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Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Egypt,

with new records, descriptions of new species, and a key to species

REHAM I. A. ABO-SHNAF1,2 & GILBERTO J. DE MORAES1,3

1Depto. Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”-Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ-USP),

13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil2Permanent address: Vegetable and Aromatic Plant Mites Department, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research

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REHAM I. A. ABO-SHNAF & GILBERTO J. DE MORAES

Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Egypt, with new records, descriptions of new species, and a

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Table of contents

Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Material and methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Subfamily Amblyseiinae Muma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Tribe Amblyseiini Muma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Subtribe Amblyseiina Muma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Genus Amblyseiella Muma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Amblyseiella setosa Muma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Genus Amblyseius Berlese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Subtribe Proprioseiopsina Chant & McMurtry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Genus Proprioseiopsis Muma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Proprioseiopsis badryi (El-Borolossy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Proprioseiopsis ismailiaensis n. sp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Proprioseiopsis kadii (El-Halawany & Abdel-Samad). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Proprioseiopsis messor (Wainstein) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Proprioseiopsis ovatus (Garman) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Proprioseiopsis sharkiensis Basha & Yousef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Tribe Euseiini Chant & McMurtry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Subtribe Euseiina Chant & McMurtry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Genus Euseius Wainstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Euseius hutu (Pritchard & Baker) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Euseius metwallyi Basha, Yousef & Mostafa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Euseius olivi (Nasr & Abou-Awad). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Euseius scutalis (Athias-Henriot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Euseius yousefi (El-Borolossy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Genus Iphiseius Berlese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Iphiseius degenerans (Berlese) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Tribe Neoseiulini Chant & McMurtry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Genus Neoseiulus Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Neoseiulus aegyptocitri (Kandeel & El-Halawany) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Neoseiulus barkeri Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Neoseiulus bicaudus Wainstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Neoseiulus camarus (El-Badry) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Neoseiulus longispinosus (Evans) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Neoseiulus mumae (Shehata & Zaher) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Neoseiulus orientalis (El-Halawany & Kandeel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Neoseiulus reticulatus (Oudemans). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Neoseiulus segnis Wainstein & Arutunjan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Neoseiulus sharonensis (Rivnay & Swirski). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Neoseiulus sinaiticum (Amitai & Swirski) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Neoseiulus zaheri (El-Borolossy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Genus Paragigagnathus Amitai & Grinberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Paragigagnathus tamaricis Amitai & Grinberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Subfamily Phytoseiinae Berlese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Genus Phytoseius Ribaga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Phytoseius balcanicus Wainstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Phytoseius finitimus Ribaga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Phytoseius kassasini Basha & Yousef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Phytoseius pesidiumii Nassar & Kandeel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Phytoseius solanus El-Badry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Subfamily Typhlodrominae Wainstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Tribe Metaseiulini Chant & McMurtry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Genus Metaseiulus Muma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) pedoni (Zaher & Shehata) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Genus Typhlodromina Muma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Typhlodromina tropica (Chant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Tribe Paraseiulini Wainstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Genus Kuzinellus Wainstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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Kuzinellus niloticus (El-Badry) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Genus Paraseiulus Muma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Paraseiulus aegypticus (Basha, Yousef, Ibrahim & Mostafa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Paraseiulus talbii (Athias-Henriot). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Tribe Galendromimini Chant & McMurtry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Genus Cydnoseius Muma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Cydnoseius negevi (Swirski & Amitai) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Cydnoseius vitis Basha, Yousef, Ibrahim & Mostafa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Tribe Typhlodromini Wainstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Genus Neoseiulella Muma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Neoseiulella neoviniferae Basha, Mahrous & Mostafa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Genus Typhlodromus Scheuten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) citri Hassan & Romeih . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) egypticus El-Badry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) fayoumensis n. sp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) lataniae El-Badry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) oasis El-Badry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) serratosus El-Halawany & Abdel-Samad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) sycomorus Zaher & Shehata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) transvaalensis (Nesbitt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) Scheuten. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) athiasae Porath & Swirski. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) exhilaratus Ragusa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) kadii Kandeel & El-Halawany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) malus Basha, Yousef, Ibrahim & Mostafa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) psidium Basha, Mahrous & Mostafa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) pyri Scheuten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) swirskii Denmark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) tiliae Oudemans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) zaheri Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Species incertae sedis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Typhlodromus hellei Hassan, Afifi & Nawar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Key to phytoseiids reported from Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Abstract

The present paper refers to the identification of phytoseiid specimens newly collected by the first author of this paper and

her collaborators, as well as to the examination of type specimens of species previously described from Egypt. The tax-

onomy of phytoseiid mites has been studied in Egypt since 1967. Until now, 78 nominal species have been recorded, of

which 60 are valid. One of those species, Phytoseius plumifer (Canestrini & Fanzago), appears to be based on an incorrect

record. An additional species (Typhlodromus hellei Hassan, Afifi & Nawar), described from Egypt, is not sufficiently char-

acterised to allow its correct generic classification and the determination of its validity. Eight new records are reported in

this paper, including two new species, Proprioseiopsis ismailiaensis n. sp. and Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) fayoumensis

n. sp., which are described. Complementary descriptions of 11 known species are given. An updated survey of all species

reported from Egypt and a taxonomic key to separate them are also presented. Six new synonymies are proposed.

Key words: Phytoseiidae, taxonomy, biological control, predator

Introduction

Phytoseiid mites are predators of phytophagous mites and small insects (such as thrips and whiteflies) of various

crops worldwide (Gerson et al., 2003; McMurtry et al., 2013). The literature concerning the phytoseiids is very

extensive (Prasad, 2012; Demite et al., 2014). The first report of phytoseiids from Egypt was published by El-

Badry (1967a). Subsequent papers about their taxonomy and distribution in the country were published by El-

Badry (1968a, 1968b), Shehata & Zaher (1969), Zaher & Shehata (1969, 1970), El-Badry (1970), Yousef (1974,


1980), Amitai & Swirski (1982), Nassar & Kandeel (1983), El-Halawany & Kandeel (1985), Kandeel & El-

Halawany (1985, 1986), Nasr & Abou-Awad (1985), Hassan et al. (1986), El-Halawany & Abdel-Samad (1990),

Basha & Yousef (2000), Basha et al. (2001, 2002, 2004) and Romeih et al. (2005, 2010a). The first comprehensive

revision of the Egyptian Phytoseiidae was published by Zaher (1986). The objective of the present paper is to

report new findings of phytoseiids from Egypt, to re-evaluate types of previously described species, to present an

updated review of all species reported until now, and a taxonomic key to separate the species so far reported from

that country.

Material and methods

Phytoseiids reported in this paper were collected on the following cultivated plant species: apricot (Prunus

armeniaca L.; Rosaceae), apple (Malus domestica Borkh.; Rosaceae), castor bean plant (Ricinus communis L.;

Euphorbiaceae), citrus (Citrus sp.; Rutaceae), common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.; Fabaceae), cucumber

(Cucumis sativus L.; Cucurbitaceae), date (Phoenix dactylifera L.; Arecaceae), eggplant (Solanum melongena L.;

Solanaceae), fig (Ficus carica L.; Moraceae), grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.; Vitaceae), guava (Psidium guajava L.;

Myrtaceae), mango (Mangifera indica L.; Anacardiaceae), okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.); Malvaceae),

pomegranate (Punica granatum L.; Lythraceae), rose (Rosa hybrida Vill.; Rosaceae) and strawberry (Fragaria

ananassa Duchesne; Rosaceae). Phytoseiids were also collected from Apium graveolens L. (Umbelliferae), Arundo

donax L. (Poaceae), Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile (Zygophyllaceae), Codiaeum variegatum (L.)

(Euphorbiaceae), Duranta erecta L. (Verbenaceae), Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) (Pontederiaceae), Ficus nitida

Thunb. (Moraceae), Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv. (Poaceae), Legerstroemia indica L. Pers. (Lythraceae),

Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae), Origanum majorana L. (Lamiaceae), Pelargonium zonale Willd.

(Geraniaceae), Phyllostachys edulis (Carrière) (Poaceae), Plumeria alba L. (Apocynaceae), Solanum nigrum L.

(Solanacae), Ziziphus jujube Mill. (Rhamnaceae) and Zizyphus sp. (Rhamnaceae).

Newly collected specimens and types were examined under phase contrast (Leica, DMLB) and interference

contrast (Nikon, Eclipse 80i) microscopes. Illustrations were done with a camera lucida attached to the phase

contrast microscope. Measurements were taken with a graduated eye-piece.

All measurements are given in micrometers; each measurement shows the average for the number of

individuals indicated for each sex of each species, followed (in parentheses) by the respective ranges; when only

two specimens were available, only their measurements are provided. For some species, only measurements of the

type specimens are given; for others, measurements of type specimens are given in square brackets after the

measurements of other specimens. The values shown as widths of the dorsal shield refer to maximum widths

(posterior to the level of setae s4). The indicated numbers of teeth on the chelicera do not include the apical tooth of

the respective digit. Setal nomenclature is that of Rowell et al. (1978) and Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1991) for dorsal

and ventral surfaces of the idiosoma, respectively. If measurement of a macroseta is not given, it should be

considered as absent.

If not specified, specimens examined were collected by the first author of this paper, and voucher specimens

are deposited at the mite collection of the Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. Other specimens

were borrowed from the mite collections of the following institutions: the Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University,

Giza, Egypt; National Research Centre, Dokii, Giza, Egypt; Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural

Research Centre, Dokii, Giza, Egypt. Holotypes of the new species are deposited at the mite collection of the

Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

Results

Subfamily Amblyseiinae Muma

Tribe Amblyseiini Muma

Subtribe Amblyseiina Muma


Genus Amblyseiella Muma

Amblyseiella Muma, 1955: 266; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 71.

Amblyseiella setosa Muma

Amblyseiella setosa Muma, 1955: 266; Papadoulis et al., 2009: 65; Ferragut et al., 2010: 108.Amblyseius denmarki El-Borolossy, in Nasr & Abou-Awad, 1985: 245; Zaher, 1986: 103. (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry,

2007: 191).Amblyseiella denmarki.—Chant & McMurtry, 2004: 187; 2007: 71; Moraes et al., 2004: 9.Amblyseius rusticanus Athias-Henriot, 1960a: 292; Muma et al., 1970: 54. (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 2004: 187;

2007: 73; Denmark & Evans, 2011: 55).

Female (holotype and one paratype of A. denmarki).

Dorsal shield mostly smooth, with striae anterolaterad of s4; 437 [450] long and 250 [252] wide, with 16 pairs

of setae. Setae j1 39 [39], j3 61 [65], j4 3 [3], j5 4 [5], j6 5 [8], J2 5 [8], J5 8 [8], z2 33 [33], z4 83 [83], z5 3 [5], Z1

8 [8]; Z4 86 [86]; Z5 101 [101], s4 109 [112], S2 66 [68], S4 40 [49], r3 22 [22], R1 39 [39]. All setae smooth,

except Z4 and Z5, faintly serrate. Peritreme extending forward to level of j1.

Venter. Sternal shield smooth, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures. Distances between st1-st1

75 [75], st2-st2 75 [78], st3-st3 92 [92], st4-st4 94 [101]. Genital shield smooth, with lateral extensions; distance

between st5-st5 85 [87]. Ventrianal shield pentagonal, smooth; 127 [127] long, 73 [78] wide at level of ZV2 and 99

[99] wide at level of anus; with one pair of pre-anal setae and a pair of pores. Seta JV5 91 [94]. Ventral setae

smooth. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca. Calyx of spermatheca bell-shaped, 16 [16] long; atrium distinct.

Gnathosoma. Corniculi slightly convergent distally; basal width of corniculus 5, distance between bases of

corniculi 8. Movable cheliceral digit 38 [38], with 1 [1] tooth; fixed digit 37 [38] long, with 3 [3] teeth.

Legs. Macrosetae sharp-tipped: Sge II 39 [39], Sge III 60 [60], Sge IV 96 [101], Sti IV 68 [68], St IV 75 [75];

chaetotaxy of genu II 2, 2/1, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1, 2/0, 1.

Specimens examined. Holotype female from mango leaves, at Ismailia governorate, April 1978; one paratype

female from citrus leaves, at Gharbia governorate, November 1978 (coll. M.A. El-Borolossy).

Previous records from Egypt. Gharbia, Ismailia and Qualyubia governorates (Zaher, 1986); unspecified

governorate (Nasr & Abou-Awad, 1985).

Remarks. Chant & McMurtry (2004) stated that A. setosa was probably a senior synonym of A. denmarki. On

page 71 of Chant & McMurtry (2007) both of those names were used, suggesting that they could be distinct from

each other; however, on page 73 they mentioned that an examination of the types indicated that they could be

synonyms, and on page 191 of the same publication, they were considered synonyms, as concluded after an

examination of the type specimens.

Amblyseiella setosa was originally described from the holotype female, five paratype females and two

paratype males collected in the USA. The original description was reasonably detailed, including illustrations, but

provided only measurements of the idiosoma.

According to Nasr & Abou-Awad (1985), A. denmarki was first described in an unpublished MSc thesis (El-

Borolossy, 1979). Nasr & Abou-Awad (1985) mentioned the name of this species (indicating El-Borollosy as the

author) in a key to the Egyptian Amblyseius. That constitutes the original description of the species, despite the fact

that no information was then provided about the type specimens. Zaher (1986) provided a detailed redescription of

the species, with illustrations and setal measurements, mistakenly mentioning Zaher & El-Borollosy [sic] as the

authors.

Measurements of the females examined are close to those reported by Zaher (1986) for a single female, except

the longer and wider dorsal shield (500 and 330, respectively, according to that author). Measurements of

specimens examined fit the corresponding ranges given by Ferragut et al. (2010).


Genus Amblyseius Berlese

Amblyseius Berlese 1914: 143; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 73.

Amblyseius ficus El-Halawany & Abdel-Samad

Amblyseius ficus El-Halawany & Abdel-Samad, 1990: 90; Chant & McMurtry, 2004: 199; 2007: 78.Typhlodromips ficus.—Moraes et al., 2004: 212.

Previous records from Egypt. Qualyubia governorate (El-Halawany & Abdel-Samad, 1990).

Remarks. No additional specimens of this species were found in this study. It could also be a junior synonym

of A. swirskii; however, a definitive conclusion in this regard requires an examination of the type specimens of A.

ficus, which was not possible in the present study, despite our efforts. This species was originally described from

the holotype female, nine paratype females and two paratype males collected in Tukh, Qualyubia governorate,

Egypt. The original description was rather detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.

Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot

(Figs 1–7)

Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot, 1962: 5; Porath & Swirski, 1965: 95; Athias-Henriot, 1966: 195; Swirski et al., 1973: 80; Nasr & Abou-Awad, 1985: 246; Kandeel & Nassar, 1986: 174; Zaher, 1986: 105; Swirski et al., 1998: 103; Chant & McMurtry, 2004: 199; 2007: 81; Ramadan et al., 2004: 191; Zannou et al., 2007: 27; Ramadan et al., 2009: 117; Ferragut et al., 2010: 124.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) rykei Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 249. (synonymy by Zannou et al., 2007: 27; Zannou & Hanna, 2011: 339).

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) swirskii.—Ehara, 1966: 23.Amblyseius enab El-Badry, 1967a: 178; 1970: 504; Nasr & Abou-Awad, 1985: 246; Zaher, 1986: 104; Chant & McMurtry,

2004: 199; 2007: 78. (synonymy by Ramadan et al., 2009: 117).Typhlodromips enab.—Moraes et al., 1986: 140; 2004: 212.Typhlodromips swirskii.—Moraes et al., 1986: 149; 2004: 227.Amblyseius (Amblyseius) enab.—Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 73.Typhlodromips capsicum Basha, Yousef, Ibrahim & Mostafa, in Basha et al., 2001: 372 (new synonymy).

Female (holotype of A. enab and seven additional females).

