Abstract
Faunas of Phytoseiidae of the Mascareignes Archipalago (Réunion, Mauritius and Rodrigues Islands) and of the Comoros Archipelago (Mayotte, Anjouan, Mohéli and Grande Comore Isands) were recently investigated by authors of this paper and results were published in seven already published papers. We described in this eighth paper six species new to science and six unknown males collected during these surveys.
Highlights
Mites of family Phytoseiidae are all predatory species on phytophagous mites and small insects like thrips and whiteflies, on commercial plants and the wild vegetation, many of these arthropods being important pests for agriculture
This paper aims to give the description of six species new to science and six unknown males along with one new record collected during this survey
During the survey in Indian Ocean Islands, we found six new species to science and other six unknown males and one new record:
Summary
Mites of family Phytoseiidae are all predatory species on phytophagous mites and small insects like thrips and whiteflies, on commercial plants and the wild vegetation, many of these arthropods being important pests for agriculture. Several species are biological control agents for the control of these pest organisms in both open and protected crops all around the world (McMurtry and Croft 1997; McMurtry et al 2013; Knapp et al 2018). This family is widespread around the world, present on all continents except Antarctica, and consists of about 2,521 valid species in 95 genera, 15 tribes and three subfamilies (Demite et al 2021).
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