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Issue: Vol. 3918 No. 3: 12 Feb. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-02-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.8
Page range: 439–445
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species and two new records of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Turkey

Çukurova University, Agricultural Faculty, Plant Protection Department, Acarology Laboratory, 01330 Adana, Turkey.
Çukurova University, Agricultural Faculty, Plant Protection Department, Acarology Laboratory, 01330 Adana, Turkey.
Çukurova University, Agricultural Faculty, Plant Protection Department, Acarology Laboratory, 01330 Adana, Turkey.
taxonomy predatory mites Neoseiulus Phytoseius Paragigagnathus

Abstract

Phytoseius ibrahimi Döker & Kazak sp. nov. is described and illustrated. The genus Paragigagnathus Amitai & Grinberg, represented by P. insuetus (Livshitz & Kuznetsov), and Neoseiulus neomarginatus Stathakis, Kapaxidi & Papadoulis, are recorded from Turkey for the first time. Identification keys for the Turkish species of Phytoseius Ribaga and Neoseiulus Hughes are provided.