Dorsal shield (Fig. 1) mostly smooth, with lateral reticulation anteriorly to S2; 375 (358-397) [400] long and

214 (195–224) [231] wide, with 17 pairs of setae, six pairs of pores (gd1, gd

4-gd

6, gd

8, gd

9) and twelve pairs of

lyrifissures (id1, id

2, id

4, id

7, id

x, idm

1-idm

4, idm

6, idl

1, idl

3). Setae j1 30 (25–32) [34], j3 55 (52–57) [62], j4 10

(9–15) [10], j5 9 (8–10) [10], j6 10 (9–11) [10], J2 9 (8–10) [10], J5 10 (8–10) [10], z2 14 (11–16) [18], z4 15

(12–18) [16], z5 8 (7–10) [8], Z1 11 (10–12) [10], Z4 73 (70–76) [86], Z5 109 (105–112) [119], s4 78 (72–81) [86],

S2 19 (18–21) [23], S4 11 (8–13) [13], S5 11 (9–12) [10], r3 25 (23–27) [26], R1 15 (12–17) [10]. All setae smooth,

except Z4 and Z5, faintly serrate. Peritreme extending forward to level of j1.

Venter (Fig. 2). Sternal shield smooth, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures; region anterior to

st1 lightly striate. Distances between st1-st1 63 (55–68) [65], st2-st2 77 (71–87) [78], st3-st3 87 (79–91) [78], st4-

st4 91 (82–101) [94]. Genital shield smooth; distance between st5-st5 76 (70–81) [83]. Ventrianal shield vase-

shaped, smooth; 132 (126–135) [140] long, 83 (71–89) [94] wide at ZV2 level and 86 (76–89) [88] wide at level of

anus; with three pairs of pre-anal setae and a pair of pre-anal pores. Seta JV5 72 (65–79) [72]. Ventral setae smooth.

Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca (Fig. 4). Calyx of spermatheca pocular 9 (7–10) 11 long; atrium distinct.

Gnathosoma. Corniculi distally convergent; basal width of corniculus 7, distance between bases of corniculi 9.

Movable cheliceral digit 33 (32–34) [32] long, with three teeth (Fig. 3); fixed digit 33 (31–34) [34] long, with 9–10

teeth; dorsal and lateral lyrifissures distinct.


FIGURES 1–7. Amblyseius swirskii: 1. Female dorsal shield; 2. Female ventral shields; 3. Female chelicera; 4. Spermatheca; 5. Genu, tibia and basitarsus of female leg IV; 6. Spermatodactyl; 7. Male ventrianal shield.


Legs. Macrosetae sharp-tipped: Sge I 29 (27–30) [34], Sge II 33 (32–35) [36], Sge III 36 (35–37) [39], Sti III 27

(26–28) [31], Sge IV 63 (60–65) [68], Sti IV 47 (44–50) [52], St IV 66 (60–68) [73] (Fig. 5); chaetotaxy of genu II

2, 2/0, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1, 2/0, 1.

Male (five specimens).

Dorsal shield pattern as in female; 275 (254–292) long and 179 (145–203) wide. Setae j1 22 (20–24), j3 44

(41–47), j4 8 (7–11), j5 8 (7–8), j6 8 (7–9), J2 8 (7–9), J5 8 (7–8), z2 14 (12–16), z4 13 (10–15), z5 7 (7–8), Z1 11

(10–13), Z4 52 (49–53), Z5 74 (70–78), s4 61 (57–64), S2 15 (13–18), S4 9 (7–13), S5 9 (8–10), r3 21 (19–23), R1

14 (13–14). All setae smooth, except Z4 and Z5, faintly serrate. Peritreme extending to region between j1 and j3.

Venter. Distances between st1-st1 55 (52–60), st2-st2 59 (56–63), st3-st3 61 (56–66), st4-st4 47 (43–51), st5-

st5 39 (35–43). Ventrianal shield subtriangular, with transverse striae (Fig. 7); 121 (109–128) long and 151

(123–164) wide at anterior corners; with three pairs of pre-anal setae and a pair of pre-anal pores. Seta JV5 36

(33–39).

Gnathosoma. Movable cheliceral digit 25 (23–27) long, with one tooth; fixed digit 26 (25–27) long, with six

teeth; lateral lyrifissures distinct. Shaft of spermatodactyl 20 (19–21) long (Fig. 6).

Legs. Macrosetae sharp-tipped: Sge I 24 (21–25), Sge II 26 (23–28), Sge III 26 (23–28), Sti III 21 (18–23), Sge

IV 45 (40–47), Sti IV 36 (32–38), St IV 54 (48–58); chaetotaxy of genua II and III as in female.

Specimens examined. Holotype female of A. enab from mango leaves, at Qanatir el-Qahiriya, Qualyubia

governorate, 1967 (coll. E.A. El-Badry); one male from guava leaves, at Beheira governorate, March 2001 (coll.

A.H.M. Romeih); one female from mango leaves, at Gharbia governorate, May 1978 (coll. M.A. Zaher); one

female from citrus leaves, at Monufia governorate, October 1978 (coll. M.A. Zaher); three females from soil under

date palm, at Monufia governorate, July 2012 (coll. M.M. Ghallab); two females and one male from soil under A.

donax, at Qualyubia governorate, July 2004 (coll. A.K. Nasr); two females and one male from cucumber leaves, at

same locality, June 2005 and May 2006 (coll. A.K. Nasr); two females and two males from eggplant leaves, at

same locality, August 2006 (coll. A.K. Nasr); two females from okra leaves, at same locality, August–October

2006 (coll. M.A. El-Borolossy).

Previous records from Egypt. As A. enab–Alexandria, Beheira, Gharbia and Monufia governorates (Zaher,

1986); Fayoum and Giza governorates (El-Badry, 1967a; Romeih et al., 2010b); Ismailia, Kafr el-Sheikh, Luxor

governorates (El-Badry, 1967a); Qualyubia governorate (El-Badry, 1967a; Zaher, 1986); unspecified governorate

(El-Badry, 1970; Nasr & Abou-Awad, 1985); as A. swirskii—Alexandria and Beheira governorates (Zaher et al.,

1971); Asyut, Beni Suef, Damietta, Monufia and Qualyubia governorates (Nasr et al., 2011); Dakahlia and Ismailia

governorates (Zaher, 1986); Fayoum governorate (Romeih et al., 2010b); Giza governorate (Zaher et al.,1973;

Hoda et al., 1986; Romeih et al., 2010b); Lower Egypt region (Rasmy & Abou-Awad, 1972; Rasmy et al., 1972);

unspecified governorate (Yousef et al., 1976; Kandeel & Nassar, 1986); as T. capsicum–Ismailia governorate

(Basha et al., 2001).

Remarks. Amblyseius swirskii was originally described from the holotype female and four paratype females

collected in Israel. The original description was reasonably detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements;

complementary descriptions were listed by Demite et al. (2014). Amblyseius enab was originally described from

the holotype, two paratype females and three paratype males collected in Qanatir el-Qahiriya, Qualyubia

governorate, Egypt. The original description included illustrations, but provided only measurements of the

idiosoma. Typhlodromips capsicum was originally described from the holotype female, three paratype females and

five paratype males collected in Kassasin, Ismailia governorate, Egypt. The original description was rather

detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.

Measurements of the females examined are close to those reported by Zaher (1986) for a single female (except

s4, 58 according to that author), and to those reported by different authors (Swirski et al., 1998; Zannou et al.,

2007; Ferragut et al., 2010). Differently from what was reported by Zaher (1986) but similarly to what was

reported by Zannou et al. (2007), the specimens examined in this study have macrosetae on genu I and tibia III.

An examination of the holotype of A. enab confirmed its synonymy with A. swirswkii as first concluded by

Ramadan et al. (2009). An examaination of the original description of T. capsicum also indicated its synonymy

with A. swirskii; the small differences observed in relation to setal lengths of T. capsicum are considered to be

related to the smaller size of the type of this species (according to the original description, dorsal shield 331 long

and 208 wide). Measurements of the males examined in this study are close to those provided by Porath & Swirski

(1965) and Zannou et al. (2007).


Subtribe Proprioseiopsina Chant & McMurtry

Proprioseiopsina Chant & McMurtry, 2004: 219; 2007: 85.

Genus Proprioseiopsis Muma

andersi group, Chant, 1959: 102.Proprioseiopsis Muma, 1961: 277; Chant & McMurtry, 2005a: 9; 2007: 87.

Proprioseiopsis badryi (El-Borolossy)

(Figs 8–14)

Amblyseius badryi El-Borolossy, in Nasr & Abou-Awad, 1985: 245; Zaher, 1986: 100.Proprioseiopsis badryi.—Moraes et al., 2004: 172; Chant & McMurtry, 2005a: 13; 2007: 89.

Female (holotype and two additional females).

Dorsal shield mostly smooth, with reticulation anterolaterally to z2 and in the central area of the opisthonotal

region of the dorsal shield (Fig. 8); 406, 385 [365] long and 257, 255 [237] wide, with 16 pairs of setae, five pairs

of pores and eleven pairs of lyrifissures. Setae j1 26, 21 [24], j3 55 [54], j4 5 [5], j5 5 [5], j6 10 [13], J5 10 [10], z2

63 [38], z4 91, 81 [78], z5 5, 4 [6], Z1 23, 18 [20], Z4 94 [86], Z5 88, 86 [72], s4 94, 86 [87], S2 60, 52 [59], S4 52,

49 [50], S5 23 [19], r3 31, 29 [29], R1 21 [25]. Setae j1, j4, j5, z5, j6, J5, Z1 and S5 smooth, other setae serrate.

Peritreme extending forward to level of j1.

Venter (Fig. 9). Sternal shield mostly smooth, with few lateral striae, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of

lyrifissures; region anterior to st1 lightly striate. Distances between st1–st1 52 [56], st2–st2 73 [71], st3–st3 86

[83], st4–st4 96, 94 [94]. Genital shield mostly smooth, with few lateral striae, with lateral extensions; distance

between st5–st5 86 [88]. Ventrianal shield subpentagonal, with transverse striae in the anterior two thirds; 140, 135

[132] long, 138 [133] wide at level of ZV2 and 144 [144] wide at level of anus; with three pairs of pre-anal setae

and a pair of pre-anal pores. Seta JV5 75, 70 [73]. Ventral setae smooth, except JV5, serrate. Two pairs of

metapodal plates.

Spermatheca (Fig. 11). Calyx of spermatheca short, funnel-shaped, 10 [12] long; atrium distinct.

Gnathosoma. Corniculi parallel to each other; basal width of corniculus 3, distance between bases of corniculi

9. Movable cheliceral digit 31, 29 [29], with one tooth; fixed digit 30, 29 [28] long, with three teeth; dorsal and

lateral lyrifissures distinct (Fig. 10).

Legs. Macrosetae sharp-tipped: Sge IV 49, 47 [39], Sti IV 44, 39 [29], St IV 91, 83 [74] (Fig. 12); chaetotaxy of

genu II 2, 2/1, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1, 2/0, 1.

Male (one paratype).

Dorsal shield pattern as in female; 326 long and 214 wide. Setae j1 22, j3 49, j4 5, j5 6, j6 8, J5 8, z2 32, z4 66,

z5 6, Z1 16, Z4 77, Z5 67, s4 75, S2 46, S4 33, S5 17, r3 19, R1 18. Setae j1, j4, j5, z5, j6, J5, Z1 and S5 smooth,

other setae serrate. Peritreme extending forward to level of j3.

Venter. Distances between st1–st1 65, st2–st2 68, st3–st3 75, st4–st4 70, st5–st5 53. Ventrianal shield

subtriangular, strongly reticulate; 144 long and 175 wide at anterior corners (Fig. 14); with three pairs of pre-anal

setae and a pair of pre-anal pores. Seta JV5 47.

Gnathosoma. Movable cheliceral digit 25 long, with one tooth; fixed digit 27 long, with two teeth; lateral

lyrifissure distinct. Shaft of spermatodactyl 18 long, foot 21 (Fig. 13).

Legs. Macrosetae sharp-tipped: Sge IV 34, Sti IV 25, St IV 67; chaetotaxy of genua II and III as in female.

Specimens examined. Holotype female from soil under mango trees, at Sharkia governorate, July 1977 (coll.

M.A. El-Borolossy); one paratype male and two femles from same substrate, at Giza governorate, June 1978 (coll.

M.A. El-Borolossy).

Previous records from Egypt. Behira, Dakahlia, Giza and Sharkia governorates (Zaher, 1986); unspecified

governorate (Nasr & Abou-Awad, 1985).


FIGURES 8–14. Proprioseiopsis badryi: 8. Female dorsal shield; 9. Female ventral shields; 10. Female chelicera; 11. Spermatheca; 12. Genu, tibia and basitarsus of female leg IV; 13. Spermatodactyl; 14. Male ventrianal shield.


Remarks. According to Nasr & Abou-Awad (1985), A. badryi was first described in an unpublished MSc

thesis (El-Borolossy, 1979). Nasr & Abou-Awad (1985) mentioned the name of this species (indicating El-

Borolossy [sic] as the author) in a key to the Egyptian Amblyseius. That constitutes the original description of the

species, despite the fact that no information was then provided about the type specimens. Zaher (1986) provided a

detailed redescription of the species, with illustrations and setal measurements, mistakenly mentioning Yousef &

El-Brollosy [sic] as the authors.

Our measurements of the holotype are close to those reported by Zaher (1986) for a single female, except S5

and j6 (respectively 30 and 12 according to that author). This difference could be due to the smaller size of the

specimen examined (the holotype). Differently from most other Proprioseiopsis species (Chant & McMurtry,

2005a), P. badryi does not have macrosetae on legs I–III.

Proprioseiopsis ismailiaensis n. sp.

(Figs 15–19)

Diagnosis. Seta Z5 about 1.4 as long as Z4; z2 and z4 equal in length, slightly longer than the distance between

their bases; calyx of spermatheca bell-shaped; the genital shield broad, with posterior margin truncated; ventrianal

shield wider than long.

Female (one specimen).

Dorsum (Fig. 15). Dorsal shield mostly smooth, with sparse lateral striae; 469 long and 255 wide, with 16 pairs

of setae, six pairs of pores and fourteen pairs of lyrifissures. Setae j1 31, j3 59, j4 4, j5 5, j6 8, J5 10, z2 37, z4 37,

z5 6, Z1 8, Z4 129, Z5 178, s4 94, S2 10, S4 11, S5 19, r3 26, R1 17. All setae smooth, except Z5, lightly serrate.

Peritreme extending forward to level of j1.

Venter (Fig. 16). Sternal shield mostly smooth, with few lateral striae; with three pairs of setae and two pairs of

lyrifissures. Distances between st1–st1 59, st2–st2 79, st3–st3 88, st4–st4 75. Genital shield smooth; distance

between st5–st5 92. Ventrianal shield subpentagonal, with transverse striae in the anterior two thirds; 125 long, 131

wide at ZV2 level and 104 wide at level of anus; with three pairs of pre-anal setae and a pair of pre-anal pores

posteromesad of JV2. Seta JV5 86. Ventral setae smooth. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca (Fig. 18). Calyx of spermatheca bell-shaped, 19 long; atrium attached directly to calyx.


10. Movable cheliceral digit 31 long, with one tooth; fixed digit 32 long, with three teeth (Fig. 17).

Legs. Macrosetae sharp-tipped: Sge II 36, Sge III 45, Sge IV 84, Sti IV 54, St IV 76 (Fig. 19); chaetotaxy of

genu II 2, 2/1, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1, 2/0, 1.

Type specimens: Holotype female from soil under pomegranate tree, at Ismailia governorate, July 1980 (coll.

M.A. Zaher), deposited at the mite collection of the Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

Etymology: The name ismailiaensis refers to Ismailia, the locality where the holotype female was collected.

