New records of phytoseiid mites from Italy, with description of a new species and a redescription of other two (Parasitiformes, Phytoseiidae)

Abstract

The Italian phytoseiid fauna consists of 91 valid species. Eighteen of them were described as new species from materials collected in various Italian localities. In the present paper we report nine new records from the Italian fauna and describe the new species, Neoseiulus mediterraneus belonging to the subfamily Amblyseiinae. Complementary descriptions of two rare species, namely: Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) singularis and Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) knisleyi, were also added.

Description of Neoseiulus hexaporus sp. nov. and a redescription of Neoseiulus mumai (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) from Florida citrus groves

“…al. 2009, Ferragut et al 2010, Kreiter et al 2010, Tsolakis and Ragusa 2020, Demite et al 2022). The genus Neoseiulus Hughes is one of the largest groups of phytoseiid mites and includes several important species that are Type II selective predators of tetranychid mites, such as N .…”

Redescription of Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) Kuznetsovi (Denmark and Welbourn) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) Based on Holotype and Newly Collected Material From Tajikistan

“…These characters include: the number of dorsal solenostomes, the number of teeth on the movable digit of chelicera, the position of sternal setae ST3, the presence of preanal pores on ventrianal shield, and the reticulation of ventrianal shield. It should be noted that the aforementioned morphological characters are of great importance and are widely used in the species identification within the subgenus (Kolodochka 1992;Tsolakis and Ragusa 2020;Döker et al 2021;Khaustov et al 2021). Thus, the purpose of our study is to redescribe Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) kuznetsovi based on the holotype and the newly collected materials.…”