2010•Pakistan Journal of ZoologyRequires access
A new species of the subgenus Phytoseius (Phytoseius) Ribaga (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Panjgur, Baluchistan, Pakistan.
Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Hamid Bashir, Shamshad Akbar, Muhammad Kamran, Abu Bakar Muhammad Raza
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Abstract
Phytoseiid mites are efficient predators of phytophagous mites and small soft bodied insects and their eggs. A survey for the taxonomic exploration of the mites of the family Phytoseiidae from the Baluchistan province of Pakistan resulted in collection of one new species of subgenus Phytoseius i.e. Phytoseius (Phytoseius) erema from the rose plants.