Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) have been largely used for the biological control of arthropod pests. However, information on phytoseiid fauna associated with plants Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil is still scanty. Surveys were carried out in two areas Atlantic Forest State – Jaguanum island and Paraty. We report 11 species seven genera from all three subfamilies. A complementary re-descrip...

The prey preference of polyphagous predators plays an important role in suppressing different species of pest insects. In this study the prey preference of the predatory mite, Amblyseius swirskii (Athias-Henriot) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) was examined between nymphs of the twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) and first instar larvae of the western flower thrips, F...

Abstract The aim of the present study was to conduct a survey mites family Phytoseiidae associated with plants natural vegetation and cultivated forests in sites three biomes (Amazon Forest, Cerrado Pantanal) Mato Grosso State. Twenty-one species 11 genera, phytoseiid subfamilies were registered. Amblyseius Berlese most diverse genus, five species. Iphiseiodes zuluagai Denmark & Muma common spe...

during 2005-2006, a faunistic study was carried out to identify predatory mites associated with citrus trees in the western part of mazandaran, iran. five species, viz. amblyseius herbicolus chant, typhlodromips caspiansis denmark & daneshvar, neoseiulus barkeri (hughes), paraseiulus triporus (chant & yoshida-shaul) and euseius amissibilis meshkov*, belonging to the family phytoseiidae were col...

Grande Comore is the larger Island of four main islands constituting Comoros Archipelago. It fourth starting from Madagascar after Mayotte, Anjouan and Mohéli closer to African coast (Mozambique Tanzania). So far, only five species mite family Phytoseiidae had been reported this island. We report in paper results a survey conducted at end 2018 Island, which 29 have recorded.