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 text Zootaxa 2021 2021-02-15 4927 3 301 330 journal article 8089 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.3.1 b1904bd2-efa8-42d8-9b89-22fc22e5b5b2 1175-5326 4542155 9A141A50-151D-4261-9A62-FD300B521E86 Neoseiulus imbricatus ( Corpuz & Rimando, 1966 ) Amblyseius imbricatus Corpuz & Rimando, 1966: 127 . Amblyseius imbricatus .— Schicha & Corpuz-Raros, 1992: 63 . Material examined. Thailand : one female ( HAL 100B196) from Asparagus officinalis (Asparagaceae) , 21 Nov 2011 . Previous records. Asia: Azerbaijan ( Abbasova 1972 ), China ( Zhu & Chen 1980 ), India ( Gupta 1986 ) , Philippines ( Corpuz & Rimando 1966 ), Saudi Arabia ( Alatawi et al . 2017 ), Thailand ( Ehara & Bhandhufalck 1977 ). Remarks. This species is distributed in Asia. No difference exists between our specimens and the paratype specimen (Aca014 from UPLB-MNH). Wu et al . (2009) reported that the species is an effective natural enemy of spider mites and tarsonemids in rice fields.