Remarks. This species is most similar to Proprioseiopsis sharkiensis Basha & Yousef, 2000 and

Proprioseiopsis terrestris (Chant, 1959). The former differs from the new species by having Z4 and Z5 much

shorter and the calyx of spermatheca trumpet-shaped. The latter differs by having z2 and z4 about half as long as

the distance between their bases in addition to the genital shield very broad, with posterior margin rounded and

ventrianal shield as wide as long.

This holotype was found among specimens of the mite collection of the Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo

University, Giza, Egypt, labelled as Amblyseius lindquisti. The absence of a macroseta on genu I places this species

in the belizensis species group of Chant & McMurtry (2005).

Proprioseiopsis kadii (El-Halawany & Abdel-Samad)

Amblyseius kadii El-Halawany & Abdel-Samad, 1990: 92; Moraes et al., 2004: 32. Proprioseiopsis kadii.—Chant & McMurtry 2005a: 15; 2007: 89.

Previous records from Egypt. unspecified governorate (El-Halawany & Abdel-Samad, 1990).


FIGURES 15–19. Proprioseiopsis ismailiaensis sp. n.: 15. Female dorsal shield; 16. Female ventral shields; 17. Female chelicera; 18. Spermatheca; 19. Genu, tibia and basitarsus of female leg IV.


Remarks. No additional specimens of this species were found in this study. It was originally described from an

unstated number of type specimens collected in an unstated location in Egypt. The original description was rather


Proprioseiopsis messor (Wainstein)

(Figs 20–26)

Typhlodromus messor Wainstein, 1960: 688; Hirschmann, 1962: 2.Amblyseius messor.—Athias-Henriot, 1961: 426; 1966: 190; Livshitz & Kuznetsov, 1972: 21; Gilyarov et al., 1977: 385;

Wainstein, 1977b: 239; Schicha, 1983: 111; Swirski et al., 1998: 101.Amblyseius (Amblyseius) messor.—Ehara, 1966: 22; Arutunjan, 1977: 34; Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 66.Amblyseius (Amblyseiulus) messor.—Arutunjan, 1970: 16.Proprioseiopsis (Amblyseiulus) messor.—Karg, 1989a: 212.Proprioseiopsis messor.—Moraes et al., 1986: 117; 2004: 180; Chant & McMurtry, 2005a: 15; 2007: 89; Faraji et al., 2007:

235; Moraes et al., 2007: 16; Guanilo et al., 2008c: 9; Papadoulis et al., 2009: 69; Ferragut et al., 2010: 98; Negm et al., 2012a: 62; 2012b: 265; Barbar, 2013: 252; Tixier et al., 2013: 113.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) apheles van der Merwe, 1968: 121. (synonymy by Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 88).Amblyseius lindquisti Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 246; Athias-Henriot, 1966: 190; Zaher, 1986: 101. (synonymy by Abbasova,

1972: 18).Proprioseiopsis (Amblyseiulus) lindquisti.—Karg, 1989a: 212.Proprioseiopsis lindquisti.—Moraes et al., 1986: 117; Congdon, 2002: 13; Moraes et al., 2004: 181; Chant & McMurtry,

2005a: 15; 2007: 89.

Female (three specimens).

Dorsal shield mostly smooth, with sparse striae anterolaterally to s4; 482 (460–497) long and 316 (312–325)

wide (Fig. 20), with 16 pairs of setae, seven pairs of pores and seventeen pairs of lyrifissures. Setae j1 36 (36), j3

64 (55–73), j4 4 (4), j5 4 (4–5), j6 7 (7–8), J5 16 (16), z2 41 (38–44), z4 20 (18–21), z5 5 (5), Z1 11 (10–13), Z4 142

(138–146), Z5 241 (239–242), s4 117 (112–127), S2 15 (13–18), S4 14 (13–16), S5 27 (26–29), r3 30 (29–31), R1

18 (18). All dorsal setae smooth, except Z4 and Z5, slightly serrate. Peritreme extending forward to level of j1.

Venter (Fig. 21). Sternal shield mostly smooth, with few anterolateral striae, with three pairs of setae and two

pairs of lyrifissures. Distances between st1–st1 60 (57–62), st2–st2 80 (70–88), st3–st3 101 (96–107), st4–st4 122

(117–127). Genital shield smooth, with lateral extensions; distance between st5–st5 110 (107–112). Ventrianal

shield subpentagonal, with transverse striae; 158 (151–166) long, 156 (151–164) wide at level of ZV2 and 143

(135–148) wide at level of anus; with three pairs of pre-anal setae and a pair of pre-anal pores. Seta JV5 99

(96–101). Ventral setae smooth. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca (Fig. 23). Calyx of spermatheca bell-shaped, 25 (23–26) long; atrium attached directly to calyx.


corniculi 10. Movable cheliceral digit 33 (31–34), with one tooth; fixed digit 34 (34) long, with three teeth (Fig.

22).

Legs. Macrosetae sharp-tipped: Sge III 51 (49–52), Sge IV 101 (96–104), Sti IV 79 (73–83), St IV 84 (78–88)

(Fig. 24); chaetotaxy of genu II 2, 2/1, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1, 2/0, 1.

Male (one specimen).

Dorsal shield pattern as in female; 406 long and 260 wide. Setae j1 26, j3 47, j4 5, j5 4, j6 8, J5 13, z2 34, z4

21, z5 4, Z1 9, Z4 107, Z5 153, s4 104, S2 10, S4 10, S5 16, r3 23, R1 18. All dorsal setae smooth, except Z4 and Z5,

slightly serrate. Peritreme extending to region between j1 and j3.


subtriangular, strongly reticulate; 164 long and 203 wide at anterior corners (Fig. 26); with three pairs of pre-anal

setae, a pair of pre-anal pores and four pairs of lyrifissures. Seta JV5 70.

Gnathosoma. Movable cheliceral digit 26 long, with one tooth; fixed digit 24 long, with three teeth; dorsal and

lateral lyrifissures distinct. Shaft of spermatodactyl 13, foot 23 long (Fig. 25).

Legs. Macrosetae sharp-tipped: Sge III 31, Sge IV 81, Sti IV 52, St IV 65; chaetotaxy of genua II and III as in

female.

Specimens examined. Three females and one male from soil under mango tree, at Ismailia governorate, June

1980 (coll. M.A. Zaher).


FIGURES 20–26. Proprioseiopsis messor: 20. Female dorsal shield; 21. Female ventral shields; 22. Female chelicera; 23. Spermatheca; 24. Genu, tibia and basitarsus of female leg IV; 25. Spermatodactyl; 26. Male ventrianal shield.


Previous records from Egypt. Asyut, Beni Suef, Damietta and Qualyubia governorates (Nasr et al., 2011);

Dakahlia and Ismailia governorates (Zaher, 1986); Monufia governorate (Zaher, 1986; Nasr et al., 2011).

Remarks. Proprioseiopsis messor was originally described from the holotype female collected in the

Democratic Republic of Georgia. The original description was rather detailed, with illustrations and setal

measurements. Amblyseius lindquisti was originally described from the holotype female and two paratype females

collected in California, USA. The original description was also quite detailed, with illustrations and setal

measurements. The longer setae of the females examined are 1.2–1.6 times as long as the corresponding

measurements provided by Ferragut et al. (2010). This difference could be due to the larger size of specimens

examined in this study. Measurements of the specimens examined are close to those provided by Zaher (1986).

Proprioseiopsis ovatus (Garman)

Amblyseiopsis ovatus Garman, 1958: 78.Amblyseiulus cannaensis Muma, 1962: 4. (synonymy by Denmark & Evans, 2011: 214).Amblyseiulus ovatus.—Muma, 1961: 278. Amblyseius (Amblyseius) ovatus.—Tseng, 1983: 42. Amblyseius (Amblyseius) peltatus van der Merwe, 1968: 119. (synonymy by Tseng, 1983: 42).Amblyseius hudsonianus Chant & Hansell, 1971: 723. (synonymy by Denmark & Evans, 2011: 214).Amblyseius ovatus.—Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 246; Chant & Baker, 1965: 17; Moraes & McMurtry, 1983: 133; Zaher, 1986:

102. Amblyseius parapeltatus Wu & Chou, 1981: 274. (synonymy by Tseng, 1983: 42).Iphiseius punicae Gupta, 1980: 213. (junior synonym of P. peltatus according to Gupta, 1986: 134).Proprioseiopsis antonellii Congdon, 2002: 15. (synonymy by Denmark & Evans, 2011: 418).Proprioseiopsis ovatus.—Pickett & Gilstrap, 1984: 127; Moraes et al., 1986: 121; 2004: 184; Chant & McMurtry, 2005a: 15;

2007: 89; Guanilo et al., 2008b: 13; 2008c: 10; Ferragut et al., 2010: 100; Denmark & Evans, 2011: 214; Negm et al., 2012a: 62; Oliveira et al., 2012: 13.

Proprioseiopsis (Proprioseiopsis) ovatus.—Karg, 1989a: 208.Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) ovatus.—Chant, 1959: 90. Typhlodromus ovatus.—Hirschmann, 1962: 2.

Previous records from Egypt. Giza governorate (Zaher, 1986).

Remarks. No additional specimens of A. ovatus were found in this study. It was originally described from the

holotype female collected in Ecuador. The original description was brief, with illustrations, but only with

measurements of idiosoma and posterior lateral seta; complementary descriptions were listed by Demite et al.

(2014).

Proprioseiopsis sharkiensis Basha & Yousef

Proprioseiopsis sharkiensis Basha & Yousef, 2000: 231; Moraes et al., 2004: 189; Chant & McMurtry, 2005a: 15; 2007: 89.

Previous records from Egypt. Sharkia governorate (Basha & Yousef, 2000).

Remarks. No additional specimens of this species were found in this study. It was originally described from

the holotype female and four paratype females collected in Zagazig, Sharkia governorate. The original description

was detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.

Tribe Euseiini Chant & McMurtry

Euseiini Chant & McMurtry 2005b: 191; 2007: 107.


Subtribe Euseiina Chant & McMurtry

Euseiina Chant & McMurtry 2005b: 209; 2007: 118.

Genus Euseius Wainstein

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) section Euseius Wainstein 1962a: 15.Euseius.—De Leon 1966: 86; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 209; 2007: 118.

Euseius hutu (Pritchard & Baker)

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) hutu Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 262; Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 88.Amblyseius hutu.—Zaher, 1986: 108.Euseius hutu.—Moraes et al., 1986: 47; 2001: 24; 2004: 71; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 215; 2007: 121.

Previous records from Egypt. Aswan governorate (Zaher, 1986); Beheira governorate (Zaher & Osman, 1970).


the holotype female, 51 paratype females and 14 paratype males collected in Rwanda. The original description was

detailed, with illustrations, but with only measurements of the idiosoma; complementary descriptions were listed

by Demite et al. (2014).

Euseius metwallyi Basha, Yousef & Mostafa

Euseius metwallyi Basha, Yousef & Mostafa, 2002: 30; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 215; 2007: 121.

Previous records from Egypt. Sharkia governorate (Basha et al., 2002).


the holotype female, four paratype females and four paratype males collected in Zagazig, Sharkia governorate,

Egypt. The original description was detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.

Euseius olivi (Nasr & Abou-Awad)

Amblyseius olivi Nasr & Abou-Awad, 1985: 246.Euseius olivi.—Moraes et al., 2004: 76; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 211; 2007: 121.

Previous records from Egypt. Fayoum governorate (Nasr & Abou-Awad, 1985).


the holotype female, nine paratype females and a paratype male collected in Fayoum governorate, Egypt. The

original description was detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.

Euseius scutalis (Athias-Henriot)

Typhlodromus scutalis Athias-Henriot, 1958: 183; Hirschmann, 1962: 3.Amblyseius gossipi El-Badry, 1967a: 177. (synonymy by Wysoki & Bolland, 1983: 92).Amblyseius scutalis.—Athias-Henriot, 1960a: 297; 1966: 221; Ueckermann, 1992: 149.Amblyseius (Amblyseius) scutalis.—Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 109.Amblyseius libanesi Dosse, 1967: 30. (synonymy by Wysoki & Bolland, 1983: 92).Amblyseius (Typhlodromalus) scutalis.—Muma, 1961: 288.Euseius plumerii Abo-Shnaf & Romeih, in Romeih et al. (2010a): 28 (new synonymy).


Euseius scutalis.—Çobanoǧlu, 1989b: 164; Moraes et al., 1986: 52; Ferragut & Escudero, 1997: 233; Swirski et al., 1998: 107; Moraes et al., 2001: 54; 2004: 82; Papadoulis et al., 2009: 28; Barbar et al., 2013: 251.

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) delhiensis Narayanan & Kaur, 1960: 5. (synonymy by Wysoki & Bolland, 1983: 92).Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) finlandicus rubini Swirski & Amitai, 1961: 196. (synonymy by Wysoki & Bolland, 1983: 92).

Female (holotype and one paratype female of E. plumerii and nine additional females).

Dorsal shield mostly smooth, with few lateral striae; 338 (324–350) [369, 358] long and 218 (183–237) [231]

wide, with 17 pairs of setae. Setae j1 38 (35–45) [43, 38], j3 42 (39–46) [45, 43], j4 21 (15–26) [24, 17], j5 21

(17–26) [25, 17], j6 34 (23–40) [33, 27], J2 43 (36–48) [48, 39], J5 6 (5–6) [6], z2 40 (35–44) [47, 40], z4 51 (45–56)

[62, 52], z5 16 (12–19) [20, 15], Z1 36 (26–44) [40, 32], Z4 36 (24–40) [35, 34], Z5 67 (62–71) [73, 66], s4 68

(62–72) [66, 72], S2 43 (38–55) [42, 40], S4 30 (26–33) [31, 21], S5 36 (32–38) [39, 33], r3 25 (23–27) [30, 23], R1

17 (15–25) [20, 16]. All setae smooth, except Z5, slightly serrate. Peritreme extending to region between z2 and z4.

Venter. Sternal shield smooth, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures. Distances between st1–st1

64 (61–66) [70, 65], st2–st2 69 (68–72) [73], st3–st3 85 (82–88) [91, 82], st4–st4 102 (88–126) [96, 75]. Genital

shield smooth; distance between st5–st5 81 (73–88) [79, 81]. Ventrianal shield vase-shaped, smooth; 114

(108–119) [121, 111] long, 58 (53–63) [65, 55] wide at ZV2 level and 75 (70–80) [82, 71] wide at level of anus;

with three pairs of pre-anal setae and a pair of pre-anal pores. Seta JV5 43 (36–49) [49, 47]. Ventral setae smooth.


Spermatheca. Calyx of spermatheca tubular 27 (18–46) [37, 36] long; atrium distinct.

Gnathosoma. Corniculi parallel to each other; adjacent to internal malae. Movable cheliceral digit 25 (24–26)

[26] long, with 1 [1] tooth; fixed digit 26 (25–28) [29, 27] long, with 2–6 [6, 2] teeth.

Legs. Macrosetae of legs II and III sharp-tipped; macrosetae of leg IV with hyaline tip, usually blunt and often

curved: Sge II 31 (28–32) [35, 32], Sge III 36 (34–39) [40, 37], Sti III 33 (31–35) [35], Sge IV 62 (57–68) [66], Sti

IV 47 (43–52) [52, 46], St IV 82 (77–92) [89, 82]; chaetotaxy of genu II 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1, 2/0, 1.

Male (one paratype male of E. plumerii and one additional specimen).

Dorsal shield pattern as in female; 235 [254] long and 187 [175] wide. Setae j1 26 [31], j3 34 [36], j4 14 [17],

j5 17 [18], j6 23 [30], J2 27 [25], J5 5 [5], z2 29 [31], z4 36 [36], z5 10 [15], Z1 19 [21], Z4 25 [26], Z5 40 [49], s4

50 [51], S2 26 [31], S4 20 [20], S5 23 [27], r3 22 [22], R1 13 [22]. All setae smooth, except Z5, slightly serrate.

Peritreme extending to region between z2 and z4.

