TABLE 8 in Description of nine new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Sikkim, a north eastern States of India

TABLE 8. Differences in diagnostic characters between Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) himaliniae sp. nov. and T. (A.) orissaensis Gupta, 1977, T. (A.) xini (Wu, 1983) and T. (A.) transvaalensis (Nesbitt, 1951)
CharacteristicsT. (A.) himaliniae sp. nov.T. (A.) xiniT. (A.) transvalensisT. (A.) orissaensisForm of dorsal setaeAll setae are pointedreticulatedAll setae except J5, z2 and S5 serrated and knobbedZ4, Z5 and S5 bulbous and all other pointedForm of sternal shieldSmoothSmoothSmoothReticulatedj124–2724–2623–2526–29j338–4137–3933–3735–38j424–2730–3227–2925–29j524–2734–3631–3334–37j639–4244–4633–3547–49J256–5957–5940–4354–58J510–1312–147–98–11z221–2432–3421–2331–34z344–4638–4035–3738–41z449–5144–4638–4132–34z529–3138–4029–3137–39Z463–6658–6050–5353–56Z568–7252–5551–5354–56s449–5153–5541–4352–54s657–5953–5543–4552–54S256–5854–5641–4356–58S460–6455–5643–4552–54S527–3053–558–1047–49r330–3238–4019–2142–44R137–4045–4734–3741–43Position of peritremeBase between z2 to j3-Base of j3Base of j3JV557–6063–6554–5761–64Posterior margin of sternal shieldSlightly convexConvexForms a loopStraightForm of ventrianal shieldSlightly reticultedreticulatedreticulatedreticulatedVsl104–108-112–120116–119Vsw at ZV270–74-71–7384–86Vsw at anus52–55-72–7559–61FD number of teeth4-23MD number of teeth1-12SgeIV31–3330–3225–2731–33StiIV25–3026–2826–2828–31StaIV39–4235–3743–4637–39Form of macrosetaeAll smooth, genu bulbous, tibia and tarsus pointedSerrated and forkedSmooth with bulbous tipSerrated with bulbous tip
Sources of measurement: Original paper of Nesbitt, 1951; Gupta, 1969, 1977; Wu, 1983; Gupta, 2003; ‘-’: not available