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 Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius ) vulgaris Ehara, 1959 Typhlodromus vulgaris Ehara, 1959: 286 . Material examined. Japan : one female ( HAL 100B195) from Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) , 10 Nov 2011 . Previous records. Asia: China [ Hong Kong ( Swirski & Shechter 1961 )], Iran ( Khalil-Manesh 1973 ), Japan ( Ehara 1959 ), South Korea ( Ryu & Ehara 1990 ). Europe: Russia ( Sapozhnikova 1966 ). Remarks. The species is distributed in Asia and Europe. Kishimoto et al . (2013) reported that the species is considered as lifestyle Type III, generalist predator that could become an effective predator of spider mites and eriophyoid mites in field.