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Three new species of phytoseiid mites from Kenya (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae)

E. SwirskiSalvatore Ragusa

subject

PhytoseiidaebiologyBotanyAmblyseiusAnimal Science and ZoologyMesostigmataIphiseius degeneransbiology.organism_classificationPhytoseiusEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics

description

The following 13 species of predacious mites of the family Phytoseiidae are recorded from various plants in Kenya: Amblyseius albizziae sp. nov., A. kenyae sp. nov., A. natalensis Van der Merwe, A. lokele Pritchard & Baker, A. largoensis (Muma), A. rykei Pritchard & Baker, A. teke Pritchard & Baker, Typholdromus kikuyuensis sp. nov., T. magdalenae Pritchard & Baker, Phytoseius amba Pritchard & Baker, p. ferox Pritchard & Baker, Iphiseius degenerans (Berlese), I. gongylus Pritchard & Baker. The new species and the male of A. natalensis are described.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1978.tb02101.x