A NEW SPECIES OF PHYTOSEIIDAE (ACARI: MESOSTIGMATA) FROM THE ALPINE CAUCASUS, RUSSIA

About authors:

Vladimir A. Khaustov,

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia
e-mail: alex1973khaustov@gmail.com

İsmail Döker,

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia; Acarology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, Agricultural Faculty, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey

Omid Joharchi,

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia; Department of Plant Protection, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran; Department of Plant Protection, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
e-mail: o.dzhokharchi@utmn.ru

Alexander A. Khaustov,  e-mail

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia

Acknowledgments:

We are grateful to Dr. Owen D. Seeman (Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) for his constructive comments on an early version of the manuscript.
This study was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation, project № 20-64-47015.

Annotation:

Typhlodromips pseudomontanus sp. n. (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is described and illustrated based on material collected from low-ground herbaceous plants in the Alpine Caucasus, Krasnodar Territory, Russia.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2021-29-1-95-103

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