<p class="SP110608"><strong>The genus <em>Stigmaeus</em> Koch (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Greece</strong></p>

Abstract

The genus Stigmaeus Koch (Acari: Stigmaeidae) is reported for the first time in Greece. Based on material collected from many localities, fifteen species are recorded from Greece for the first time and five species, Stigmaeus canestrinii sp. nov., S. kochi sp. nov., S. claviformis sp. nov., S. pseudoangustus sp. nov. and S. graminis sp. nov. are described as new to science. Additionally, males of two known species of Stigmaeus are described for the first time. A key to species of this genus recorded in Greece is provided.

New Records of Predatory Mites of the Genus Stigmaeus (Acari: Prostigmata: Stigmaeidae) From Western Siberia With the Redescriptions of S. Dignus Kuznetsov and S. Uzunolukensis Özçelik and Doğan

“…This species was described from Turkey, from grassland soil, moss, and litter (Doğan et al 2017). It was also recorded and redescribed from Greece (Stathakis et al 2019). This is the first record of S. harsitensis from Russia.…”

“…1, IV. This species was described from Crimea, from soil (Kuznetsov 1978). It was reported from Azerbaijan, Greece, Iran, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine (Fan et al, 2016, Stathakis et al 2019 and Latvia (Kuznetsov and Petrov 1984). Stathakis et al (2019) provided the latest redescription of this species.…”

“…The mite family Stigmaeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) is the largest in the superfamily Raphignathoidea. It includes about 618 species of 33 valid genera Fan et al 2019;Khan et al 2019;Stathakis et al 2019;. Most stigmaeid mites are free-living predators of various small arthropods.…”

“…Species of the genera Zetzelia and Agistemus are probably the second most important group of plant mite predators after Phytoseiidae (Gerson et al 2003). The genus Stigmaeus Koch, 1836 is the largest in the family: it includes about 154 species (Fan et al 2019;Stathakis et al 2019;.…”

Contribution to the Stigmaeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) Fauna of the Altai Republic, Russia

“…Stigmaeus delaramae, Khanjani et al 2014: 371 This species was described from Iran (Khanjani et al 2014). It was also recorded and redescribed from Greece (Stathakis et al 2019). In Russia, it was recorded from the Tyumen Region (Khaustov 2015).…”