Abstract
In this paper five new mite species are described from West Bengal, India—Amblyseius dahliae sp. nov., A. bengalensis sp. nov., A. brachycalyx sp. nov., A. conulus sp. nov., A. parbatabasii sp. nov., and two species are re-described—Amblyseius largoensis (Muma, 1955) and A. herbicolus (Chant, 1959) (Acari: Phytoseiidae).
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