2022•AcarologiaOpen access

New records of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) in Belgium with an identification key to Belgian species

İsmail Döker, Dominiek Vangansbeke, Jonas Merckx

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This study provides five new records of phytoseiid mites; Amblyseius herbicolus, Neoseiulus reductus, Kampimodromus corylosus, Paraseiulus triporus and Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) rhenanoides for the Belgian fauna. In the study, additional morphological information and new illustrations for the new records as well as an identification key for the Belgian species of Phytoseiidae are presented.

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Key concepts: Phytoseiidae, Mesostigmata, Acari, Amblyseius, Biology, Parasitiformes, Fauna, Key (lock)