A new species and two new records of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Turkey Author Döker, İsmail Author Kazak, Cengiz Author Karut, Kamil text Zootaxa 2015 3918 3 439 445 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.8 d383442a-239d-469a-8e67-a2b0a38d3b59 1175-5326 232592 61A020E6-1D75-463B-A9A3-D44D9705A475 Paragigagnathus insuetus (Livshitz & Kuznetsov) Amblyseius insuetus Livshitz & Kuznetsov, 1972 : 27 . Amblyseius insuetus .— Moraes et al ., 1986 : 16 ; Papadoulis & Emmanoel, 1991 : 49 . Pamiroseius insuetus .— Kolodochka, 1989 : 227 . Paragigagnathus insuetus .— Chant & McMurtry, 2003 : 43 ; Moraes et al ., 2004 : 159 ; Chant & McMurtry, 2007 : 33 ; Papadoulis et al ., 2009 : 76 ; Hajizadeh et al ., 2010 : 225 . Material examined. Two females, near Karakaya dam lake, Kuluşağı town, Malatya, on Tamarix sp. ( Tamaricaceae ), 30 May 2014 ; two males and two females, Silvan county, Diyarbakır, on Tamarix sp., 16 August 2014 ; 10 males and 25 females , near Seyhan dam lake, Adana city centre, on Tamarix sp., 21 September 2014 . Specimens are deposited in the mite collection of the Acarology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey . Female (n=10). Idiosomal seta lengths: j1 14 (13–15), j3 18 (15–20), j4 16 (15–18), j5 16 (15–18), j6 18 (18–20), J2 17 (15–18), J5 11 (10–13), z2 20 (18–23), z4 19 (18–20), z5 19 (18–20), Z119 (18–20), Z4 23 (20–25), Z5 24 (23–25), s4 19 (18–20), S2 22 (20–23), S4 21 (20–23), S5 21 (20–23), r3 19 (18–20), R1 18 (15–20), JV5 19 (18–20). Leg setae: BtIV 21 (20–23). Distrubution. Greece ( Papadoulis & Emmanouel, 1991 ), Iran ( Hajizadeh et al ., 2010 ), Turkmenistan ( Livshitz & Kuznetsov, 1972 ), Ukraine ( Kolodochka, 1982 ), Turkey (this study). Remarks. This new record is the first species of the genus Paragigagnathus for the Turkish fauna. Morphological characters and measurements of the Turkish specimens are very close to those of the original description and re-descriptions. TABLE 1. Comparison of Phytoseius ibrahimi Döker & Kazak sp. nov. with related species. (MD) Movable digit; (BtIV) Macro setae on basitarsus IV; (VAS) ventri-anal shield.

P . ibrahimi	P . bulgariensis P. finitimus	P . improcerus	P . ortegae
Reference j3	New species 53 (50–55)	Wainstein (1969) Barbar (2013) 51 63 (60–65)	Schicha & Corpuz-Raros (1992) 50	Guanilo et al . (2008) 35 (34–36)
j4	19 (18–23)	12 11 (10–13)	6	17 (16–20)
J2	28 (25–33)	16 15 (13–15)	8	17 (16–18)
z2	27 (25–28)	15 13 (10–15)	9	18 (16–22)
z4	33 (30–35)	18 22 (20–25)	15	18(15–22)
Z4	52 (48–55)	54 73 (70–75)	49	43 (40–48)
Z5	54 (48–60)	78 91 (88–98)	54	54 (51–57)
s4	74 (70–78)	70 99 (98–100)	76	54 (50–58)
s6	88 (80–95)	86 98 (95–100)	65	69 (67–73)
r3	47 (43–53)	47 50 (50–52)	32	34 (32–37)
Level of Peritreme	very short	j3–z2 j3	j1–j3	z3–z4
No of teeth on MD	2	2 1	3	1

Calyx of spermatecha goblet-shaped goblet-shaped funnel-shaped goblet-shaped funnel-shaped Insertion of serrated not on tubercles on tubercles on tubercles on tubercles not on tubercles dorsal setae Morphology of setae setiform knobbed tip knobbed tip knobbed tip setiform BtIV Solenostomes on VAS absent absent present present present