The Predatory Mites (Parasitiformes, Phytoseiidae) in the Fauna of Ukraine: a Review with a Key to Species and New Combinations in the Genus Transeius

L.  Kolodochka

doi:10.15407/zoo2023.03.191

L. Kolodochka I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2626-0463

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/zoo2023.03.191

Keywords: phytoseiid mites, taxonomy, diagnoses, keys, distribution

Abstract

Nine species of the genus Transeius Chant & McMurtry, 2004 found on various plants during the last four decades in Ukraine are keyed, redescribed and illustrated. Three species are transferred to the genus Transeius: T. lutezhicus comb. n., T. masseei comb. n., and T. montanus comb. n. Data on distribution in the world and Ukraine, habitats, assessment of abundance and occurrence are summarised.

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