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 Transeius fragilis (Kolodochka & Bondarenko) Amblyseius fragilis Kolodochka & Bondarenko 1993: 34 . Typhlodromips fragilis , Moraes et al. 2004: 213 . Transeius fragilis , Chant & McMurtry 2004a: 187 ; 2007: 71 . This species belongs to the bellottii species group as seta z4 is not as long as 2/3 distance between its base and that of seta s4 . The spermatheca has the calyx bell-shaped and that keys to bellottii species subgroup. This species was described by Kolodochka and Bodarenko (1993) with specimens collected in the Black Sea National Biosphere Reserve, Solenoozernyy, Kherson Region , Ukraine , on Taraxacum sp. for the holotype and on Frankenia hirsuta L. and Cirsium sp. for the paratypes . The biology of that species is totally unknown. This is the first report of that species from Slovenia . World distribution : Ukraine . Specimens examined : 3 ♀♀ in total. Podgorje (aasl 228 m , lat. 46°42’18”N , long. 15°49’13”E ), 1 ♀ on Phaseolus vulgaris L. ( Fabaceae ) and 2 ♀♀ on Fragaria sp. ( Rosaceae ), 12/VII/2018 . Remarks : The measurements of the three adult females ( Table 2 ) collected agree quite well with those provided by Kolodochka and Bodarenko (1993) for specimens collected on diverse plant species from Ukraine , with only slightly longer setae z4 and S2, and slightly shorter macrosetae of the leg IV in the Slovenian specimens.