Phytoseiid mites of Slovenia (Acari: Mesostigmata): new records and first description of the male ofAmblyseius microorientalis Author Kreiter, Serge Montpellier SupAgro, UMR CBGP INRAE / IRD / CIRAD / SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, 755 Avenue du Campus Agropolis (Baillarguet), CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex, France. Author Amiri, Karima Montpellier SupAgro, UMR CBGP INRAE / IRD / CIRAD / SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, 755 Avenue du Campus Agropolis (Baillarguet), CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex, France. Author Douin, Martial Montpellier SupAgro, UMR CBGP INRAE / IRD / CIRAD / SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, 755 Avenue du Campus Agropolis (Baillarguet), CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex, France. Author Bohinc, Tanja University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical faculty, Department of Agronomy, Chair for Phytomedicine, Agricultural Engineering, Crop Production, Pasture and Grassland Management, Jamnikarjeva ulica 101, SI- 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Author Trdan, Stanislav University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical faculty, Department of Agronomy, Chair for Phytomedicine, Agricultural Engineering, Crop Production, Pasture and Grassland Management, Jamnikarjeva ulica 101, SI- 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Author Tixier, Marie-Stéphane Montpellier SupAgro, UMR CBGP INRAE / IRD / CIRAD / SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, 755 Avenue du Campus Agropolis (Baillarguet), CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex, France. text Acarologia 2020 2020-03-02 60 2 203 242 http://dx.doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20204364 journal article 8362 10.24349/acarologia/20204364 505449c5-72c1-482e-aa16-0ac8c7919dbb 2107-7207 4503322 FA20102C-186C-4F32-90CA-EFDD21E8DAE2 Phytoseius juvenis Wainstein & Arutunjan Phytoseius ( Dubininellus ) juvenis Wainstein & Arutunjan, 1970: 1501 . Phytoseius ( Phytoseius ) juvenis , Moraes et al. 1986: 223 . Dubininellus juvenis , Karg 1991: 25-26 . Phytoseius juvenis , Moraes et al. 2004: 242 ; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 129 . Phytoseius ciliatus Wainstein (synonymy according to Rahmani et al. 2010 ). Like the previous species and for the same reasons, P. juvenis species belongs to the horridus species group of the genus Phytoseius ( Chant and McMurtry 2007 ) . The biology of this species seems totally unknown. This is the first report of that species in Slovenia . World distribution : Armenia , Czechoslovakia , Czech Republic , Finland , France , Hungary , Iran , Kazakhstan , Latvia , Moldova , Poland , Russia , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Ukraine . Specimens examined : 6 ♀♀ , 1 ♂ and 3 immatures in total. Arnovo Selo (aasl 192 m , lat. 47°58’07”N , long. 15°33’49”E ), 6 ♀♀ , 1 ♂ and 3 immatures on Malus domestica L. ( Rosaceae ), 19/VI/2018 . Remarks : The measurements of the adult females collected agree with those provided by Kolodochka (1978) and by Karg (1991) .