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Issue: Vol. 5570 No. 2: 17 Jan. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-01-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5570.2.3
Page range: 281-308
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Three new species of Euseius (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) from Tamil Nadu, India, with redescription of Euseius ovalis and key to the Indian species

Department of Agricultural Entomology; Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya; Mohanpur‒741252; Nadia; West Bengal; India
Department of Agricultural Entomology; Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya; Mohanpur‒741252; Nadia; West Bengal; India
Acari Arid zone Biodiversity Hotspot Predator Taxonomy

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Euseius Wainstein, 1962 (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) namely, Euseius aridophilus Karmakar & Biswas sp. nov., Euseius madrasi Karmakar & Biswas sp. nov. and Euseius tamilicus Karmakar & Biswas sp. nov. are described and Euseius ovalis (Evans, 1953) is redescribed based on specimens collected from scrub forest regions of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. A key to the 50 Indian species of Euseius is provided. Euseius aridophilus Karmakar & Biswas sp. nov. is one of the most abundant phytoseiid mite species in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Odisha, Punjab, and Tamil Nadu.

 

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