Some new records of Phytoseiidae from southwest Europe with description of a new species from Spain (Acari: Mesostigmata)

ABSTRACT

The female of a new species, Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) atoosae n. sp. collected from a grapevine in Cataluña, Spain is described and illustrated. The species of Amblyseius bryophilus Karg, A. filixis Karg, Aristadromips masseei (Nesbitt), T. (A.) kerkirae Swirski & Ragusa, Typhlodromina conspicua (Garman) represent new distribution records for France and Typhloseiulus simplex (Chant) is a new distribution record for Spain. The measurements and illustrations of these new records are given. Re-description of A. meridionalis Berlese and new morphological data on T. (A.) rhenanoides Athias-Henriot collected in France are also given.

Key words:

• Biodiversity
• faunistic survey
• morphology
• predatory mite
• taxonomy

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We wish to thank Prof. James A. McMurtry for his critical review on this paper. The species described and recorded in this paper were obtained during some projects sponsored by Aventis Crop Science GmbH, Bayer Crop Science GmbH, and Syngenta Crop Protection AG.