A new species of Neoparaphytoseius (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) from Brazil, with a review of the genus Author Silva, Lídia R. A. 0000-0002-9876-9752 lidiabio 07 @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9876 - 9752 lidiabio07@hotmail.com Author Silva, Edmilson S. 0000-0002-5931-2477 silva _ es @ yahoo. com. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5931 - 2477 silva_es@yahoo.com.br Author Marticorena, Jorge L. M. 0000-0001-5811-6012 National University of Cañete, Professional School of Agronomy, Lima, Peru. & jmunoz @ undc. edu. pe; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5811 - 6012 jmunoz@undc.edu.pe Author De Moraes, Gilberto J. 0000-0002-5587-1781 CNPQ researcher, Deptartment of Entomology e Acarology, ESALQ, Universidade de São Paulo, 13418 - 900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. & moraesg @ usp. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5587 - 1781 moraesg@usp.br text Zootaxa 2021 2021-06-14 4985 2 235 244 journal article 5862 10.11646/zootaxa.4985.2.6 2e84bfe8-c9f3-4d4d-adfd-4bb107b740e8 1175-5326 4943490 CE4B48A5-E391-4FD6-A31E-E51136794E70

TABLE 2. Morphological comparison of Neoparaphytoseius species (males)

	N. sooretamus	N. charapa	N. caatinga n. sp.
(1) Pariquera–Açu, São Paulo, Brazil (24º36’51”S, 47º53’22”W), on Rubus brasiliensis, 19–III–2001; L.V.F. da Silva; (2) Aucayaco Province, Huánuco Department, Peru (08°55’ S 76°06’ W), on Inga edulis (Mart.) (Fabaceae). Both specimens deposited in the reference collection of mites of the “Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo ”, Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil.
Structures	São Paulo 1 (n=6)	São Paulo 2 (n=1)	(n=3)
Dorsal shield length	272 (268–275)	257	275 (265–284)
Dorsal shield width	185 (174–196)	134	174 (158–188)
j1	27 (23–30)	42	25 (25–26)
j3	63(60–65)	39	75 (70–80)
j 4	5 (4–6)	5	6 (5–6)
j 5	5 (4–6)	5	6 (5–6)
j6	5 (4–5)	5	5 (4–6)
J2	5 (4–6)	5	6 (5–7)
J5	5 (4–6)	5	6 (5–7)
z2	10 (8–11)	14	15 (11–19)
z4	13 (10–16)	8	20 (18–21)
z 5	4 (3–5)	5	5
s 4	106 (98–113)	109	99 (98–100)
Z1	5 (4–6)	6	7 (6–8)
Z4	82 (78–85)	50	69 (64–74)
Z5	87 (84–90)	70	67 (62–72)
S2	12 (10–13)	10	14 (12–15)
S5	9 (7–11)	15	10
r3	31 (27–35)	25	33 (32–34)
R 1	11 (10–11)	10	10
Fixed digit	20 (19–21)	21	21 (20–21)
Movable digit	22 (21–22)	20	18 (16–20)
Spermadactyl	17 (16–17)	18	18 (18–20)
St IV	52 (50–53)	61	30 (29–32)
Sti IV	65 (60–70)	27	23 (21–25)
Sge IV	43 (36–49)	–	31 (30–34)