A Revision of the Mite Family Phytoseiidae in Japan (Acari, Gamasina), with Remarks on its Biology

• Ehara Shozo

• Amano Hiroshi

  Laboratory of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University

Abstract

The classification of the mite family Phytoseiidae in Japan is revised. The 77 species recognized from Japan are assigned to three subfamilies, five tribes, nine genera, and 11 subgenera. Moreover, three large subgenera are divided into a total of 16 different species groups. A new tribe, Indoseiulini, is proposed, Okiseius Ehara, 1967 is reduced to a subgenus of Amblyseius, and three new species, Amblyseius (Proprioseiopsis} nemotoi, Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) pseudopyri, and T. (T.) armiger, are described. Additionally, there is a possibility that 'Japanese Amblyseius cucumeris', which was recently reported from Saitama Prefecture in a popular book, is not A. cucumeris (Oudemans), but A. paraki Ehara, a rather common species in Saitama Prefecture. The biology of Japanese phytoseiid mites is also examined, and on this basis the species diversity of the phytoseiid fauna in Japan is interpreted. Finally, relationships between phytoseiid taxa and biological characters are discussed.

Journal

• Species Diversity

  Species Diversity 3 (1), 25-73, 1998

  The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology

Keywords

• Amblyseius (Okiseius)
• Amblyseius (Proprioseiopsis) nemotoi
• biological grouping
• classification
• Indoseiulini
• Japan
• keys
• new taxa
• Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) armiger
• Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) pseudopyri

Details

• CRID: 1390001204457419904
• NII Article ID: 110002344030
• NII Book ID: AA11114903
• DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.3.25
• ISSN: 21897301
• ISSN: 13421670
• ISSN: http://id.crossref.org/issn/13421670
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/specdiv/3/1/3_KJ00003893161/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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