Galendromus (Galendromus) occidentalis (Nesbitt)

Typhlodromus occidentalis Nesbitt, 1951: 29 .

Galendromus (Galendromus) occidentalis .— Moraes et al. 1986: 190; 2004: 268. Specimens examined. Santiago Region. Municipality of La Pintana, on Convolvulus arvensis L., March 2000, associated with Tetranychus urticae Koch; on Ficus carica L., March 2000, associated with Eriophyes fici Essig; on Malus domestica Borkh, February 2002, associated with Tydeidae; on Pelargonium hortorum L. H. Bailey, June 2002, associated with Tydeidae; on Phaseolus vulgaris L., March 2002, associated with Tetranychus desertorum Banks; Prunus salicina, April 2002, associated with Oligonychus sp.; on Trifolium sp., March 2002, associated with T.. urticae; Buin, on Malus domestica Borkh, April 1990, associated with Panonychus ulmi (Koch); on Prunus avium (L.), April 1990, associated with Panonychus ulmi (Koch) and T. urticae .

Measurements of two collected females: dorsal shield 315, 342 long, 170, 180 width; j 1 20; j 3 52; j 4 31; j 5 37, 46; j 6 56, 62; j 2 55, 68; J 5 9, 10; z 2 53, 59; z 3 47, 54; z 4 52, 58; z 5 37, 47; Z 4 58, 67; z 5 57, 62; s 4 54, 62; s 6 62, 71; S 2 62, 72; S 5 57, 65; r 3 42, 49.

Remarks. The two females with the same collection data were found to have very different sizes, and for this reason, both were measured. Both of them are distinctly smaller than reported by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984) for a type specimen (dorsal shield 380 long); concurrently, most setae of the larger specimens are about 10–20% shorter than reported by those authors for that type specimen.