A new species and new records of the subgenus Typhlodromus Scheuten from Spain, with a key to the world species (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Abstract

A new mite species of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) thuriferus sp. nov. collected from the Cupressaceae Juniperus thurifera in Spain is described. Three species of the same subgenus, new records for Spain, are also included. A key to all the species of this subgenus is given.

Keywords:

• Acari
• Phytoseiidae
• Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus)
• taxonomy
• Spain

Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank Drs. Jim McMurtry of Oregon State University, USA and Farid Faraji of MITOX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, for their critical review of this paper. Part of this work was based upon research supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa. Any opinion, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the authors and therefore the NRF does not accept any liability in regard thereto.