Venter. Distances between st1–st1 51 [48], st2–st2 56 [54], st3–st3 53 [59], st4–st4 51 [56], st5–st5 40 [46].

Ventrianal shield subtriangular, smooth; 103 [105] long and 144 [147] wide at anterior corners; with three pairs of

pre-anal setae and a pair of pre-anal pores. Seta JV5 29 [31].

Gnathosoma. Movable cheliceral digit 20 [21] long, with 1 [1] tooth; fixed digit 21 [21] long, with 2–3 [3]

teeth. Shaft of spermatodactyl 30 [32] long.

Legs. Shape of macrosetae as in female: Sge II 25 [25], Sge III 28 [31], Sti III 26 [27], Sge IV 45 [49], Sti IV 37

[36], St IV 62 [61]; chaetotaxy of genua II and III as in female.

Specimens examined. Holotype female and one paratype male of E. plumerii from P. alba leaves, at the

Faculty of Agriculture Farm, Cairo University, Giza governorate, February 2006 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); one

paratype female from rose leaves, at Orman Botanical Garden, Giza governorate, November 2006 (coll. R.I.A.

Abo-Shnaf); one female from soil under apricot tree, at Fedemeine village, Senuris, Fayoum governorate, July

1965 (coll. M.A. Zaher); one female from D. erecta, at the Faculty of Agriculture Farm, Cairo University, Giza

governorate, December 1984 (coll. M.A. Zaher); two females from common bean plant, at Dokii, Giza

governorate, February 2009 (coll. M.M. Ghallab); one female from leaves of castor bean plant at same locality,

November 2012 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); four females from rose leaves, at the Faculty of Agriculture Farm, Cairo

University, Giza governorate, January 2013 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); one female from soil under castor bean plant,

at Monufia governorate, July 2012 (coll. A.K. Nasr); one female and one male from okra plant, at Qualyubia

governorate, August–October 2006 (coll. A.K. Nasr).

Previous records from Egypt. as E. scutalis—Asyut, Beni Suef, Damietta, Monufia and Qualyubia

governorates (Nasr et al., 2011); as A. gossipi—Kafr el-Sheikh governorate (El-Badry, 1967a); Qualyubia

governorate (Kandeel & Nassar, 1986); unspecified governorate (Yousef et al., 1976; Hoda et al., 1986; Zaher,

1986); as E. plumerii—Giza governorate (Romeih et al. 2010a, b).

Remarks. In contrast to what was reported by Zaher (1986), and similarly to what was reported by Moraes et

al. (2001), the specimens examined in this study do not have macroseta on genu I and have a distinct macroseta on


tibia III. Euseius scutalis was originally described from the holotype female, four paratype females and three

paratype males collected in Algeria. The original description was rather detailed, with illustrations and setal

measurements. Amblyseius gossipi was originally described from the holotype female and an unstated number of

paratype females collected in Sakha, Kafr el-Sheikh governorate, Egypt (mentioned as Sakha, Giza in the original

description). The original description was reasonably detailed, with illustrations, but only with measurements of

the idiosoma. Euseius plumerii was originally described from the holotype female and an unstated number of

paratype females and males collected in the Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University and Orman Botanical Garden,

Giza governorate, Egypt. The original description was rather detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.

Measurements of the specimens examined are close to those provided by Barbar (2013), except S4 (38 according to

that author).

Euseius yousefi (El-Borolossy)

(Figs 27–33)

Amblyseius yousefi El-Borolossy, in Nasr & Abou-Awad, 1985: 246; Zaher, 1986: 107.Euseius yousefi.—Moraes et al., 2004: 86.

Female (holotype and one paratype female and one additional female).

Dorsal shield mostly smooth, with few anterolateral striae; 356 [360, 374] long; 239 [217, 244] wide (Fig. 27),

with 17 pairs of setae, six pairs of pores and eight pairs of lyrifissures. Setae j1 42 [43, 44], j3 49 [55], j4 42 [42], j5

49 [46, 49], j6 73 [62, 62], J2 75 [72, 73], J5 5 [6, 5], z2 39 [45, 44], z4 68 [70, 73], z5 23 [21], Z1 42 [44, 47], Z4

75 [66, 68], Z5 86 [77, 78], s4 96 [91, 96], S2 78 [75, 78], S4 55 [51, 57], S5 57 [52, 60], r3 39 [40, 42], R1 26 [24,

29]. Dorsal setae smooth, except Z5, serrate. Peritreme extending forward to level between j1 and j3.

Venter (Fig. 28). Sternal shield smooth, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures, posterior margin

indistinct; st4 on metasternal shield. Distances between st1–st1 69 [68, 62], st2–st2 75 [76, 88], st3–st3 87 [100,

94], st4–st4 90 [109]. Genital shield smooth; distance between st5–st5 88 [95, 88]. Ventrianal shield vase-shaped,

smooth; 114 [116, 114] long, 65 [64, 65] wide at ZV2 level and 78 [82, 86] wide at level of anus; with three pairs of

pre-anal setae and a pair of pre-anal pores posteromesad of JV2. Seta JV5 60 [65, 62]. Ventral setae smooth. Two

pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca (Fig. 30). Calyx of spermatheca trumpet-shaped 10 [9, 10] long; atrium small.

Gnathosoma. Corniculi parallel to each other, adjacent to internal malae. Movable cheliceral digit 26 [27, 26]

long, with 1 [1] tooth; fixed digit 26 [28, 26] long, with 5 [5] teeth; dorsal and lateral lyrifissures distinct (Fig. 29).

Legs. Macrosetae blunt or with distal knob: Sge II 31 [31 34], Sge III 42 [41, 42], Sge IV 62 [65, 62], Sti IV 42

[45, 44], St IV 81 [81, 83] (Fig. 31); chaetotaxy of genu II 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/0, 2/1, 1.


Dorsal shield pattern as in female; 286 long and 194 wide. Setae j1, j5, j6, J2, z2, z4, z5, Z1, Z4, s4, S2, r3 and

R1 (broken); j3 41, j4 28, J5 4, Z5 54, S4 33, S5 36. Dorsal setae smooth, except Z5, serrate. Peritreme extending

forward to level between z2 and z4.


subtriangular, with transverse striae in the anterior two thirds (Fig. 33); 108 long and 169 wide at anterior corners;

with three pairs of pre-anal setae, a pair of pre-anal pores and two pairs of lyrifissures. Seta JV5 42.

Gnathosoma. Movable cheliceral digit 19 long, apparently with one tooth; fixed digit 21 long, apparently with

two teeth; dorsal and lateral lyrifissures distinct. Shaft of spermatodactyl 26 long (Fig. 32).

Legs. Macrosetae blunt or with distal knob: Sge II 29, Sge III 31, Sge IV 45, Sti IV 38, St IV 50; chaetotaxy of

genua II and III as in female.

Specimens examined. Holotype female, one paratype female and one paratype male from Zizyphus sp. leaves,

at Sohag governorate, December 1978 (coll. M.A. El-Borolossy); one female from Ficus sycomorus L.

(Moraceae), at Aswan governorate, November 1980 (coll. M.A. Zaher).

Previous records from Egypt. Sohag governorate (Zaher, 1986); unspecified governorate (Nasr & Abou-

Awad, 1985).


FIGURES 27–33. Euseius yousefi: 27. Female dorsal shield; 28. Female ventral shields; 29. Female chelicera; 30. Spermatheca; 31. Genu, tibia and basitarsus of female leg IV; 32. Spermatodactyl; 33. Male ventrianal shield.


Remarks. According to Nasr & Abou-Awad (1985), A. yousefi was first described in an unpublished MSc


Borolossy [sic] as the author) in a key to the Egyptian Amblyseius. That constitutes the original description of the


detailed redescription of the species, with illustrations and setal measurements, mistakenly mentioning Zaher & El-

Brollosy [sic] as the authors. Our measurements of the holotype are close to those reported by Zaher (1986) for a

single female, except z2 (37 according to that author).

Genus Iphiseius Berlese

Iphiseius Berlese, 1921: 95.Amblyseius (Iphiseius).—Muma, 1961: 288.Iphiseius (Iphiseius).—Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 298.

Iphiseius degenerans (Berlese)

Seius degenerans Berlese, 1889: 9. Amblyseius degenerans.—Zaher, 1986: 99; Papadoulis & Emmanouel, 1991: 36.Amblyseius (Iphiseius) degenerans.—Muma, 1961: 288. Iphiseius degenerans.—Chant, 1959: 110; El-Badry, 1970: 502; McMurtry, 1977: 24; Moraes et al., 1986: 61; 2004: 92;

Ueckermann, 1992: 149; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 217; 2007: 123; Papadoulis et al., 2009: 26; Ferragut et al., 2010: 70; Kreiter et al., 2010: 155; Faraji et al., 2011: 227; Barbar, 2013: 251.

Iphiseius (Iphiseius) degenerans.—Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 299; Ehara, 1966: 25; van der Merwe, 1968: 105.Iphiseius martigellus El-Badry, 1968c: 325. (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 217).Typhlodromus degenerans.—Hirschmann, 1962: 2.

Previous records from Egypt. Giza governorate (Zaher, 1986; El-Badry, 1970).

Remarks. No additional specimens of this species were found in this study. Iphiseius degenerans was

originally described from the holotype female collected in Italy. The original description was brief, with

illustrations but with no measurements; complementary descriptions were listed by Demite et al. (2014).

Tribe Neoseiulini Chant & McMurtry

Neoseiulini Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 6; 2007: 13.

Genus Neoseiulus Hughes

Neoseiulus Hughes, 1948: 141; Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 15; 2007: 22.

Neoseiulus aegyptocitri (Kandeel & El-Halawany)

Amblyseius aegyptocitri Kandeel & El-Halawany, 1986: 1.Neoseiulus aegyptocitri.—Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 21; Moraes et al., 2004: 98.

Previous records from Egypt. Qualyubia governorate (Kandeel & El-Halawany, 1986).


the holotype female and an unstated number of paratype females, collected in Qualyubia governorate, Egypt. The

original description was rather detailed, with illustrations but only with measurements of the dorsal shield.


Neoseiulus barkeri Hughes

Neoseiulus barkeri Hughes, 1948: 141; Ragusa & Athias-Henriot, 1983: 668; Moraes et al., 1986: 70; 2004: 104; Swirski et al., 1998: 108; Beard, 2001: 79; Denmark & Edland, 2002: 209; Guanilo et al., 2008c: 19; Papadoulis et al., 2009: 97; Ferragut et al., 2010: 78; Barbar et al., 2013: 253.

Lasioseius polonicus Willmann, 1949: 117. (synonymy by Nesbitt, 1951: 36; not synonym according to Chant, 1959: 61; Ragusa & Athias-Henriot, 1983: 660).

Typhlodromus (Neoseiulus) barkeri.—Nesbitt, 1951: 35; Ehara, 1966: 18.Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) barkeri.—Chant, 1959: 61. Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) barkeri.—Hughes, 1961: 222.Typhlodromus barkeri.—Hirschmann, 1962: 2; Chant, 1965: 364. Amblyseius mckenziei Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 268. (synonymy by Athias-Henriot, 1966: 215; Ragusa & Athias-Henriot,

1983: 668; Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 35).Amblyseius (Amblyseius) usitatus van der Merwe, 1965: 71. (synonymy by Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 148; Chant &

McMurtry, 2003: 37).Amblyseius oahuensis (Prasad, 1968: 1518). (synonymy by Ragusa & Athias-Henriot, 1983: 668; Chant & McMurtry, 2003:

37).Amblyseius picketti Specht, 1968: 681. (synonymy by Ragusa & Athias-Henriot, 1983: 669; Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 37).Amblyseius cydnodactylon (Shehata & Zaher, 1969: 177). (synonymy by Ragusa & Athias-Henriot, 1983: 668).Amblyseius mycophilus Karg, 1970: 290. (synonymy by Ragusa & Athias-Henriot, 1983: 668; Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 37).Amblyseius (Amblyseius) barkeri.—Ehara, 1972: 147; Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 147; Ehara et al., 1994: 124. Amblyseius (Amblyseius) pieteri Schultz, 1972: 17. (synonymy by Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 148; not synonym, according to

Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 37).Amblyseius barkeri.—Swirski et al., 1973: 70; Çobanoǧlu, 1989a: 55; Moraes et al., 1989: 95; Papadoulis & Emmanouel,

1991: 53; Wu et al., 1997: 81.Amblyseius masiaka Blommers & Chazeau, 1974: 308. (synonymy by Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 148; Chant & McMurtry,

2003: 37).Amblyseius sugonjaevi Wainstein & Abbasova, 1974: 796. (synonymy by Ragusa & Athias-Henriot, 1983: 669).Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) barkeri.—Karg, 1983: 313; 1991: 22; 1993: 179; Ehara & Amano, 1998: 34.Neoseiulus kermanicus Daneshvar, 1987: 14. (synonymy by Faraji et al., 2007: 233).

Female (six specimens).

Dorsal shield mostly smooth, with sparse median reticulations anterior to J2; 345 (327–379) long and 183

(172–200) wide, with 17 pairs of setae. Setae j1 19 (15–20), j3 25 (23–28), j4 20 (18–21), j5 18 (17–19), j6 20

(19–22), J2 25 (22–27), J5 13 (12–15), z2 23 (22–27), z4 24 (21–27), z5 20 (18–20), Z1 25 (23–28), Z4 38 (35–41),

Z5 55 (51–62), s4 29 (25–32), S2 29 (26–30), S4 26 (24–27), S5 22 (21–23), r3 22 (17–25), R1 20 (14–26). Dorsal

setae smooth, except Z5, faintly serrate. Peritreme extending to region between j1 and j3.

Venter. Sternal shield mostly smooth, with few lateral striae, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of

lyrifissures. Distances between st1–st1 51 (49–55), st2–st2 63 (60–64), st3–st3 74 (69–82), st4–st4 66 (61–78).

Genital shield mostly smooth, with lateral extensions; distance between st5–st5 59 (54–65). Ventrianal shield

subpentagonal, mostly reticulate; 119 (115–123) long and 100 (93–106) wide at ZV2 level and 93 (83–99) wide at

level of anus; with three pairs of pre-anal setae and a pair of pre-anal pores. Seta JV5 50 (47–55). Ventral setae

smooth. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca. Calyx of spermatheca tubular, flaring towards vesicle, 21 (20–22) long; atrium distinct.


7. Movable cheliceral digit 33 (31–34) long, with one tooth; fixed digit 32 (31–33) long, with three teeth.

Legs. Macroseta sharp-tipped: St IV 63 (60–65); chaetotaxy of genu II 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/0, 2/1, 1.

Specimens examined. One female, formerly identified as A. cydnodactylon by M.A. Zaher, from soil under

citrus tree, at Ashmoun, Monufia governorate, April 1977 (coll. M.A. Zaher); two females from soil, at Beheira

governorate, July 2001 (coll. A.H.M. Romeih); six females from soil, at Demu Village, Senuris, Fayoum

governorate, August and October 2006, May–November 2012 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); one female from soil, at

October 6 city, Giza governorate, October 2006 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); five females from soil, at the Faculty of

Agriculture Farm, Cairo University, Giza governorate, September 2005, February and May 2012 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-

Shnaf); one female from soil, at Dokii, Giza governorate, May 2012 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); 20 females from soil,

at Orman Botanical Garden, Giza governorate, May–November 2012 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); three females from

soil, at Qualyubia governorate, July–September 2006 (coll. A.K. Nasr); three females from soil, at Sharkia

governorate, April–July 2006 (coll. A.K. Nasr).


Previous records from Egypt. as A. cydnodactylon—Alexandria and Giza governorates (Shehata & Zaher,

1969); as N. barkeri—Asyut, Beni Suef, Damietta, Monufia and Qualyubia governorates (Nasr et al., 2011);

Fayoum and Giza governorates (Romeih et al., 2010b).

Remarks. Neoseiulus barkeri was originally described from the holotype female collected in England. The

original description was detailed, with illustrations, but with no measurements; complementary descriptions were

listed by Demite et al. (2014).

