A collection of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Java with description of a new species

Abstract

Eight species of the mite family Phytoseiidae are reported from West Java, Indonesia. Indoseiulus santosoi sp. nov. is described and figured from a fabaceous climbing plant at Cianjur. Euseius ovalis (Evans), Paraphytoseius seychellensis Schicha & Corpuz-Raros, Indoseiulus armellae (Schicha & Gutierrez), and Phytoseius (Dubininellus) rachelae Swirski & Shechter are recorded for the first time in Java. Redescriptions are given of I. armellae and a previously recorded species, Flagroseius euflagellatus (Karg).