A NEW SPECIES OF TYPHLODROMUS (ANTHOSEIUS) DE LEON (ACARI: MESOSTIGMATA: PHYTOSEIIDAE) FROM SAKHALIN ISLAND, 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

Acknowledgments:

This study was supported by the grant from the Russian Science Foundation, project No. 20-64-47015. We are grateful to Dr. Alexander A. Khaustov (X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University) for collecting the material and for his valuable advice during the preparation of the manuscript.

Annotation:

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) levis sp. n. (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is described and illustrated based on adult specimens collected from soil on the shore of Lake Tunaycha, Sakhalin Island, Russia

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