Amblyseius cydnodactylon was originally described from the holotype female, seven paratype females and six

paratype males, collected in the Faculty of Agriculture Farm, Giza governorate, and Burg El Arab, Alexandria

governorate, Egypt. The original description was quite detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.

Measurements of specimens examined in this work fit the corresponding ranges given by Ferragut et al. (2010).

Neoseiulus bicaudus Wainstein

Amblyseius bicaudus Wainstein, 1962a: 146; Athias-Henriot, 1966: 209; Karg, 1971: 210; 1982: 203; Livshitz & Kuznetsov, 1972: 26; Wainstein, 1977b: 240; Kolodochka, 1978: 34; Beglyarov, 1981: 41; Swirski & Amitai, 1985: 181; Miedema, 1987: 58; Papadoulis & Emmanouel, 1991: 56; Çobanoǧlu, 1993: 113; Swirski et al., 1998: 104.

Cydnodromus comitatus De Leon, 1962: 17. (synonymy by Abbasova, 1972: 18; Gilyarov et al., 1977: 386; Wainstein, 1977b: 240; not synonym, according to Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 21).

Typhlodromus bicaudus.—Hirschmann, 1962: 2.Amblyseius scyphus Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 274. (synonymy by Abbasova, 1972: 18; not synonym, according to Chant &

McMurtry, 2003: 23).Amblyseius (Amblyseius) bicaudus.—Ehara, 1966: 20; Arutunjan, 1969: 45; 1977: 38; Wainstein & Vartapetov, 1973: 102. Amblyseius micmac Chant & Hansell, 1971: 719. (synonymy by Congdon, 2002: 23; Denmark & Evans, 2011: 131; not

synonym, according to Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 23).Amblyseius (Amblyseius) hirotae Ehara, 1985: 119. (synonymy by Ehara & Amano, 2004: 5).Neoseiulus bicaudus.—Moraes et al., 1986: 72; 2004: 108; Congdon, 2002: 23; Denmark & Edland, 2002: 209; Chant &

McMurtry, 2003: 23; Papadoulis et al., 2009: 91; Ferragut et al., 2010: 80.Amblyseius (Typhlodromips) bicaudus.—Karg, 1991: 16; 1993: 183.


Dorsal shield strongly reticulate; 415 long and 207 wide, with 17 pairs of setae. Setae j1 25, j3 29, j4 14, j5 15,

j6 17, J2 18, J5 14, z2 23, z4 20, z5 13, Z1 23, Z4 37, Z5 77, s4 31, S2 33, S4 34, S5 41, r3 31, R1 28. Dorsal setae

smooth, except S4, S5, Z4 and Z5, faintly serrate. Peritreme extending to level of j3.

Venter. Sternal shield faintly reticulate, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures. Distances

between st1–st1 57, st2–st2 68, st3–st3 77, st4–st4 77. Genital shield reticulate; distance between st5–st5 74.

Ventrianal shield subpentagonal, strongly reticulate, 145 long, 120 wide at ZV2 level and 95 wide at level of anus;

with three pairs of pre-anal setae and a pair of pre-anal pores. Seta JV5 62. Ventral setae smooth, except JV5,

faintly serrate. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca. Calyx of spermatheca cup-shaped, 10 long.

Gnathosoma . Corniculi parallel to each other; basal width of corniculus 6, distance between bases of corniculi

6. Movable cheliceral digit 34 long, with one tooth; fixed digit 33 long, with 5 or 6 teeth.

Legs. Macroseta sharp-tipped: St IV 70; chaetotaxy of genu II 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/0, 2/1, 1.

Specimens examined. One female from soil under A. donax plant, at Senuris, Fayoum governorate, April

2001 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf).

Remarks. This is the first report of this species from Egypt. It was originally described from the holotype

female and nine paratype females collected in Kazakhstan. The original description was brief, but with illustrations

and setal measurements; complementary descriptions were listed by Demite et al. (2014). Measurements of the

single specimen collected are agree generally well with those of the original description of this species and with the

corresponding ranges given by Ferragut et al. (2010). The peritreme of the specimens collected is slightly shorter

than shown by Livshitz & Kuznetsov (1972) and Papadoulis et al. (2009), reaching only level of j3.


Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor)

Lasioseius marinus Willmann 1952: 146. (synonymy by Chant, 1959: 79; not synonym, according to Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 271 and Tixier et al., 2008: 463).

Typhlodromus californicus McGregor, 1954: 89; 1956: 8.Typhlodromus mungeri.—McGregor, 1954: 92. (synonymy by Athias-Henriot, 1959: 137; Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 271;

McMurtry, 1977: 21; Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 21).Typhlodromus chilenensis Dosse, 1958: 55. (synonymy by Athias-Henriot, 1977: 62; El-Banhawy, 1979: 113; McMurtry &

Badii, 1989: 399; Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 21; not synonym, according to Gonzalez & Schuster, 1962: 11).Amblyseius californicus.—Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 271; McMurtry, 1977: 21; El-Banhawy, 1979: 113; Pickett & Gilstrap,

1984: 126.Cydnodromus californicus.—Athias-Henriot, 1977: 62.Neoseiulus californicus.—Moraes et al., 1986: 73; 2004: 109; McMurtry & Badii, 1989: 398; Denmark, et al., 1999: 71; Chant

& McMurtry, 2003: 21; Guanilo et al., 2008b: 27; 2008c: 19; Tixier et al., 2008: 455; Papadoulis et al., 2009: 89; Ferragut et al., 2010: 82; Xu et al., 2013: 332.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) californicus.—Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 150; Ehara et al., 1994: 126.Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) californicus.—Ehara & Amano, 1998: 33.

Female (five specimens).

Dorsal shield strongly reticulate; 379 (345–399) long and 178 (173–180) wide, with 17 pairs of setae. Setae j1

24 (23–25), j3 35 (34–37), j4 25 (24–26), j5 26 (25–27), j6 30 (30–31), J2 33 (31–35), J5 14 (14), z2 33 (31–36), z4

34 (32–36), z5 26 (25–26), Z1 33 (31–34), Z4 53 (46–57), Z5 71 (63–77), s4 42 (41–44), S2 42 (40–44), S4 39

(36–41), S5 32 (30–33), r3 26 (23–27), R1 24 (23–26). Dorsal setae smooth, except Z4 and Z5, serrate. Peritreme

extending forward to level of j1.

Venter. Sternal shield strongly reticulate, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures. Distances

between st1–st1 55 (51–59), st2–st2 62 (60–63), st3–st3 73 (69–75), st4–st4 94 (72–112). Genital shield striate;

distance between st5–st5 70 (66–74). Ventrianal shield subpentagonal, reticulate; 127 (120–137) long, 110

(102–117) wide at ZV2 level and 97 (80–105) wide at level of anus; with three pairs of pre-anal setae and a pair of

pre-anal pores. Seta JV5 59 (57–60). Ventral setae smooth. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca. Calyx of spermatheca cup-shaped, 12 (11–13) long; atrium distinct.


corniculi 7. Movable cheliceral digit 28 (27–29) long, with three teeth; fixed digit 28 (27–29) long, with 4–5 teeth.



Dorsal shield pattern as in female; 296 long and 175 wide. Setae j1 20, j3 29, j4 21, j5 19, j6 24, J2 28, J5 12,

z2 25, z4 29, z5 18, Z1 25, Z4 49, Z5 57, s4 34, S2 35, S4 31, S5 27, r3 21, R1 22. Dorsal setae smooth, except Z4

and Z5, serrate. Peritreme extending to region between j3 and z2.


subtriangular, strongly reticulate; 113 long and 178 wide at anterior corners; with three pairs of pre-anal setae and a

pair of pre-anal pores. Seta JV5 36.

Gnathosoma. Movable cheliceral digit 22 long, with one tooth; fixed digit 23 long, with three teeth. Shaft of

spermatodactyl 18 long.

Legs. Macroseta sharp-tipped: St IV 41; chaetotaxy of genua II and III as in female.

Specimens examined. Two females from common bean leaves, at Senuris, Fayoum governorate, June 2007

(coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); three females and one male from strawberry leaves, at the Faculty of Agriculture Farm,

Cairo University, Giza governorate, June 2012 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); one female from S. nigrum leaves, at

Ismailia governorate, June 2007 (coll. A.K. Nasr).

Remarks. Neoseiulus californicus was originally described from the holotype male collected in California,

USA. The original description was reasonably detailed, with illustrations, but no measurements; complementary

descriptions were listed by Demite et al. (2014). This is the first report of this species from Egypt. Measurements

of the specimens collected are close to those provided by Schuster & Pritchard (1963) and Guanilo et al. (2008b).

As reported by those authors, the specimens examined in this study have a single macroseta, on basitarsus of leg IV.


Neoseiulus camarus (El-Badry)

Amblyseius camarus El-Badry, 1968b: 143; 1970: 503.Neoseiulus camarus.—Moraes et al., 1986: 75; 2004: 111; Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 23; 2007: 25. Amblyseius (Amblyseius) camarus.—Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 157.

Previous records from Egypt. Cairo governorate (El-Badry, 1968b).


the holotype female collected in Shubra, Cairo governorate, Egypt. The original description was reasonably


Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans)

Typhlodromus cucumeris Oudemans, 1930: 69; Nesbitt, 1951: 23; Hirschmann, 1962: 2; Spain & Luxton, 1971: 187. Typhlodromus thripsi MacGill 1939: 310. (synonymy by Evans, 1952: 416; Chant, 1959: 78; Schuster & Gonzalez, 1963: 185;

Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 277; Westerboer & Bernhard, 1963: 609; Schicha, 1976: 337; Chant et al., 1978: 1346).Typhlodromus bellinus Womersley, 1954: 177. (synonymy by Dosse, 1957: 307; Schuster & Gonzalez, 1963: 185; Schuster &

Pritchard, 1963: 277; Athias-Henriot, 1960a: 297; 1966: 207; Chant & Hansell, 1971: 721; Chant et al., 1978: 1346; not synonym, according to Schicha, 1976: 340).

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) cucumeris.—Chant, 1959: 78.Amblyseius (Typhlodromopsis) cucumeris.—De Leon, 1959: 113.Amblyseius (Amblyseius) cucumeris.—Wainstein, 1962b: 16; Ehara, 1966: 20; Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 147.Amblyseius cucumeris.—Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 277; El-Badry, 1970: 502; Livshitz & Kuznetsov, 1972: 25; Beglyarov,

1981: 39; Nasr & Abou-Awad, 1985: 246; Zaher, 1986: 111; Papadoulis & Emmanouel, 1991: 52; Swirski et al., 1998: 105.

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) cucumeris.—Westerboer & Bernhard, 1963: 609. Amblyseius coprophilus Karg, 1970: 289. (synonymy by Karg, 1971: 213; Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 21).Neoseiulus cucumeris.—Moraes et al., 1986: 76; 2004: 115; Beard, 2001: 103; Congdon, 2002: 23; Denmark & Edland, 2002:

211; Papadoulis et al., 2009: 79; Ramadan et al., 2009: 118; Ferragut et al., 2010: 84.

Female (two specimens).

Dorsal shield strongly reticulate; 351, 346 long and 182, 164 wide, with 17 pairs of setae. Setae j1 18, 16; j3

23, 21; j4 13, 12; j5 10, 9; j6 13, 11; J2 16, 14; J5 13, 11; z2 13, 12; z4 13, 12; z5 10, 8; Z1 16, 15; Z4 26, 24; Z5 60,

57; s4 18, 17; S2 21, 19; S4 21, 19; S5 26, 25; r3 23, 21; R1 21, 19. Dorsal setae smooth, except Z4 and Z5, slightly

serrate. Peritreme extending forward to level of j3.

Venter. Sternal shield smooth with few lateral striae, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures.

Distances between st1–st1 33, 30; st2–st2 60, 58; st3–st3 65, 61; st4–st4 70, 68. Genital shield weakly striate;

distance between st5–st5 68, 67. Ventrianal shield subpentagonal, reticulate; 117, 107 long, 96, 88 wide at ZV2

level and 81, 75 wide at level of anus; with three pairs of pre-anal setae and a pair of pre-anal pores. Seta JV5 39,

38. Ventral setae smooth, except JV5, slightly serrate. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca. Calyx of spermatheca saccular, 10, 9 long; atrium distinct.


corniculi 8. Movable cheliceral digit 31, 30 long, with one tooth; fixed digit 29, 28 long, with three teeth.

Legs. Macroseta sharp-tipped: Sge IV 34, 33; Sti IV 33, 32; St IV 49, 44; chaetotaxy of genu II 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1;

genu III 1, 2/1, 2/0, 1.

Specimens examined. Two females from mango leaves, at the Faculty of Agriculture Farm, Cairo University,

Giza governorate, June 1980 (coll. M.A. Zaher).

Previous records from Egypt. Fayoum governorate (Romeih et al., 2010b); Giza governorate (Zaher & El-

Badry, 1962; El-Badry, 1970; Zaher, 1986; Romeih et al., 2010b); unspecified governorate (Chant, 1959).

Remarks. Neoseiulus cucumeris was originally described from the holotype female collected in France. The

original description was brief, only with measurements of the idiosoma and no illustration; complementary

descriptions were listed by Demite et al. (2014). Our measurements are close to those reported by Zaher (1986) for

a single female, except s4 (40 according to that author).


Neoseiulus longispinosus (Evans)

Typhlodromus longispinosus Evans, 1952: 413; Hirschmann, 1962: 3.Amblyseius longispinosus.—Ehara, 1959: 288; Schicha, 1975: 103; Beglyarov, 1981: 36; Collyer, 1982: 192; Zaher, 1986: 110;

Schicha, 1987: 97; Schicha & Corpuz-Raros, 1992: 62.Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) longispinosus.—Chant, 1959: 74. Amblyseius (Typhlodromopsis) longispinosus.—Muma, 1961: 287. Cydnodromus longispinosus.—Muma, 1961: 290.Amblyseius (Amblyseius) longispinosus.—Ehara, 1966: 21; 1975: 29; Tseng, 1983: 57; Wu, 1984: 222.Amblyseius womersleyi Schicha, 1975: 101. (synonymy by Collyer, 1982: 192; not synonym, according to Tseng, 1983: 57).Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) longispinosus.—Gupta, 1985: 354; 1986: 116. Neoseiulus longispinosus.—Tenorio et al., 1985: 304; Moraes et al., 1986: 85; 2004: 129; Beard, 2001: 85; Chant & McMurtry,

2003: 37.

Previous records from Egypt. Fayoum governorate (Romeih et al., 2010b); Giza governorate (Zaher, 1986;

Romeih et al., 2010b).

Remarks. No additional specimens of this species were found in this study. Neoseiulus longispinosus was

originally described from the holotype female and two paratype females collected in Indonesia. The original

description was detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements; complementary descriptions were listed by

Demite et al. (2014).

Neoseiulus mumae (Shehata & Zaher)

(Figs 34–37)

Amblyseius mumae Shehata & Zaher, 1969: 175; Zaher, 1986: 109. Amblyseius mumi [sic].—Nasr & Abou-Awad, 1985: 245.Neoseiulus mumae.—Moraes et al., 1986: 90; 2004: 134; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 29; Negm et al., 2012b: 265.Amblyseius (Amblyseius) mumae.—Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 130.


Dorsal shield (Fig. 34) mostly smooth with few lateral striae anterior to S2; 364, 336 long and 195, 181 wide;

with 17 pairs of setae, three pairs of pores and eleven pairs of lyrifissures. Setae j116; j3 23, 20; j4 18; j5 18, 17; j6

18, 17; J2 23, 20; J5 13, 12; z2 23, 22; z4 23, 20; z5 18, 17; Z1 23; Z4 39, 38; Z5 55, 52; s4 29, 27; S2 26, 25; S4 26,

24; S5 23, 22; r3 26; R1 23, 21. All setae smooth, except Z4 and Z5, serrate. Peritreme extending forward to level of

j1.

