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 Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius ) caudiglans Schuster, 1959 Typhlodromus ( Typhlodromus ) caudiglans Schuster, 1959: 88 . Material examined. USA : one female ( HAL 095F312) from Prunus persica (Rosaceae) , 16 Sept 2006 ; one female ( QAR 101H020) from P . persica (Rosaceae) , 16 Sept 2011 ; one female ( QAR 101H021) from P . persica (Rosaceae) , 19 Sept 2011 ; one female ( HAL 101B058) from P . persica (Rosaceae) , 23 Sept 2011 ; one female ( QAR 102H019) from P . persica (Rosaceae) , 8 June 2013 ; one female ( QAR 102H047) from P . persica (Rosaceae) , 12 Sept 2013 ; one female ( QAR 102H052) from P . persica (Rosaceae) , 17 Sept 2013 . Japan : three females ( QAR 102H049) from Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) , 13 Sept 2013 ; Previous records. Asia: Azerbaijan ( Abbasova 1972 ), China ( Wu 1988 ), Iran ( Hajizadeh et al . 2002 ), Europe: Austria ( El-Borolossy 1989 ), England (Collyer 1964), Latvia ( Salmane & Petrova 2002 ), Lithuania ( Pauriene 1970 ), Moldova ( Beglyarov & Malov 1977 ), Norway (Evans & Edland 1998), Russia (Wainstein 1975), Slovakia ( Jedlickova & Kolodochka 1994 ), Ukraine ( Kolodochka 1978 ). North America: Canada ( Downing & Moilliet 1971 ), USA ( Schuster 1959 ). Oceania: Australia ( Chant et al . 1978 ), New Zealand ( Collyer 1964a ). Remarks. The species is distributed worldwide, except in Africa and South America. Most of the specimens were found on peaches from the United States , except one was found on grapes from Japan .