Two new species records of Proprioseiopsis Muma (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) from Germany

Authors

  • Farid Faraji Eurofins MITOX, Science Park 408, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Pierre  Mack Ecotoxicology Field, Eurofins Agroscience Services Ecotox GmbH, Eutinger Str. 24, 75223 Niefern-Öschelbronn, Germany
  • Simon Staudt Ecotoxicology Field, Eurofins Agroscience Services Ecotox GmbH, Eutinger Str. 24, 75223 Niefern-Öschelbronn, Germany
  • Jeffrey Kolkman Eurofins MITOX, Science Park 408, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25674/3kkh-bp28

Keywords:

Germany, Phytoseiidae, Proprioseiopsis, re-description

Abstract

Proprioseiopsis mauiensis (Prasad, 1968) and P. sharovi (Wainstein, 1975) are new species records for German mite fauna. They are re-described and illustrated.

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2018-12-01

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Faraji, F. ., Mack, P., Staudt, S. ., & Kolkman, J. . (2018). Two new species records of Proprioseiopsis Muma (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) from Germany. SOIL ORGANISMS, 90(3), 123–130. https://doi.org/10.25674/3kkh-bp28

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