Venter (Fig. 35). Sternal shield mostly smooth, with few lateral striae; region anterior to st1 lightly striate;

posterior margin slightly concave. Distances between st1–st1 55, 52; st2–st2 65, 63; st3–st3 73, 70; st4–st4 68, 65.

Genital shield smooth; distance between st5–st5 62, 59. Ventrianal shield subpentagonal, mostly reticulate; 120,

114 long, 104, 99 wide at ZV2 level and 88 wide at level of anus; with three pairs of pre-anal setae and a pair of pre-

anal pores posteromesad of JV2. Seta JV5 55, 47. Ventral setae smooth. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca (Fig. 36). Calyx of spermatheca tubular, flaring slightly toward vesicle, 23, 21 long; atrium

distinct.


9. Movable cheliceral digit 31, 27 long, without teeth; fixed digit 31, 28 long, with two teeth.

Legs (Fig. 37). No leg macrosetae; chaetotaxy of genu II: 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1; genu III: 1, 2/0, 2/1, 1.

Specimens examined. One female from soil, at Asyut governorate, December 1977 (coll. M.A. Zaher); one

female from soil under grapevine tree, at Giza governorate, June 1978 (coll. M.A. Zaher).

Previous records from Egypt. Giza governorate (Shehata & Zaher, 1969; Zaher, 1986); Qualyubia

governorate (Zaher, 1986); unspecified governorate (Yousef et al., 1976).

Remarks. This species was originally described from the holotype female collected in the Faculty of

Agriculture Farm, Giza governorate, Egypt. The original description was rather detailed, with illustrations and setal

measurements. Measurements of the specimens examined are close to those of the original description.


FIGURES 34–37. Neoseiulus mumae: 34. Female dorsal shield; 35. Female ventral shields; 36. Spermatheca; 37. Genu, tibia and basitarsus of female leg IV.


Neoseiulus orientalis (El-Halawany & Kandeel)

Amblyseius orientalis El-Halawany & Kandeel, 1985: 116.Neoseiulus orientalis.—Moraes et al., 2004: 136.

Previous records from Egypt. Cairo governorate (El-Halawany & Kandeel, 1985).


the holotype female and three paratype females collected in Cairo governorate, Egypt. The original description was

rather detailed, with illustrations, but only with dorsal shield measurements.

Neoseiulus reticulatus (Oudemans)

Typhlodromus reticulatus Oudemans, 1930: 70; Hirschmann, 1962: 2.Typhlodromus (Neoseiulus) reticulatus.—Nesbitt, 1951: 37. Amblyseius reticulatus.—Athias-Henriot, 1959: 145; El-Badry, 1970: 503; Beglyarov, 1981: 41; Yoshida-Shaul & Chant, 1983:

87; Nasr & Abou-Awad, 1985: 246; Zaher, 1986: 111.Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) reticulatus.—Chant, 1959: 76; Schuster & Smith, 1960: 184.Cydnodromus reticulatus.—Muma, 1961: 290.Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) reticulatus.—Westerboer & Bernhard, 1963: 603. Neoseiulus reticulatus.—Moraes et al., 1986: 94; 2004: 141; Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 23; 2007: 31.Amblyseius (Amblyseius) reticulatus.—Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 148.Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) reticulatus.—Karg, 1991: 21.


Dorsal shield strongly reticulate; 354 long and 182 wide, with 17 pairs of setae. Setae j1 18, j3 26, j4 18, j5 18,

j6 18, J2 23, J5 10, z2 18, z4 23, z5 18, Z1 26, Z4 36, Z5 57, s4 29, S2 26, S4 28, S5 18, r3 26, R1 21. Dorsal setae

smooth, except Z5, slightly serrate. Peritreme extending forward to level of j1.

Venter. Sternal shield smooth with few lateral striae, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures;

region anterior to st1 lightly striate. Distances between st1–st1 49, st2–st2 62, st3–st3 70, st4–st4 66. Genital shield

smooth; distance between st5–st5 60. Ventrianal shield sub-rectangular, with sparse transverse striae anteriorly to

pre-anal pores and reticulate posteriorly; 112 long, 104 wide at ZV2 level and 94 wide at level of anus; with three

pairs of pre-anal setae and a pair of pre-anal pores. Seta JV5 31. Ventral setae smooth. Two pairs of metapodal

plates.

Spermatheca. Calyx of spermatheca funnel-shaped, 21 long; atrium distinct.


8. Movable cheliceral digit 34 long, with one tooth; fixed digit 34 long, with five teeth.


Specimens examined. One female from soil, at Asyut governorate, December 1977 (coll. M.A. Zaher).

Previous records from Egypt. Giza governorate (Zaher & El-Badry, 1962; El-Badry, 1970; Zaher, 1986);

Sohag governorate (Zaher, 1986); unspecified governorate (Hassan et al., 1959).

Remarks. This species was originally described from the Netherlands. The original description was brief,

only with measurements of the idiosoma and no illustration; complementary descriptions were listed by Demite et

al. (2014).

Neoseiulus segnis Wainstein & Arutunjan

Amblyseius segnis Wainstein & Arutunjan, 1970: 1500; Wainstein, 1977b: 390; Beglyarov, 1981: 40.Amblyseius (Amblyseius) segnis.—Arutunjan, 1977: 38.Neoseiulus segnis.—Moraes et al., 1986: 95; 2004: 143; Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 35; 2007: 31.Neoseiulus seminudus Basha, Yousef, Ibrahim & Mostafa, in Basha et al., 2001: 375 (new synonymy).


Dorsal shield smooth; 312 long and 162 wide, with 17 pairs of setae. Setae j1 17, j3 22, j4 17, j5 17, j6 18, J2


20, J5 12, z2 21, z4 22, z5 18, Z1 22, Z4 30, Z5 44, s4 22, S2 26, S4 22, S5 20, r3 20, R1 20. Dorsal setae smooth,

except Z5, slightly serrate. Peritreme extending forward to level of j1.

Venter. Sternal shield smooth with few lateral striae, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures.

Distances between st1–st1 47, st2–st2 58, st3–st3 69, st4–st4 61. Genital shield smooth; distance between st5–st5

55. Ventrianal shield subpentagonal, with sparse transverse striae anteriorly to pre-anal pores and reticulate

posteriorly; 105 long, 91 wide at ZV2 level and 82 wide at level of anus; with three pairs of pre-anal setae and a pair

of pre-anal pores. Seta JV5 39. Ventral setae smooth. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca. Calyx of spermatheca saccular, 21 long; atrium distinct.


8. Movable cheliceral digit 31 long, with one tooth; fixed digit 30 long, with four teeth.


Specimens examined. One female from cucumber leaves, at Senuris, Fayoum governorate, September 2006

(coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf).

Previous records from Egypt. Gharbia governorate (Basha et al., 2001).

Remarks. Neoseiulus segnis was originally described from the holotype female and four paratype females

collected in Armenia. The original description was brief, but with illustrations and setal measurements. Amblyseius

seminudus was originally described from the holotype female and five paratype females collected in Zifta, Gharbia

governorate, Egypt. The original description was detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.

Measurements of the specimen collected are similar to those of the original description of A. seminudus, except

for S4; although it is described as 13 long in the text of the original description, the illustration shows it to be about

as long as S2 (22 according to the original description). Additionally, the specimens collected fit well the

description of N. segnis. The measurements of the specimen collected and of those of the original description of A.

seminudus are similar to those of the original description of N. segnis, except for Z4, Z5, s4, S2, S4 and macroseta

of basitarsus IV (respectively 42, 60, 33, 35, 30 and 75 in the type specimens). Those differences are attributed to

the larger size of the type specimen of A. segnis (according to the original description, dorsal shield 340 long and

190 wide), and thus A. seminudus is considered a junior synonym of N. segnis.

Neoseiulus sharonensis (Rivnay & Swirski)

(Figs 38–44)

Amblyseius sharonensis Rivnay & Swirski, 1980: 183; Swirski et al., 1998: 103.Neoseiulus sharonensis.—Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 16; 2007: 31; Moraes et al., 1986: 96; 2004: 143.Neoseiulus knappi Zannou, Moraes, Ueckerman & Oliveira, in Zannou et al., 2006: 257 (new synonymy).

Female. (five specimens).

Dorsal shield mostly reticulate (Fig. 38), smooth in region between j4/j5 and j6 and in a transverse band near

Z4; 382 (360–410) long and 200 (193–207) wide, with 17 pairs of setae, five pairs of pores and eleven pairs of

lyrifissures. Setae j1 30 (26–35), j3 47 (45–50), j4 26 (22–30), j5 31 (28–36), j6 41 (38–45), J2 51 (46–56), J5 15

(14–16), z2 44 (43–48), z4 48 (46–52), z5 29 (27–32), Z1 51 (45–57), Z4 70 (63–79), Z5 78 (70–90), s4 56 (61–55),

S2 57 (52–60), S4 58 (54–64), S5 54 (47–60), r3 49 (45–52), R1 51(47–53). Setae smooth, except Z4 and Z5,

lightly serrate. Peritreme extending forward to level of j1.

Venter (Fig. 39). Sternal shield smooth with lateral striae, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures;

region anterior to st1 lightly striate; posterior margin about straight. Distances between st1–st1 52 (49–55), st2–st2

65 (61–71), st3–st3 74 (69–78), st4–st4 82 (69–94). Genital shield weakly striate; distance between st5–st5 69

(60–83). Ventrianal shield subpentagonal; anterior margin slightly convex, with sparse transverse striae anteriorly

to pre-anal pores and reticulate posteriorly; 134 (125–145) long, 113 (109–119) wide at ZV2 level and 100

(94–104) wide at level of anus; with three pairs of pre-anal setae and a pair of pre-anal pores slightly posterior to

and mesad of JV2. Seta JV5 58 (57–60). Ventral setae smooth. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca (Fig. 41). Calyx of spermatheca bowl-shaped, 15 (14–16) long; atrium distinct.


corniculi 8. Movable cheliceral digit 34 (33–34) long, apparently with three teeth; fixed digit 32 (31–32) long,

apparently with 9–10 teeth; dorsal and lateral lyrifissures distinct (Fig. 40).


FIGURES 38–44. Neoseiulus sharonensis: 38. Female dorsal shield; 39. Female ventral shields; 40. Female chelicera; 41. Spermatheca; 42. Genu, tibia and basitarsus of female leg IV; 43. Spermatodactyl; 44. Male ventrianal shield.


Legs. Macrosetae sharp-tipped: Sge IV 35 (33–37), Sti IV 40 (39–41), St IV 71 (70–72) (Fig. 42); chaetotaxy of

genu II 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1, 2/0, 1.

Male. (one specimen).


z2 37, z4 40, z5 25, Z1 43, Z4 57, Z5 54, s4 46, S2 48, S4 44, S5 38, r3 41, R1 36. Setae smooth, except Z4 and Z5,

lightly serrate. Peritreme extending forward to level between j1 and j3.


subtriangular, reticulate; 116 long and 152 wide at anterior corners; with three pairs of pre-anal setae, a pair of pre-

anal pores and two pairs of lyrifissures (Fig. 44). Seta JV5 34.

Gnathosoma. Movable cheliceral digit 22 long and fixed digit 23 long (position not adequate to count number

of teeth). Shaft of spermatodactyl 23 long (Fig. 43).

Legs. Macrosetae sharp-tipped: Sge IV 23, Sti IV 23, St IV 50; chaetotaxy of genua II and III as in female.

Specimens examined. One female from cucumber leaves, at Cairo governorate, June 2005 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-

Shnaf); two females from cucumber leaves, at Senuris, Fayoum governorate, April 2006 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf);

one female from same substrate and locality, May 2012 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); one female and one male from

same substrate, at Giza governorate, June 2005 and June 2006 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); two females from eggplant

leaves, at same locality, July 2006 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf).

Remarks. Neoseiulus sharonensis was originally described from the holotype female and a paratype female

collected in Israel. The original description was detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements. This is the first

report of this species from Egypt. Neoseiulus knappi was originally described from the holotype female, 15

paratype females and four paratype males collected in Africa. The original description was detailed, with

illustrations and setal measurements. An examination of the type specimens of N. knappi showed this to be a

synonym of N. sharonensis. Measurements of the specimens examined are similar to those of the original

description of N. sharonensis, except for the longer j5 (about 24 in type specimens).

Neoseiulus sinaiticum (Amitai & Swirski)

Amblyseius sinaiticum Amitai & Swirski, 1982: 63; Moraes et al., 1986: 30.Phytodromus sinaiticum.—Denmark, 1993: 112.Neoseiulus sinaiticum.—Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 29; 2007: 31; Moraes et al., 2004: 144.

Previous records from Egypt. Sinai Peninsula (Amitai & Swirski, 1982).


the holotype female, a paratype female and a paratype male collected in Wadi Hashabe, southwestern Sinai

Peninsula, Egypt. The original description was detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.

Neoseiulus zaheri (El-Borolossy)

(Figs 45–51)

Amblyseius zaheri El-Borolossy, in Nasr & Abou-Awad, 1985: 246; Zaher, 1986: 114; Moraes et al., 2004: 55.

Female (holotype and one paratype).

Dorsal shield strongly reticulate; 359 [376] long and 175 [188] wide, with 17 pairs of setae, six pairs of pores

and ten pairs of lyrifissures (Fig. 45). Setae j1 21 [21], j3 22 [22], j4 13 [15], j5 13 [14], j6 15 [15], J2 18 [18], J5

12 [15], z2 15 [16], z4 18 [18], z5 13 [14], Z1 18 [19], Z4 30 [31], Z5 58 [63], s4 25 [25], S2 23 [26], S4 23 [25], S5

24 [28], r3 24 [26], R1 24 [26]. Setae smooth, except S4, S5, Z4 and Z5, lightly serrate; setae S4, S5 and Z4 set on

tubercles. Peritreme extending forward almost to level of j3.

Venter (Fig. 46). Sternal shield strongly reticulate, posterior margin slightly concave, with three pairs of setae

and two pairs of lyrifissures. Distances between st1–st1 51 [52], st2–st2 52 [62], st3–st3 66 [68], st4–st4 75 [75].

Genital shield with longitudinal striae; distance between st5–st5 63 [71]. Ventrianal shield subpentagonal,

reticulate; 114 [128] long, 99 [108] wide at ZV2 level and 79 [90] wide at level of anus; with three pairs of pre-anal


FIGURES 45–51. Neoseiulus zaheri: 45. Female dorsal shield; 46. Female ventral shields; 47. Female chelicera; 48. Spermatheca; 49. Genu, tibia and basitarsus of female leg IV; 50. Spermatodactyl; 51. Male ventrianal shield.


setae and a pair of pre-anal pores posteromesad of JV2. Seta JV5 36 [42]. Ventral setae smooth, except JV5, serrate.


Spermatheca (Fig. 48). Calyx of spermatheca saccular, 10 [13] long; atrium distinct.


Movable cheliceral digit 32 [32] long, with 1 [1] tooth; fixed digit 28 [32] long, with 7 [7] teeth; dorsal and lateral

lyrifissures distinct (Fig. 47).

Legs. Macroseta sharp-tipped: St IV 46 [46] (Fig. 49); chaetotaxy of genu II 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1, 2/0,

1.



z2 13, z4 15, z5 12, Z1 15, Z4 28, Z5 41, s4 21, S2 18, S4 21, S5 21, r3 21, R1 18. Setae smooth, except S4, S5, Z4

and Z5, lightly serrate; setae S4, S5 and Z4 set on tubercles. Peritreme extending forward to z2.


subtriangular, strongly reticulate (Fig. 51); 106 long and 141 wide at anterior corners; with three pairs of pre-anal

setae, a pair of pre-anal pores and three pairs of lyrifissures. Seta JV5 26.

Gnathosoma. Movable cheliceral digit 22 long, with one tooth; fixed digit 23 long, with four teeth; lateral

lyrifissures distinct. Shaft of spermatodactyl 23 long (Fig. 50).


