Predatory mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) intercepted from samples imported to Taiwan, with description of a new species Author Liao, Jhih-Rong Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan Author Ho, Chyi-Chen Taiwan Acari Research Laboratory, Taichung City, Taiwan Author Ko, Chiun-Cheng Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan & Kocc 2501 @ ntu. edu. tw; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8815 - 3981 occ2501@ntu.edu.tw text Zootaxa 2021 2021-02-15 4927 3 301 330 journal article 8089 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.3.1 b1904bd2-efa8-42d8-9b89-22fc22e5b5b2 1175-5326 4542155 9A141A50-151D-4261-9A62-FD300B521E86 Neoseiulus makuwa ( Ehara, 1972 ) Amblyseius ( Amblyseius ) makuwa Ehara, 1972: 154 . Neoseiulus makuwa .— Liao et al ., 2020: 270 . Material examined. Japan : one female ( HAL 095F296) from Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) , 3 Aug 2006 ; one female ( HAL 095F310) from Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae) , 15 Sept 2006 . Thailand : one female ( QAR 102H022) from Lactuca sativa (Asteraceae) , 20 June 2013 . Previous records. Africa: Cameroon ( Zannou et al . 2006 ). Asia: China ( Zhu & Chen 1980 ), Indonesia ( Ehara 2002b ), Japan ( Ehara 1972 ), Saudi Arabia ( Negm et al . 2012 ), South Korea ( Ryu 1993 ), Taiwan ( Tseng 1983 ), United Arab Emirates ( Negm 2014 ). Remarks. The species is distributed in Africa and Asia. Ehara (1972) described this species from melons in Japan . No difference was observed among these specimens and holotype (NSMT-AC13110 from NSMT). Liao et al . (2020) reported a correlation between the species and tetranychid mites, but further experiments are required to determine its biological control potential.