Neoseiulus knappi Zannou et al. (Fig. 12) Neoseiulus knappi Zannou, Moraes, Ueckermann & Oliveira, 2006: 17. Material examined. Kenya, 1 female, Ndere Island, Nyanza Province, December 12, 2005 (El-Banhawy). Female: Dorsal shield reticulated, 350 long, 150 wide, with six pairs of large pores. Measurements of dorsal setae: j1 19, j3 32, j4 23, j5 25, j6 35, J2 40, J5 12, z2 35, z4 37, z5 28, Z1 41, Z4 52, Z5 88, s4 50, S2 46, S4 40, S5 40, r3 42, R1 37, JV5 47. Setae Z 4 and Z5 serrated, remaining setae smooth. Peritrematal shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level of j1. Sternal shield smooth, distances between St I-St III 62, St II-St II 55, St IV on platelets. Genital shield 62 wide. Ventri-anal shield reticulated, 110 long, 72 wide with a pair of large elliptical pre-anal pores, and three pairs of pre-anal setae (JV1, JV2, ZV2). Two pairs of metapodal platelets, two pairs of sigillar sclerites, and four pairs of setae surrounding ventri-anal shield. Fixed digit of chelicera with seven teeth, movable digit with two teeth. Spermatheca calyx short cup shaped, 9 long, 7 wide, atrium small as long as wide (3), major duct long and conspicuous (25). Macrosetae undiscernible. Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2 / 0, 2/0, 1, genu III 1, 2 /1, 2/0, 1. Remarks. The female holotype and male paratype were collected from Imbo, Brundi June 14, 1990 (P. Ndayirajiie). Other collection records include Benin, Malawi, Kenya (Zannou et al., 2006).

Published as part of El-Banhawy, E. M. & Knapp, M., 2011, Mites of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese from Kenya (Acari: Mesostigmata) 2945, pp. 1-176 in Zootaxa 2945 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2945.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5282557