Specimens examined. One female on a slide labeled “H” [probably “holotype”], one female and one male on

a slide labeled “A” [probably “allotype”] (deposited at the mite collection of the Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo

University, Giza governorate, Egypt), from I. cylindrica, at Asyut governorate, November 1978 (coll. M.A. El-

Borolossy).

Previous records from Egypt. Asyut governorate (Zaher, 1986; Nasr et al., 2011); Beni Suef, Damietta,

Monufia and Qualyubia governorates (Nasr et al., 2011); unspecified governorate (Nasr & Abou-Awad, 1985).

Remarks. According to Nasr & Abou-Awad (1985), A. zaheri was first described in an unpublished MSc


Borolossy as the author) in a key to the Egyptian Amblyseius. That constitutes the original description of the


detailed redescription of the species, with illustrations and setal measurements, mistakenly mentioning Yousef &

El-Brollosy [sic] as the authors. This species was apparently described from the specimens examined in this study.

Measurements of the specimens examined are close to those reported by Zaher (1986) for a single female.

However, differently from what was shown in that publication, the type specimens examined in this study have

sternal shield strongly reticulate and genu III with seven setae.

Genus Paragigagnathus Amitai & Grinberg

Paragigagnathus Amitai & Grinberg, 1971: 327.Pamiroseius Wainstein, 1973: 954. (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 43). Afrogigagnathus Yousef, 1974: 381. (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 39).Phytocerus Amitai & Swirski, 1978: 124. (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 43). Ansaria Chaudhri, Akbar & Rasool, 1979: 63. (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 39). Amblyseius (Pamiroseius).—Karg, 1983: 313.

Paragigagnathus tamaricis Amitai & Grinberg

Paragigagnathus tamaricis Amitai & Grinberg, 1971: 327.Afrogigagnatus tawfiki Yousef, 1974: 381; Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 39; 2007: 31. (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 2003:

39).Paragigagnathus tawfiki.—Moraes et al., 2004: 160.

Previous records from Egypt. Giza governorate (Yousef, 1974).

Remarks. No additional specimens of this species were found in this study. Paragigagnathus tamaricis was


originally described from the holotype female, 34 paratype females and eight paratype males collected in Israel.

The original description was rather detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements. Afrogigagnatus tawfiki was

originally described from the holotype female collected in Giza governorate, Egypt. The original description was

reasonably detailed, with illustrations, but with measurements only of the idiosoma and palps.

Subfamily Phytoseiinae Berlese

Phytoseiini Berlese 1913: 11.Phytoseiinae.—Vitzthum 1941: 767; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 125.

Genus Phytoseius Ribaga

Phytoseius Ribaga 1904: 177; Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 232; 2007: 127.

Phytoseius balcanicus Wainstein

Phytoseius (Phytoseius) balcanicus Wainstein, 1969: 1743.Phytoseius (Pannaseius) balcanicus.—Moraes et al., 1986: 210.Phytoseius balcanicus.—Moraes et al., 2004: 232.Suspected junior synonym of Phytoseius finitimus Ribaga, 1904: 178. (Swirski & Ragusa, 1976: 120).


Dorsal shield mostly smooth, with few lateral striae anterolateral to Z4 and sparse median reticulation anterior

to j2; 272 (262–279) long and 144 (133–156) wide, with 16 pairs of setae. Setae j1 27 (23–29), j3 59 (54–62), j4 15

(15–16), j5 14 (13–16), j6 19 (17–21), J2 21 (20–23), J5 11 (11–12), z2 21 (17–24), z3 43 (38–49), z4 24 (22–28),

z5 14 (12–16), Z4 60 (56–65), Z5 89 (83–104), s4 88 (76–101), s6 99 (90–115), r3 48 (46–51), R1 26 (24–29).

Dorsal setae serrate. Peritreme extending to level of z3.


53 (52–56), st2–st2 64 (63–66), st3–st3 73 (70–77), st4–st4 88 (86–90). Genital shield smooth; distance between

st5–st5 60 (51–64). Ventrianal shield vase-shaped, smooth; 98 (92–101) long, 54 (51–57) wide at ZV2 level and 54

(51–56) wide at level of anus; with three pairs of pre-anal setae and no pores. Seta JV5 66 (60–74). Ventral setae

smooth, except JV5, serrate. One pair of metapodal plate.

Spermatheca. Calyx of spermatheca tubular, 16 (16–17) long; atrium distinct.

Gnathosoma. Corniculi slightly distally convergent; basal width of corniculus 3, distance between bases of

corniculi 8. Movable cheliceral digit 23 (22–24) long, with one tooth; fixed digit 23 (23–24) long, with 1–2 teeth.

Legs. Macroseta with tiny distal knob: St IV 34 (33–35); chaetotaxy of genu II 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/0,

2/0, 1.

Male (two specimens).

Dorsal shield pattern as in female; 205, 207 long and 118, 125 wide. Setae j1 15, 20; j3 42; j4 14; j5 14; j6 16;

J2 19, 21; J5 9, 10; z2 13, 17; z3 30, 36; z4 21, 22; z5 12, 14; Z4 36, 37; Z5 39, 48; s4 56, 57; s6 63, 67; r3 33, 37;

R1 16. Dorsal setae serrate. Peritreme extending to level of s4.

Venter. Distances between st1–st1 46, 48; st2–st2 50, 51; st3–st3 55, 60; st4–st4 48, 53; st5–st5 39, 42.

Ventrianal shield subtriangular, with transverse striae in the anterior two thirds; 82, 86 long and 94, 128 wide at

anterior corners; with three pairs of pre-anal setae and no pores. Seta JV5 31, 34.

Gnathosoma. Movable cheliceral digit 18 long, with one tooth; fixed digit 18, 19 long, with two teeth. Shaft of

spermatodactyl 14, 16; foot 12 long.

Legs. Macroseta with tiny distal knob: St IV 25, 27; chaetotaxy of genua II and III as in female.

Specimens examined. Two females from E. crassipes leaves, at Damietta governorate, February 2001 (coll.

A.K. Nasr); six females and two males from fig leaves, at Senuris, Fayoum governorate, June–August 2012 (coll.

R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); three females from apple leaves, at same locality, June and November 2012 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-


Shnaf); one female from same substrate, at the Faculty of Agriculture Farm, Cairo University, Giza governorate,

June 2012 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); one female from soil, at Dokii, Giza governorate, September 2012 (coll. R.I.A.

Abo-Shnaf); two females from Rumex vesicarius L. (Polygonaceae) soil and leaves, at Qualyubia governorate, July

2004 (coll. A.K. Nasr); one female from manure, at same locality, February 2006 (coll. A.K. Nasr); one female

from eggplant leaves, at same locality, August 2006 (coll. M.A. El-Borolossy).


female, a paratype female and two paratype males collected in Greece. The original description was brief, but with

illustrations and setal measurements. Measurements of the female examined are close to the original description,

which mention the presence of macrosetae on genu and tibia of leg IV. Setae of similar measurements were also

observed on genu and tibia of leg IV of the specimens collected, but we do not consider them to be macrosetae.

This species is probably a senior synonym of Phytoseius (Pennaseius) tropicalis Daneshvar, 1987, which was

compared only with P. plumifer in the original description.

Phytoseius finitimus Ribaga

Phytoseius finitimus Ribaga, 1904: 178; Nesbitt, 1951: 58; Wysoki & Swirski, 1971: 60; Swirski & Amitai, 1985: 184; Zaher, 1986: 116; Çobanoǧlu, 1989a: 60; Moraes et al., 2004: 252; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 129; Kreiter et al., 2010: 160; Faraji et al., 2011: 230; Barbar, 2013: 254; Tixier et al., 2013: 113.

Kampimodromus dubinini Beglyarov, 1958: 116. (synonymy by Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 224).Phytoseius (Dubininellus) finitimus.—Wainstein, 1959: 1361. Phytoseius (Pennaseius) finitimus.—Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 224; Ehara, 1966: 25; Moraes et al., 1986: 216.Pennaseius finitimus.—Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 279.Phytoseius (Phytoseius) finitimus.—Denmark, 1966: 16; Swirski & Ragusa, 1976: 119.Suspected senior synonym of Phytoseius (Phytoseius) balcanicus Wainstein, 1969: 1743. (Swirski & Ragusa, 1976: 120).Gamasus plumifer Canestrini & Fanzago, 1876: 131. (synonymy by Wainstein, 1970: 1727; not synonym, according to Duso &

Fontana, 2002: 133; Faraji et al., 2011: 231).

Previous records from Egypt. Alexandria, Dakahlia and Minya governorates (Zaher, 1986); Asyut, Beni Suef,

Damietta, Monufia and Qualyubia governorates (Nasr et al., 2011).


the holotype female collected in Italy. The original description was very brief, with no illustration and with

measurements only of the idiosoma. No information about the types was provided. There is a great confusion in the

literature concerning the true identity of P. finitimus and P. plumifer and whether or not they are synonyms. These

have been considered synonyms by several authors (references in Demite et al., 2014), but Duso & Fontana (2002)

considered them to be different species. The latter interpretation is adopted in this publication. Based on the

illustration provided by E1-Badry (1970), it seems that the species he reported as P. plumifer refers to P. finitimus,

which was reported from Egypt by Zaher (1986). Nothing can be said about the reports of P. plumifer by El-Badry

(1967a), Rasmy & Abou-Awad (1972) and Yousef et al. (1976), given that morphological characteristics of the

specimens they examined were not provided. Thus, P. plumifer is not included in this publication, because

available evidence suggests that reports of this species in Egypt actually correspond to P. finitimus. The most recent

complementary description of specimens reported as P. finitimus, from Syria, was provided by Barbar (2013).

Although measurements were not given by Zaher (1986), his illustration of P. finitimus seems to fit the

complementary description of Barbar (2013).

Phytoseius kassasini Basha & Yousef

Phytoseius kassasini Basha & Yousef, 2000: 233.


Dorsal shield mostly smooth, with few striae anterolaterad of Z4 and sparse median reticulation anterior to j2;

289, 294 long and 146, 148 wide, with 16 pairs of setae. Setae j1 29, 31; j3 49, 60; j4 14, 16; j5 14, 16; j6 20, 23; J2

21, 26; J5 10, 16; z2 18; z3 44; z4 20, 21; z5 14, 16; Z4 62, 68; Z5 88, 91; s4 96, 104; s6 112; r3 49; R1 26. Dorsal

setae serrate. Peritreme extending to level of z3.



57; st2–st2 65, 68; st3–st3 73; st4–st4 83. Genital shield smooth; distance between st5–st5 62, 64. Ventrianal shield

vase-shaped, smooth; 100, 101 long, 60 wide at ZV2 level and 57 wide at level of anus; with three pairs of pre-anal

setae and a pair of pre-anal pores. Seta JV5 65, 68. Ventral setae smooth, except JV5, serrate. One pair of metapodal

plates.

Spermatheca. Calyx of spermatheca tubular, 18 long; atrium distinct.

Gnathosoma. Corniculi slightly distally convergent; basal width of corniculus 3, distance between bases of

corniculi 8. Movable cheliceral digit 23, 25 long, with one tooth; fixed digit 23, 25 long, with 2–3 teeth.

Legs. Macroseta with tiny distal knob: St IV 36; chaetotaxy of genu II 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/0, 2/0, 1.

Specimens examined. Two females from L. camara leaves, at Dakahlia governorate, May 2006 (coll. R.I.A.

Abo-Shnaf).

Previous records from Egypt. Ismailia governorate (Basha & Yousef, 2000).

Remarks. This species was originally described from the holotype female and five paratype females collected

in Kassasin Horticultural Station, Kassasin, Ismailia governorate, Egypt. The original description was detailed,

with illustrations and setal measurements. The longer setae of the females examined are 1.2–1.5 times as long as

the measurements provided by Basha & Yousef (2000).

Phytoseius pesidiumii Nassar & Kandeel

Phytoseius pesidiumii Nassar & Kandeel, 1983: 1042; Moraes et al., 2004: 250; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 129.Phytoseius (Phytoseius) pesidiumii.—Moraes et al., 1986: 226.

Previous records from Egypt. Sharkia governorate (Nassar & Kandeel, 1983).


the holotype female and four paratype females collected in Sharkia governorate, Egypt. The original description

was detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.

Phytoseius solanus El-Badry

Phytoseius solanus El-Badry, 1968a: 1085; 1970: 496; Moraes et al., 2004: 256.Phytoseius (Pennaseius) solanus.—Moraes et al., 1986: 217.

Previous records from Egypt. Cairo governorate (El-Badry, 1968a).


the holotype female, 30 paratype females and an unstated number of paratype males collected in Shubra, Cairo

governorate, Egypt. The original description was rather detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.

Subfamily Typhlodrominae Wainstein

Typhlodromini Wainstein, 1962a: 26.Typhlodrominae.—Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 235; 2007: 131.

Tribe Metaseiulini Chant & McMurtry

Cydnodromellinae Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1986b: 2812.Metaseiulini Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 258; 2007: 162.


Genus Metaseiulus Muma

Metaseiulus Muma, 1961: 295; Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 263; 2007: 169; Moraes et al., 2006: 351.

Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) pedoni (Zaher & Shehata)

Typhlodromus pedoni Zaher & Shehata, 1969: 56; Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1984: 2628; Zaher, 1986: 123.Galendromus (Cursoriseius) pedoni.—Moraes et al. 1986: 186.Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) pedoni.—Moraes et al., 2004: 285; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 174.

Previous records from Egypt. Alexandria governorate (Zaher & Shehata, 1969); Giza governorate (Zaher &

Shehata, 1969; Zaher, 1986); Sharkia governorate (Zaher, 1986).


the holotype female and five paratype females collected in Giza governorate and Burg El-Arab, Alexandria

governorate, Egypt. The original description was rather detailed, with illustrations of the dorsal and ventral

surfaces of the idiosoma, but with measurements of only dorsal and ventrianal shields.

Genus Typhlodromina Muma

Typhloseiopsis De Leon, 1959.—Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 205.T. conspicuus group Chant, 1959: 50; Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1983: 1041.Typhlodromina Muma, 1961: 297; Chant & McMurtry; 2007: 167.Typhlodromus conspicua group Muma & Denmark, 1969: 407.

Typhlodromina tropica (Chant)

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) tropicus Chant, 1959: 54.Paraseiulella tropica.—Muma, 1961: 294. Typhlodromus tropicus.—Hirschmann, 1962: 2; Chant, 1965: 364; Chant & Baker, 1965: 8; Collyer, 1982: 187; Zaher, 1986:

122.Typhlodromus aristidesi El-Banhawy, 1976: 532. (synonymy by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1983: 1047).Typhlodromus tropicus aristidesi.—Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1983: 1048. Typhlodromus tropicus tropicus.—Chant & Yoshida-Shaul,1983: 1047. Typhlodromina tropicus.—Aponte & McMurtry, 1993: 154.Typhlodromina tropica.—Ferragut & Peña-Estévez, 2003: 157; Moraes et al., 2004: 306; Guanilo et al., 2008a: 55.

Previous records from Egypt. Giza, Matrouh and Sharkia governorates (Zaher, 1986); unspecified governorate

(Zaher & Shehata, 1969).


the holotype female collected in Ecuador. The original description was reasonably detailed, with illustrations of

dorsal and ventral surfaces of the idiosoma and setal measurements; complementary descriptions were listed by

Demite et al. (2014).

Tribe Paraseiulini Wainstein

Paraseilini Wainstein, 1976: 697.

Genus Kuzinellus Wainstein

Kuzinellus Wainstein, 1976: 699.


Kuzinellus (Kuzinellus) Wainstein, 1976: 699.Kuzinellus (Hemiseiulus) Wainstein, 1976: 699. Paraseiulus (Hemiseiulus) Karg, 1983: 322.ecclesiasticus species group.—Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1986a: 448.

