The genus Eustigmaeus Berlese (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Greece 

Abstract

The present study summarizes the previous limited knowledge on the genus Eustigmaeus from Greece. Based on material collected from many localities, nine species are recorded from Greece for the first time and four species, Eustigmaeus irregularis sp. nov., E. fantinoui sp. nov., E. microvacuolatus sp. nov., and E. capitatus sp. nov. are described as new to science. Additionally, males of five known species of Eustigmaeus are described for the first time. A list of the world species of the genus Eustigmaeus and a key to species of this genus recorded in Greece are provided.

Contribution to systematics of the genus Eustigmaeus (Acari: Stigmaeidae) of Russia

“…7A in Khaustov 2014), baculiform and sparsely barbed dorsal idiosomal setae, presence of 3 pairs of aggenital setae and almost smooth dorsal idiosomal shields. Such combination (especially shape and location of callosities) of characters is known only in Eustigmaeus ottavii (Berlese, 1910) redescribed by Stathakis et al (2016) and in E. isfahanensis Khanjani et al, 2014. Comparison of specimens of E. gratus from Russia with description of E. ottavii from Greece do not revealed any sufficient differences between these species. Therefore, I consider Eustigmaeus gratus (Kuznetsov, 1978) comb.…”

“…The predatory mite family Stigmaeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) is the largest in the superfamily Raphignathoidea and includes about 598 species of 34 valid genera (Doğan et al 2015;Fan & Ueckermann 2016;Khaustov 2016b;Paktinat-Saeij et al 2016;Stathakis et al 2016;Bingül & Doğan 2017;Bingül et al 2017;Doğan et al 2017;Khanjani et al 2017;Khaustov et al 2017;Akyol & Gül 2018;Da-Costa et al 2018;Rehman et al 2018;Khaustov & Tsurikov 2018). Among them, the genus Eustigmaeus Berlese, 1910 is the second largest genus with 128 species Khaustov 2016b;Stathakis et al 2016;Karasu et al 2018;Khaustov & Tsurikov 2018).…”

<p class="Body">New record and redescription of Mullederia sichuanensis Wang from evergreen forests in Japan, with remarks on morphological variations among world species of Mullederia Wood (Acari: Stigmaeidae)

“…Many species of the family Stigmaeidae Oudemans, 1931 (Acari: Trombidiformes) are important predators, after the phytoseiid mites, against phytophagous mites and insects (Santos & Laing 1985;Gerson et al 2003;Fan & Flechtmann 2015). This family comprises 33 genera and about 600 described species (Fan & Ueckermann 2016;Stathakis et al 2016;Rehman et al 2018;Khaustov 2019). The genus Mullederia was established by Wood (1964) assigning M. arborea Wood, 1964 as type species.…”

Eustigmaeus johnstoni Zhang & Gerson (Acari: Stigmaeidae) a Parasitic Mite Species Detected in Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) Specimens Collected from Aydın, Turkey

“…Dünyada 128 türle temsil edilen Eustigmaeus (Berlese, 1910), Stigmaeidae ailesinin en büyük cinslerinden biridir (9)(10)(11)(12). Ülke-mizde şimdiye kadar bu cinsin 25 türü kaydedilmiştir (9,10,13).…”