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


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DÖKER İ., KAZAK C., KARUT K.

ZOOTAXA, vol.3918, no.3, pp.439-445, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 3918 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.8
  • Journal Name: ZOOTAXA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.439-445
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

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.

Key words: taxonomy, predatory mites, Neoseiulus, Phytoseius, Paragigagnathus

Phytoseius ibrahimi Doker & 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.