A new species of Neoseiulus Hughes, with records of seven species of predatory mites associated with date palm in Saudi Arabia (Acari: Phytoseiidae) Author Negm, Mohamed W. Author Alatawi, Fahad J. Author Aldryhim, Yousif N. text Zootaxa 2012 3356 57 64 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.281593 5804ea58-89e0-40b1-a668-bc292f38f325 1175-5326 281593 Proprioseiopsis asetus (Chant) Typhlodromus ( Amblyseius ) asetus Chant, 1959 : 80 . Amblyseiulus asetus .— Muma, 1961 : 278 . Proprioseiopsis asetus .— Fouly et al ., 1994 : 205 ; Moraes et al ., 2004 : 171 ; Chant & McMurtry, 2005 : 13 ; 2007: 89. Specimens examined. One female, three males, Dereiya, Riyadh, 17 March 2011 , 24˚44' N, 46˚34' E, alt. 675 m , on Cynodon dactylon in a date palm orchard; one female, Ouyaina, Riyadh, 08 May 2011 , 24°54' N , 46°23' E , alt. 736 m , on Nettle-leaved goosefoot, Chenopodium murale L. ( Amaranthaceae ) in a date palm orchard. Remarks. The original description of P . asetus is based on material collected from apple, at Kearneysville, West Virginia, USA . Muma et al . (1970) recorded and described the males and females of 16 species in Florida including P . asetus . Our specimens of P . asetus agree with the data provided by Fouly et al . (1994) on the specimens collected in debris samples under "Hamlin" orange trees at Fellsmere, Indian River County, Florida. According to the redescription provided by Fouly et al . (1994 , Figs. 29, 31), the genua and tibiae II–IV have 10–6 and 7–7 setae, respectively. However, the examined Saudi specimens have genua and tibiae II–IV with 8–7 and 7–6 setae, respectively. A description of larvae, protonymphs and deutonymphs of P . asetus including ontogenetic development of the idiosomal setae was given by Fouly et al . (1994) . This is the first record of this species in Saudi Arabia , as well as in the Middle East and North Africa. It is otherwise known from Brazil , Galapagos, Hawaii, Jamaica , Mexico , Taiwan , USA ( Moraes et al ., 2004 ).