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
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-02-15
4927
3
301
330
journal article
8089
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Neoseiulus barkeri
Hughes, 1948
Neoseiulus barkeri
Hughes, 1948: 141
.
Neoseiulus barkeri
.—
Liao
et al
., 2020: 252
.
Material examined.
Thailand
: one female (
HAL
095F297) from
Asparagus officinalis
(Asparagaceae)
,
15 Aug 2006
; one female (
HAL
095F298) from
Ocimum sanctum
(Lamiaceae)
,
21 Aug 2006
; one female (
HAL
101B144) from
A
.
officinalis
(Asparagaceae)
,
13 Feb 2012
; one protonymph (
QAR
101H015) from
A
.
officinalis
(Asparagaceae)
,
30 Aug 2011
;
Thailand
, one female (
QAR
101H022) from
A
.
officinalis
(Asparagaceae)
,
17 June 2013
.
Netherlands
: one female (
HAL
095F309) from
Lactuca sativa var
.
capitata
(Asteraceae)
,
14 Sept 2006
;
Netherlands
, one female (
QAR
101H038) from
Thymes
sp. (
Lamiaceae
),
5 Sept 2013
.
Israel
:one female (
HAL
095G063) from
Kochia
sp. (
Amaranthaceae
),
31 Oct 2006
;three females (
HAL
095G064) from
Limonium
sp. (
Plumbaginaceae
),
31 Oct 2006
.
Japan
: one female (
HAL
100B075) from
Vitis vinifera
(Vitaceae)
,
2 May 2011
; one female (
QAR
101H013) from
Perilla frutescens
(Lamiaceae)
,
23 Aug 2011
; one female (
QAR
101H023) from
Chrysanthemum
sp. (
Asteraceae
),
21 Sept 2011
; one female (
QAR
101H050) from
P
.
frutescens
(Lamiaceae)
,
13 Sept 2013
; one female (
QAR
101H036) from
P
.
frutescens
(Lamiaceae)
,
3 Sept 2013
.
New Zealand
: one female (
QAR
101H001) from
Malus pumila
(Rosaceae)
,
5 Apr 2011
.
USA
: one female (
QAR
101H014) from
Anthriscus cerefolium
(Apiaceae)
,
27 Aug 2011
Peru
: six females (
QAR
101H029) from
A
.
officinalis
(Asparagaceae)
,
21 July 2013
;
Previous records.
Africa:
Algeria
(
Athias-Henriot 1961
),
Benin
(
Zannou
et al
. 2006
),
Burundi
(
Zannou
et al
. 2006
), Canary Islands (
Ferragut & Peña-Estévez 2003
),
Cape Verde
(
Ueckermann 1992
),
Egypt
(
Abo-Shnaf & Moraes 2014
),
Ghana
(
Moraes
et al
. 1989a
),
Guinea
(
Ragusa & Athias-Henriot 1983
),
Kenya
(
Zannou
et al
. 2006
),
Malawi
(
Zannou
et al
. 2005
),
Morocco
(
Kreiter
et al
. 2004
),
Mozambique
(
Zannou
et al
. 2006
),
Nigeria
(
Moraes
et al
. 1989a
),
Senegal
(
Kade
et al
. 2011
),
South Africa
(
Ueckermann & Meyer 1988
),
Tunisia
(
Kreiter
et al
. 2002
),
Yemen
(
Ueckermann 1996
). Asia:
China
(
Wu 1980
),
Cyprus
(
Amitai 1992
),
Iran
(
Rahmani
et al
. 2010
),
Israel
(
Swirski & Amitai 1965
),
Japan
(
Ehara 1972
),
Jordan
(
Allawi 1991
),
Oman
(
Hountondji
et al
. 2010
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Al-Atawi 2011b
),
South Korea
(Ryu 1997),
Syria
(
Barbar 2013
),
Thailand
(
Oliveira
et al
. 2012
),
Turkey
(
Swirski & Amitai 1982
). Europe:
England
(
Hughes 1948
),
Finland
(
Tuovinen 1993
),
France
(
Kreiter
et al
. 2000
), Georgia (
Wainstein & Vartapetov 1973
),
Germany
(
Karg 1965
),
Greece
(
Papaioannou-Souliotis 1981
),
Italy
(
Athias-Henriot 1961
),
Latvia
(
Petrova
et al
. 2000
),
the Netherlands
(
van de Vrie 1963
),
Norway
(
Denmark
& Edland 2002
),
Portugal
(
Ferreira & Carmona 1994
),
Russia
(
Meshkov 1999
),
Spain
(
Ragusa & Athias-Henriot 1983
),
Sweden
(
Steeghs
et al
. 1993
),
Ukraine
(
Wainstein & Shcherbak 1972
). North America:
USA
(
Denmark
& Evans 2011
). Oceania:
Australia
(
Waite & Gerson 1994
), Hawaii (
Denmark
& Evans 2011
). South America:
Brazil
(
Moraes
et al
. 1993
),
Chile
(
Ragusa & Vargas 2002
).
Remarks.
Beaulieu & Beard (2018) provided a detailed redescription and illustration of this species. They also designated a
neotype
of the species. The species is distributed worldwide, including in
Taiwan
(
Demite
et al
. 2020
;
Liao
et al
. 2020
). The species is considered a subtype III-e generalist predators that lives on soil/litter, and plants (
McMurtry
et al
. 2013
).
EPPO (2020)
listed this species as a commercial biological control agent for thrips and broad mite.