2025/05/05 by Haralabos Tsolakis, François Antoine Ranja-William · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Study of Mite Species #Insect-Plant Interactions and Control #Insect and Pesticide Research
paper · doi:10.24349/t5zy-f3cc
openalex publication_date 2025/05/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
Madagascar is one of the most important biodiversity hotspots worldwide. Many studies have investigated the arthropodofauna of the island in the last two decades, but studies on Phytoseiidae go back to the '80s. In the present paper authors report on phytoseiid mites collected on cultivated and spontaneously growing arboreal plants in various areas of the country. Nine species are identified during surveys, two of them, Moraseius papayana and Kuzinellus querellus are new records for Madagascar, and other two species are new for the science, Typhlodromalus andramasinus n.sp. and Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) amphoraeformis n.sp. and are herein described.