Predatory mites of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (Romania) Author CălugărK, Adina Department of Experimental and Applied Biology, NIRDBS-Institute of Biological Research Iași, Lascăr Catargi Street no. 47, 700107, Iași, Romania. Author StathakisK, Theodoros Laboratory of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 118 55 Athens, Greece. Author Papadoulis, Georgios Th. Laboratory of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 118 55 Athens, Greece. & Department of Experimental and Applied Biology, NIRDBS-Institute of Biological Research Iași, Lascăr Catargi Street no. 47, 700107, Iași, Romania. text Acarologia 2023 2023-01-13 63 1 58 66 https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4567 journal article 10.24349/w9fc-x845 2107-7207 7945929 Neoseiulus cinctutus ( Livshitz & Kuznetsov, 1972 ) Material examined — Murighiol, meadow ( 24 July 2015 ) 1 ♀ leg. Ivan, ICBI ; Letea, meadow ( 11 May 2016 ) 1 ♀ leg. Călugăr, ICBI ; Sarinasuf, alfalfa crop ( 07 May 2017 ) 2 ♀♀ , 1 ♂ leg. Ivan, ICBI ; Sarichioi, green peas ( 07 June 2017 ) 1♀ , 1 ♂ leg. Ivan, ICBI ; Murighiol, barley crop ( 06 June 2017 ) 2 ♀♀ , 2 DN leg. Ivan, ICBI ; Plopu, meadow ( 13 July 2018 ) 1 ♀ leg. Ivan, ICBI ; Murighiol, meadow ( 13 July 2018 ) 16 ♀♀ , 8 ♂♂ leg. Ivan, ICBI ; Sarinasuf, meadow ( 13 July 2018 ) 2 ♀♀ leg. Ivan, ICBI . Length of setae — j1 15 (13–18), j3 21 (18–25), j4 14 (13–15), j5 13 (10–15), j6 13 (10–15), J2 15 (10–18), J5 13 (10–15), z2 16 (13–18), z4 18 (15–20), z5 13 (10–13), Z1 18 (15–28), Z4 38 (33–50), Z5 54 (53–58), s4 26 (25–28), S227 (25–30), S424 (20–28), S519 (18–20), r3 16 (15–18), R 1 17 (15–18). World distribution — Former USSR (Crimea, Georgia ), Greece , Turkey ( Demite et al. 2022 ) and Romania (this study). Hosts / Substrates — Verbascum graecum Heldr. & Sart ( Scrophulariaceae ), Plantago spp. ( Plantaginaceae ), Aesculum hippocastanum L. ( Sapindaceae ), on unidentified plants ( Papadoulis et al. 2009 , Demite et al. 2022 ). Remarks — An occurrence analysis shows that N. cinctutus is one of the most frequent species in DDBR, being found in seven plots among the 24 plots under investigations. Morphological characters of the examined specimens generally fit with those of the original description and the redescription by Döker (2019) .