Description of eight new species and re-description of four species belonging to the family Phytoseidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from West Bengal, India

Abstract

This paper reports on 12 species of Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from West Bengal, India. Amblyseius crotalariae (Gupta, 1977), Amblyseius guajavae (Gupta, 1978), Typhlodromips syzygii (Gupta, 1975), Scapulaseius asiaticus (Evans, 1953) are re-described, and Scapulaseius moraesi sp. nov., Euseius sundarbanensis sp. nov., Euseius astrictus sp. nov., Asperoseius latericulus sp. nov., Asperoseius jujubae sp. nov., Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) carambolae sp. nov., Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) heliotropium sp. nov. and Phytoseius namkhanaensis sp. nov. are described as new.

New records of phytoseiid mites from Mauritius Island (Acari: Mesostigmata)

“…Given this variability in S. asiaticus, we agree with Ferragut and Baumann (2019) that the taxonomic status of S. reptans is uncertain, because the holotype used to describe the latter species could represent, in fact, a female of S. asiaticus with setae R1 outside their most common position. Setal measurements and other morphological features of the specimens collected in Mauritius agree well with both, with those of the original description and subsequent redescriptions of S. asiaticus by Ehara and Bhandhufalck (1977), Moraes et al (2004), Oliveira et al (2012), Karmakar and Bhowmik (2018) and Ferragut and Baumann (2019); as well as with the morphological data provided in the original description of S. reptans, and the redescriptions given by Kreiter et al (2018aKreiter et al ( , 2020c.…”

Scapulaseius asiaticus (Evans) and S. reptans (Blommers) (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae): one or two species?

“…Setal measurements and other morphological features of the specimens collected from Indonesia, Malaysia, Madagascar, La Réunion Island, Mauritius and Vietnam agree well with both, with those of the original description and subsequent redescriptions of S. asiaticus by Ehara and Bhandhufalck (1977), Moraes et al (2004a), Oliveira et al (2012), Karmakar and Bhowmik (2018) and Ferragut and Baumann (2019); as well as with the morphological data provided in the original description and the redescriptions of S. reptans given by Kreiter et al (2018aKreiter et al ( , 2020c.…”

“…Scapulaseius asiaticus -India: Karmakar & Bhowmik (2018); Original description Indonesia: Evans (1953) but measured in this study by the senior author; Mauritius: Kreiter & Abo-Shnaf (2020b); Thailand 1: Ehara & Bhandhufalck (1977); -: not provided.…”

Study on diversity and community structure of mite fauna associated with vegetable crops in West Bengal, India

“…The knowledge of Indian Phytoseiidae is based on several major contributions by Gupta (2003). Recent studies have raised the total number to 243 species belonging to 21 genera in three subfamilies of Phytoseiidae from India (Karmakar and Gupta, 2014;Pramanik and Karmakar, 2016;Karmakar et al, 2017;Karmakar and Bhowmik, 2018;Kar and Karmakar, 2021;Molla et al, 2021;Bhowmik and Karmakar, 2021). So far, there is no consolidated report of predatory mites from vegetable crops (Lahiri et al, 2004;Karmakar and Gupta, 2011) and Haneef and population followed by Typhlodromips syzygii, Euseius ovalis, Paraphytoseius multidentatus, Neoseiulus longispinosus, Neoseiulus pranadae, Euseius alstoniae, Scapulaseius asiaticus, Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) sp.…”