Phytoseiid Mites (Parasitiformes, Phytoseiidae) of Lesvos Island (Greece) with a Description of a New Species

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Published: Jan 7, 1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/eh.14020
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survey phytoseiid mites new species Lesvos Island Greece
S. Ragusa
Istituto di Entomologia agraria, Università di Palermo Viale delle Scienze, 90 128 Palermo - Italy
H. Tsolakis
Istituto di Entomologia agraria, Università di Palermo Viale delle Scienze, 90 128 Palermo - Italy
Abstract
A survey of phytoseiid mites associated with crops and wild plants on Lesvos Island was conducted. Of twenty three species collected the most abundant were the following: Phytoseius finitimus Ribaga sensu Denmark (30%), Euseius finlandicus (Oudemans) and Typhlodromus psyllakisi Swirski and Ragusa (26%), Typhlodromus athenas Swirski and Ragusa (19%), Typhlodromus cryptus Athias-Henriot, and Typhlodromus intercalaris Livshitz and Kuznetsov (15%). A new species, Typhlodromus sapphicus sp. n., collected on Tilia sp. is also described.
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