Checklist of Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) species from plants bearing leaf domatia, from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, with the description of a new species

ABSTRACT

A new phytoseiids species, Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) uhoneae sp.n. is described from plants with domatia. In addition, 8 known phytoseiid species also associated with plants with domatia are discussed. A key to all the South African species of the subgenus Anthoseius is given.

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KEYWORDS:

• Predatory mites
• Amblyseius
• Euseius
• Typhlodromus (Anthoseius)

Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank the Centre of Excellence in Tree Health and Biotechnology (CTHB) and the GreenMatter Fellowship, for providing funding for the forest visits and offering career development opportunities.

We also wish to thank Dr Ismail Döker of the Cukurova University, Turkey for his much-appreciated review of a draft of this paper.

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Funding

This work is based on the research supported wholly/in part by the National Research Foundation of South Africa [Grant Numbers 126938]. 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.