REDESCRIPTION OF TYPHLODROMUS (ANTHOSEIUS) KUZNETSOVI (DENMARK AND WELBOURN) (ACARI: PHYTOSEIIDAE) BASED ON HOLOTYPE AND NEWLY COLLECTED MATERIAL FROM TAJIKISTAN

About authors:

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

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

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

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

State Organization for Plant Protection and Chemicalization of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

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Annotation:

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) kuznetsovi (Demnark and Welbourn) is redescribed based on the holotype female and newly collected materials from Tajikistan. After a detailed examination of the holotype female, we have concluded that several important morphological characters were incorrectly described in the original description. In this article, we redescribe and discuss these characters. Additionally, the holotype female of T. (A.) kuznetsovi was photographed and measured according to modern standards of phytoseiid taxonomy. 

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