In 2008-2009, we reared small ceraphronids (about 0.5 mm in body length) from cocoons that had been made possibly by two acarivorous species, Feltiella acarisuga (Vallot) and Feltiella acarivora (Zehntner) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Okinawa, Japan. Detailed morphological observation revealed that the ceraphronid was a new species of Aphanogmus Thomson (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae). We describe ...

the predatory mites of suborder prostigmata are important natural enemies of spider mites. during 2009-2010, in a faunistic survey of superfamilies raphignathoidea, bdelloidea and erythraeoidea in mashhad region (razavi khorasan province), different samples were taken from soil, tree foliages, crops and weeds of pome fruit orchards orchards. after clearing the mites in lactophenol fluid, the sl...

Phytoseiidae (Acari) is the best known family of predatory mites. Within this family, Euseius Wainstein is one of the largest genera. The species of this genus have generalist feeding behavior, including in their diet mites and pollen. Some studies have demonstrated the potential of certain Euseius species to control pest mites. Euseius concordis (Chant) has been mentioned in the literature as ...

The role of herbivore‐induced volatile substances in prey‐finding by phytoseiid mites has been repeatedly documented using an olfactometer. The objective of the present paper is to test the hypothesis that movement by Phytoseiulus persimilis is affected by these volatiles even on plants. Two series of laboratory experiments were carried out. In the first series we stud...

Most studies on ecological impact of solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation generally focus on plants. However, UV radiation can also affect organisms at other trophic levels. Protection against mortality induced by solar UV has, therefore, been hypothesized as one of the reasons why Typhlodromalus aripo hides in the apex of cassava plants during the day and comes out at night to prey on spider mites...

The predatory mite Neoseiulus fallacis (Garman) was evaluated as a biological control agent of herbivorous mites on outdoor-grown ornamental landscape plants. To elucidate factors that may affect predator efÞciency, replicated tests were conducted on 30 ornamental plant cultivars that varied in relationship to their generalized morphology (e.g., conifers, shade trees, evergreen shrubs, deciduou...

The paper presents the comparative faunistic analysis of leaf inhabiting mite species on neglected and conventionally grown pome fruit trees in Turkey as well their diversity distributions. For this purpose, twelve sampling areas were chosen Ordu region Turkey. study was carried out four tree species, apple (Malus domestica), pear (Pyrus communis), quince (Cydonia oblonga), loquat (Eriobotrya j...