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 Galendromus ( Galendromus ) occidentalis ( Nesbitt, 1951 ) Typhlodromus occidentalis Nesbitt, 1951: 29 . Material examined. USA : one female ( HAL 095F371) from Prunus persica (Rosaceae) , 25 Sept 2006 ; six females ( HAL 095F350) from M . pumila (Rosaceae) , 9 Nov 2006 ; one female ( HAL 095F455) from M . pumila (Rosaceae) , 15 Nov 2006 ; two females ( HAL 095F456) from M . pumila (Rosaceae) , 15 Nov 2006 ; four females ( HAL 095F458) from M . pumila (Rosaceae) , 15 Nov 2006 ; two females ( HAL 095F459) from M . pumila (Rosaceae) , 15 Nov 2006 ; two females ( TAL 095F457) from Prunus persica (Rosaceae) , 15 Nov 2006 ; four females ( HAL 095G068) from M . pumila (Rosaceae) , 30 Nov 2006 ; four females ( HAL 095G069) from M . pumila (Rosaceae) , 30 Nov 2006 ; three females ( HAL 095G070) from M . pumila (Rosaceae) , 1 Dec 2006 ; seven females ( HAL 095G079) from M . pumila (Rosaceae) , 7 Dec 2006 ; four females ( HAL 095G081) from M . pumila (Rosaceae) , 7 Dec 2006 ; seven females ( HAL 095G799) from M . pumila (Rosaceae) , 19 Dec 2006 ; nine females ( HAL 095G800) from M . pumila (Rosaceae) , 25 Dec 2006 ; three females ( QAR 101H022) from P . persica (Rosaceae) , 19 Sept 2011 ; one female ( HAL 101B056) from P . persica (Rosaceae) , 21 Sept 2011 ; one female ( QAR 101H024) from P . persica (Rosaceae) , 22 Sept 2011 ; one female ( QAR 101H025) from P . persica (Rosaceae) , 22 Sept 2011 ; one female ( QAR 101H026) from P . persica (Rosaceae) , 22 Sept 2011 ; three females ( HAL 101B059) from P . persica (Rosaceae) , 28 Sept 2011 ; one female ( QAR 102H034) from P . persica (Rosaceae) , 14 Aug 2013 ; one female ( QAR 102H046) from P . persica (Rosaceae) , 12 Sept 2013 ; one female ( QAR 102H047) from P . persica (Rosaceae) , 12 Sept 2013 ; one female ( QAR 102H053) from P . persica (Rosaceae) , 26 Sept 2013 . Previous records. Africa: South Africa ( Denmark 1982 ). Asia: China ( Wu et al . 1997 ), Israel ( Denmark 1982 ), Jordan ( Allawi 1991 ), South Korea ( Ryu & Lee 1992 ), Taiwan ( Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1984 ). Europe: Austria (El- Borolossy 1989), Greece ( Ragusa Di Chiara et al . 1995 ), Netherlands ( Hoying & Croft 1977 ), Russia ( Denmark 1982 ). North America: Canada ( Nesbitt 1951 ), Mexico ( Denmark & Evans 2011 ), USA ( Cunliffe & Baker 1953 ). Oceania: Australia ( Whitney & James 1996 ), New Zealand ( Collyer 1964b ). South America: Chile (Prado 1991), Venezuela ( Aponte & McMurtry 1993 ). Remarks. The species is distributed worldwide ( Demite et al . 2020 ). Denmark (1982) reported species distribution in Taiwan without recording specimen information. Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1984) reported the species to be distributed in Taiwan based on one female specimen collected in 1950. Lo et al . (1986) reported that the species was introduced to Taiwan but could not be kept in laboratory. All specimens were collected on peaches and apples from the United States . The species has favorable efficacy for use in orchards. EPPO (2020) listed this species as a commercially used biological control agent.