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 Typhlodromus ( Typhlodromus ) ernesti Ragusa & Swirski Typhlodromus ernesti Ragusa & Swirski 1978: 211 ; Moraes et al. 1986: 243 . Typhlodromus ernesti postici , Karg 1989: 275 . Typhlodromus ( Typhlodromus ) ernesti , Moraes et al. 2004: 364 ; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 157. The biology of this type III species ( McMurtry et al. 2013 ) is almost totally unknown. This is the first mention of that species for the Slovenian fauna. World distribution : Austria , France , Hungary , Israel , Italy , Norway , Russia , Spain , Sweden , Tunisia , Ukraine . Specimens examined : 11 ♀♀ , 3 ♂♂ and 2 immatures in total. Rakitnica, Dolenja vas (aasl 490 m , lat. 45°41’12”N , long. 14°45’20”E ), 2 ♀♀ on Picea abies (L.) H. Karsten ( Pinaceae ), 18/VI/2019 ; Pragersko, Kvedrova ulica (aasl 250 m , lat. 46°23’48”N , long. 13°40’11”E ), 1 ♀ on P. abies , 20/VI/2019 ; Šobec (aasl 418 m , 46°21’22”N , 14°9’2”E ), 1 ♀ on P. abies and 1 ♀ on Aesculus hippocastanum L. ( Sapindaceae ), 21/VI/2019 ; Bled , Lake (aasl 478 m , lat. 46°22’4”N , long. 14°05’06”E ), 5 ♀♀ , 3 ♂♂ and 2 immatures on P. abies , 21/VI/2019 ; Labore (aasl 362 m , lat. 46°10’17”N , long. 14°23’12”E ), 1 ♀ on P. abies , 21/VI/2019 . Remarks : The measurements of the adult females collected agree with those provided by Tixier et al. (2019) .