Revision Of The Genus Neoseiulella Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Re-Description Of Species, Synonymy Assessment, Biogeography, Plant Supports And Key To Adult Females Author Kanouh, M. Author Kreiter, S. Author Douin, M. Author Tixier, M. - S. text Acarologia 2012 2012-06-27 52 3 259 348 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20122048 journal article 7318 10.1051/acarologia/20122048 ba3917da-96c6-4438-8365-b445ce0dbb2a 2107-7207 4667090

TABLE 2: Morphological characteristics of Neoseiulella celtis (after Denmark and Rather 1996); N. compta (after Chant and Yoshida-Shaul 1989); N. multispinosa (after Tseng 1975); N. vollsella (after Denmark and Rather 1984)

	N. celtis	N. compta	N. multispinosa	N. vollsella
Measurements values of the different parts of the body are expressed in micrometers (μm).
Measurements values of the different parts of the body are expressed in micrometers (μm).
Dorsal Shield length	369	286	313	326
Dorsal Shield width (at s4)	185	?	176	286
Dorsal Shield width (at Z1)	?	156	?	?
Dorsal Shield reticulation	reticulated	reticulated	reticulated	reticulated
j1 length	20	12	12.5	18
j3 length	25	13	12.5	21
j4 length	16	10	7.5	13
j5 length	17	10	7.5	16
j6 length	20	13	7.5	16
J2 length	25	13	7.5	18
J5 length	11	6	14	8
z2 length	19	9	12.5	18
z3 length	24	11	12.5	21
z4 length	22	12	12.5	21
z5 length	17	10	7.5	16
Z1 length	20	13	10	23
Z4 length	20	16	20	26
Z5 length	47	17	15	39
s4 length	24	10	12.5	26
s6 length	28	12	12.5	18
S2 length	32	12	12.5	26
S4 length	32	15	12.5	26
S5 length	26	17	15	18
r3 length	28	11	10.5	23
R1 length	25	11	12.5	18
gd1 presence	absent	absent	?	?
gd2 presence	absent	absent	?	?
gd4 presence	absent	absent	?	?
gd5 presence	absent	absent	?	?
gd6 presence	absent	absent	?	?
gd8 presence	absent	present	?	?
gd9 presence	present	absent	?	?
Sternal Shield length	?	?	67	?
Sternal Shield width	?	?	57.5	?
ST3 on/off Sternal Shield	on	?	on	on
Genital Shield width	?	?	?	?
Ventrianal Shield length	?	84	100	?
Ventrianal Shield width	?	77	111	?
Ventrianal Shield reticulation	smooth	smooth	reticulated	smooth
JV3 presence/absence	present	present	present	present
Solenostomes / ventrianal shield	present	present	present	present
JV5 length	?	11	?	?
Primary metapodal plate length	?	?	37	?
Numbers of teeth on the fixed digit	6	4	4	7
pilus dentilis presence/absence	0	1	?	?
Numbers of teeth of movable digit dentation	2	0	0	2
Movable digit length	?	15	?	?
Numbers of setae/ genu II	7	?	?	?
Macrosetae on genu IV (length)	absent	absent	absent	present (16)
Macrosetae on tibia I (length)	absent	absent	absent	present (16)
Macrosetae on basitarsus IV (length)	present (41)	absent	absent	present (31)
Peritreme level	j1	j1	j1	j1
Spermatheca shaped	cup‐ shaped	?	cup‐ shaped	?