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
10.11646/zootaxa.4927.3.1
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Typhlodromus
(
Typhlodromus
)
pyri
Scheuten, 1857
Typhlodromus pyri
Scheuten, 1857: 104
.
Typhlodromus
(
Typhlodromus
)
pyri
.—
Papadoulis
et al
., 2009: 141
.
Material examined.
Netherlands
: one female (
HAL
100B198) from
Rosmarinus officinalis
(Lamiaceae)
,
3 Nov 2011
.
Previous records.
Africa:
Egypt
(
El-Badry 1967
). Asia: Azerbaijan (
Abbasova 1970
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Fouly & Al-Rehiayani 2011
),
Turkey
(
Çobanoðlu 1991
). Europe:
Austria
(
El-Borolossy 1989
),
Belarus
(
Sidlyarevich 1966
),
Belgium
(
Chant
et al
. 1974
),
Croatia
(
Tixier
et al
. 2010
),
Czech Republic
(
Hluchy
et al
. 1991
),
Denmark
(
Chant
et al
. 1974
),
England
(
Chant 1959
),
Finland
(
Tuovinen 1993
),
France
(
Rambier 1974
),
Germany
(
Scheuten 1857
),
Greece
(
Swirski & Ragusa 1977
),
Hungary
(
Kropczynska & Jenser 1968
),
Italy
(
Castagnoli & Liguori 1986
),
Moldova
(Wainstein 1973),
Montenegro
(
Mijuskovic & Tomasevic 1975
),
Netherlands
(
Van de Vrie 1963
),
Norway
(
Edland 1987
),
Poland
(
Wiackowski & Suski 1963
),
Portugal
(Carmona 1962),
Russia
(
Meshkov 1999
),
Serbia
(
Kropczynska & Petanović 1987
),
Slovakia
(
Jedlickova & Kolodochka 1994
),
Slovenia
(
Bohinc & Trdan 2013
),
Spain
(
Pérez Otero & Mansilla Vázquez 1997
),
Sweden
(
Chant
et al
. 1974
),
Switzerland
(
Ragusa & Swirski 1976
),
Ukraine
(
Kolodochka 1974
). North America:
Canada
(Putman & Herne 1966),
USA
(
Chant 1959
). Oceania:
Australia
(
Schicha 1987
),
New Zealand
(
Collyer 1964a
). South America:
Chile
(
Ragusa & Vargas 2002
).
Remarks.
The species is distributed worldwide, but only one specimens from
the Netherlands
has been found.
EPPO (2020)
listed this species as a commercially used biological control agent. The species is considered as lifestyle
Type
III-a, generalist predator that lives on pubescent leaves, and also has the ability to feed on fungi (
McMurtry
et al
. 2013
).