shaped atrium located on visible small cervix (Figs 10–11). Posterior part of peritremal shield slightly curved and with beak-shaped tip (Fig. 4). Basitarsus IV with elongate, sharp, and smooth macroseta (Fig. ...