Survey of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata, Phytoseiidae) in citrus orchards and a key for Amblyseiinae in Vietnam

Abstract

Citrus is the second largest fruit crop in Vietnam. Phytoseiid mites are important natural enemies of mite pests and small insects in citrus orchards. By examining the specimens collected from three citrus orchards in the Mekong Delta in the south of Vietnam, a new record of phytoseiid mite Amblyseius obtuserellus Wainstein and Begljarov, 1971 was found and two other species Amblyseius largoensis (Muma, 1955) and Euseius ovalis (Evans, 1953) were also obtained. Herein, they are re-described and illustrated based on the current specimens. A key for Amblyseiinae in Vietnam is also provided

Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Central West Morocco: new records and key to females of all recorded Moroccan species

“…Remarks -The description and measurements of the adult females collected agree with those provided by McMurtry and Moraes (1984) for specimens from South Pacific, by Karmakar et al 2017 for specimens from West Bengal (India) and by Fang et al (2020) for specimens from Vietnam. This species is an important natural enemy of mite pests in China (Wu et al 2009).…”

“…This species is an important natural enemy of mite pests in China (Wu et al 2009). It prefers high humidity environment, and was found the dominant native species in surveyed citrus orchards in Vietnam (Fang et al 2020). Amblyseius largoensis is a generalist predator that feeds on a diversity of phytophagous mites, mainly those of the families Eriophyidae, Tenuipalpidae, and Tetranychidae, small insects and other food types, including pollen Ramos 2004; Navia et al 2007).…”

Prediction of the potential distribution of the predatory mite Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) in China under current and future climate scenarios

“…Occurrence record of N. californicus. The species distribution data of N. californicus were downloaded from the GBIF (https://www.gbif.org/) and CABI (https://www.plantwise.org/knowledgebank/) websites and combined with relevant literature on the occurrence of N. californicu s4, [40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50] . The latitude and longitude recorded in the literature for N. californicus were determined using Google Earth.…”