Kuzinellus niloticus (El-Badry)

Typhlodromus niloticus El-Badry, 1967b: 464; 1970: 500; Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1986a: 464.Paraseiulus (Hemiseiulus) niloticus.—Wainstein, 1976: 700. Seiulus niloticus.—Moraes et al., 1986: 231.Kuzinellus niloticus.—Moraes et al., 2004: 273; 2008: 18; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 143.

Previous records from Egypt. Cairo governorate (El-Badry, 1970).


the holotype female and a paratype female collected in North Sudan (mentioned as Khartoun, Sudan in the original

description). The original description was rather detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.

Genus Paraseiulus Muma

Paraseiulus Muma, 1961: 299; Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 243; 2007: 141.

Paraseiulus aegypticus (Basha, Yousef, Ibrahim & Mostafa)

Bawus aegypticus Basha, Yousef, Ibrahim & Mostafa, in Basha et al., 2001: 379.



the holotype female, three paratype females and six paratype males collected in the Faculty of Agriculture Farm,

Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharkia governorate, Egypt. The original description was rather detailed, with

illustrations and setal measurements.

Paraseiulus talbii (Athias-Henriot)

Typhlodromus talbii Athias-Henriot, 1960b: 75; McMurtry, 1977: 22; Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1982: 3024; Wu et al., 1997: 170.

Paraseiulus subsoleiger Wainstein, 1962a: 139. (synonymy by Rowell et al., 1978: 876; Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1982: 3025).Typhlodromus (Neoseiulus) talbii.—Ehara, 1966: 17. Paraseiulus talbii.—Wainstein & Arutunjan, 1967: 1769; Abbasova, 1972: 11; Beglyarov, 1981: 20; Miedema, 1987: 47; Karg,

1991: 28; 1993: 209; Tuovinen, 1993: 101; Moraes et al., 2004: 301; Guanilo et al., 2008c: 26; Papadoulis et al., 2009: 110; Ferragut et al., 2010: 138; Barbar et al., 2013: 254.

Typhlodromus tetramedius Zaher & Shehata, 1970: 117. (synonymy by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1982: 3025).Seiulus amaliae Ragusa & Swirski, 1976: 183. (synonymy by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1982: 3025).Paraseiulus (Bawus) talbii.—Wainstein, 1976: 699. Paraseiulus (Bawus) ostiolatus Athias-Henriot, 1978: 699. (synonymy by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1982: 3025).Bawus talbii.—Moraes et al., 1986: 180; Swirski & Amitai, 1990: 117; Swirski et al., 1998: 110.


Dorsal shield strongly reticulate; 412 (392–437) long and 226 (214–239) wide, with 20 pairs of setae. Setae j1

22 (21–23), j3 38 (31–41), j4 31 (28–34), j5 31 (29–34), j6 40 (39–42), J2 41 (39–43), J5 16 (15–19), z2 34

(30–36), z3 38 (34–42), z4 44 (40–47), z5 30 (29–31), z6 36 (32–40), Z3 40 (37–44), Z4 49 (45–52), Z5 51 (49–55),

s4 47 (42–49), s6 43 (40–47), S2 47 (41–50), S4 46 (44–47), S5 47 (43–49), r3 41 (39– 44), R1 37 (34–42). Dorsal

setae smooth, except Z5, serrate. Peritreme extending to region between j1 and j3.


Venter. Sternal shield smooth, with two pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures. Distances between st1–st1

53 (52–55), st2–st2 64 (61–68), st3–st3 95 (81–103), st4–st4 77 (86–120). Genital shield smooth, with lateral

extensions; distance between st5–st5 72 (68–73). Ventrianal shield vase-shaped, smooth, with few striae; 140

(133–143) long, 66 (60–70) wide at ZV2 level and 73 (70–78) wide at level of anus; with two pairs of pre-anal setae

and no pores. Seta JV5 51 (49–52). Ventral setae smooth. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca. Calyx of spermatheca cup-shaped, 14 (13–16) long.


Movable cheliceral digit 22 (20–23) long, with one tooth; fixed digit 22 (21–23) long, with three teeth.




z2 25, z3 29, z4 33, z5 23, z6 24, Z3 28, Z4 29, Z5 41, s4 35, s6 31, S2 35, S4 38, S5 38, r3 28, R1 26. Dorsal setae

smooth, except Z5, serrate. Peritreme extending to region between j3 and z2.


subtriangular, with few striae; 113 long and 139 wide at anterior corners; with two pairs of pre-anal setae and no

pores. Seta JV5 34.




Specimens examined. Two females from mango leaves, at Fayoum governorate, February 1980 (coll. M.A.

Zaher); one male, formerly identified as Typhlodromus tetramedius by M.A. Zaher, from same substrate, at Giza

governorate, November 1978 (coll. M.A. Zaher); one female from same substrate and locality, December 1979

(coll. M.A. Zaher); one female from C. variegatum leaves, at Orman Botanical Garden, Giza governorate, June

2012 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); one female from mango leaves, at Ismailia governorate, November 1978 (coll. M.A.

Zaher).

Previous records from Egypt. as T. talbii—Giza governorate (El-Badry, 1967a); as T. tetramedius—Fayoum

and Giza governorates (Zaher & Shehata, 1970; Zaher, 1986; Romeih et al., 2010b); Gharbia governorate (Zaher &

Shehata, 1970); Ismailia governorate (Zaher, 1986); unspecified governorate (Kandeel & Nassar, 1986).

Remarks. Typhlodromus talbii was originally described from the holotype female and one paratype male

collected in Algeria. The original description was quite detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements;

complementary descriptions were listed by Demite et al. (2014). Typhlodromus tetramedius was originally

described from the holotype female, seven paratype females and three paratype males collected from unspecified

localities in Fayoum and Giza governorates; Samannoud (middle of Nile Delta), Gharbia governorate; the Faculty

of Agriculture Farm, Cairo University, Giza governorate, Egypt. The original description was detailed, with

illustrations and setal measurements. The longer setae of the females examined are 1.2–1.5 times as long as the

corresponding measurements provided by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1982) for one of the syntypes of P. talbii. This

difference could be due to the larger size of specimens examined in this study. Measurements of the specimens

examined are also close to those provided by Zaher & Shehata (1970) for T. tetramedius.

Tribe Galendromimini Chant & McMurtry

Galendromimini Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 240; 2007: 137.Cydnodromellinae Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1986b: 2812.

Genus Cydnoseius Muma

Cydnoseius Muma, 1967: 274.

Cydnoseius negevi (Swirski & Amitai)

(Figs 52–56)


Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) negevi Swirski & Amitai, 1961: 194.Typhlodromus negevi.—Amitai & Swirski, 1966: 21.Typhlodromus (Neoseiulus) negevi.—Ehara, 1966: 19. Cydnoseius cordiae Muma, 1967: 276. (synonymy by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1986b: 2815; Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 241).Typhlodromus medanicus El-Badry, 1967c: 108. (synonymy by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1986b: 2815; Chant & McMurtry,

1994: 241). Typhlodromus zaheri El-Badry, 1967a: 182. (synonymy by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1986b: 2815; Chant & McMurtry, 1994:

241).Typhlodromus zaheri.—El-Badry, 1970: 499; Zaher, 1986: 130.Typhlodromus africanus Yousef, 1980: 122. (synonymy by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1986b: 2815; Chant & McMurtry, 1994:

241). Typhlodromus schusteri Yousef & El-Brollosy [sic], in Zaher (1986): 129. (synonymy by Kanouh et al., 2012: 266).Cydnoseius africanus.—Moraes et al., 1986: 184; 2004: 263.Typhlodromus cordiae.—Zaher, 1986: 128.Cydnoseius cordiae.—Moraeset al., 1986: 184; 2004: 263.Cydnoseius medanicus.—Moraes et al., 1986: 184; 2004: 263.Cydnodromella negevi.—Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1986b: 2815.Amblydromella negevi.—Moraes et al., 1986: 168.Cydnoseius zaheri.—Moraes et al., 1986: 184; 2004: 263.Cydnoseius negevi.—Swirski et al., 1998: 109; Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 241; Moraes et al., 2004: 263; Negm et al., 2012b:

263.Neoseiulella schusteri.—Moraes et al., 2004: 295.

Female (holotype females of T. medanicus and T. schusteri, and three additional females).

Dorsal shield strongly reticulate (Fig. 52); 368 (355–379) [398, 374] long and 181 (170–187) [185, 174] wide,

with 18 pairs of setae, six pairs of pores and eleven pairs of lyrifissures. Setae j1 21 (20–22) [21, 20 ], j3 23 (22–23)

[23, 22], j4 15 (14–16) [18, 15], j516 (15–16) [18, 16], j6 17 (16–18) [18, 18], J2 20 (19–21) [21, 20], J5 14

(12–16) [13, 11], z2 21 (20–21) [21, 20], z4 21 (20–21) [23, 20], z5 16 (15–16) [18, 16], Z1 20 (19–20) [21, 20], Z4

34 (31–36) [31, 31], Z5 58 (55–60) [62, 56], s4 22 (21–23) [23, 21], s6 23 (22–23) [23, 23], S2 24 (23–25) [26, 26],

S4 29 (27–30) [29, 28], S5 29 (27–33) [31, 28], r3 23 (23–24) [26, 24], R1 24 (22–25) [26, 23]. Dorsal setae

smooth, except Z5, serrate. Seta z3 absent. Peritreme extending forward to level between j1 and j3.

Venter (Fig. 53). Sternal shield strongly reticulate, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures.

Distances between st1–st1 53 (52–55) [55, 52], st2–st2 62 (60–63) [68, 62], st3–st3 69 (68–70) [72, 68], st4–st4 69

(61–83) [75, 72]. Genital shield smooth; distance between st5–st5 66 (63–70) [70, 68]. Ventrianal shield

subpentagonal, reticulate; 129 (125–134) [140, 138] long, 102 (101–105) [104, 103] wide at level of ZV2 and 83

(82–84) [83, 83] wide at level of anus; with three pairs of pre-anal setae and a pair of pre-anal pores slightly

posterior to and mesad of JV2. Seta JV5 37 (36–39) [39, 36]. Ventral setae smooth. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca (Fig. 55). Calyx of spermatheca cup-shaped, 9 (8–10) [8, 8] long; atrium nodular.


Movable cheliceral digit 33 (31, 34) [33, 31] long, with 1 [1, 1] tooth (Fig. 54); fixed digit 31 [31, 30] long, with 4

[4, 4] teeth; dorsal and lateral lyrifissures distinct.

Legs. Macroseta sharp-tipped: St IV 49 (47–51) [55, 53] (Fig. 56); chaetotaxy of genu II 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1; genu III

1, 2/0, 2/1, 1.

Specimens examined. Holotype female of Typhlodromus medanicus from cotton leaves, at Wad Medani,

Gezira state, Sudan, October 1966 (coll. E.A. El-Badry); holotype female of Typhlodromus schusteri from citrus

leaves, at Qualyubia governorate, July 1977 (coll. M.A. El-Borolossy); one female from soil under lawn grasses, at

Giza governorate, April 1977 (coll. M.A. El-Borolossy); one female from organic manure, at Nasser, Beni Suef

governorate, April 2001 (coll. A.H.M. Romeih); one female from soil under F. nitida, at Orman Botanical Garden,

Giza governorate, May 2012 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf).

Previous records from Egypt. as C. africanus—unspecified governorate (Yousef, 1980); as C. cordiae—Giza

and Matrouh governorates (Zaher, 1986); unspecified governorate (Muma, 1967); as C. negevi—Asyut, Beni Suef,

Damietta, Monufia and Qualyubia governorates (Nasr et al., 2011); as T. schusteri—Behira and Qualyubia

governorates (Zaher, 1986); Fayoum and Giza governorates (Romeih et al., 2010b); as T. zaheri—Giza

governorate (El-Badry,1970); Minya governorate (Zaher, 1986); Qualyubia governorate (El-Badry, 1967a); Siwa

Oasis (El-Badry, 1967a; El-Badry,1970; Zaher, 1986); unspecified governorate (Zaher & Shehata, 1969).


FIGURES 52–56. Cydnoseius negevi: 52. Female dorsal shield; 53. Female ventral shields; 54. Female chelicera; 55. Spermatheca; 56. Genu, tibia and basitarsus of female leg IV.


Remarks. Typhlodromus negevi was originally described from the holotype female and one paratype female

collected in Israel; T. africanus and T. schusteri were originally described from unstated numbers of types and from

unstated localities in Egypt; T. cordiae was originally described from the holotype female and 16 paratype females

and five paratype males collected in Pakistan; T. zaheri was originally described from the holotype female and an

unstated number of paratypes collected in Egypt. The original descriptions of T. negevi and T. schusteri were

detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements; the original description of T. africanus was reasonably detailed

and well illustrated, but with no measurements; the original descriptions of T. cordiae and T. zaheri were

abbreviated, with illustrations, but without setal measurements.

Measurements of the specimens examined in this study are close to measurements provided by Swirski &

Amitai (1961) and Swirski et al. (1998) for C. negevi. Swiski & Amitai (1961) reported that C. negevi has a

macroseta on tibia IV (44–50 long), a macroseta on basitarsus IV (26–29 long) and fixed digit with five teeth.

Swirski et al. (1998) reported the presence of a single macroseta, on basitarsus IV (43–56). Measurements of the

specimens examined are also close to those reported by Zaher (1986) for a single female.

Cydnoseius vitis Basha, Yousef, Ibrahim & Mostafa

Cydnoseius vitis Basha, Yousef, Ibrahim & Mostafa, in Basha et al., 2001: 377.



the holotype female and two paratype females collected in Zagazig, Sharkia governorate, Egypt. The original

description was rather detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.

Tribe Typhlodromini Wainstein

Typhlodromini Wainstein, 1962b: 26.

Genus Neoseiulella Muma

Neoseiulella Muma, 1961: 295; Denmark & Rather, 1996: 44; Chant & McMurtry 1994: 247.Typhloctonus (Typhloctonus).—Wainstein, 1977a: 1416.Typhloctonus (Neoseiulella).—Wainstein, 1977a: 1416.Typhloctonus (Tasmanidromus) Wainstein, 1977a: 1416.Seiulus (Typhloctonus).—Beglyarov, 1981: 19; Karg, 1983: 322.Heteroseiulus Lehman, 1982: 236. (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 247).Pegodromus Athias-Henriot & Fauvel, 1981: 71. (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 247).Shiehia Tseng, 1975: 48. (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 247).Typhloctonus Muma, 1961: 299; Chaudhri et al., 1974: 231; Denmark & Rather, 1984:163. (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry,

1994: 247).Typhlodromus (Nesbitteius) section Kallistoseius Wainstein, 1962b: 23. (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 247).Typhlodromus (Nesbitteius) section Nesbitteius Wainstein, 1962b: 23. (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 247).Neoseiulella (Neoseiulella) Denmark & Rather, 1996: 44.Neoseiulella (Typhloctona) Denmark & Rather, 1996: 44.

Neoseiulella neoviniferae Basha, Mahrous & Mostafa

Neoseiulella neoviniferae Basha, Mahrous & Mostafa, in Basha et al., 2004: 347; Kanouh et al., 2012: 322.



the holotype female and five paratype females collected in El-Khattara village, Faqous, Sharkia governorate,

Egypt. The original description was detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.


Genus Typhlodromus Scheuten

Typhlodromus Scheuten, 1857: 111.Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) De Leon.—van der Merwe, 1968: 20.

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) citri Hassan & Romeih

Typhlodromus citri Hassan & Romeih, in Romeih et al., 2005: 49.

Female (holotype).

Dorsal shield strongly reticulate; 365 long and 196 wide, with 18 pairs of setae. Setae j1 26, j3 31, j418, j5 20,

j6 27, J2 30, J5 11, z2 21, z3 27, z4 27, z5 20, Z4 57, Z5 67, s4 31, s6 36, S2 42, S4 35, S5 34, r3 32, R1 26. Dorsal

setae smooth, except Z4 and Z5, serrate. Peritreme extending to region between z3 and z4.

Venter. Sternal shield smooth, with few lateral striae, with two pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures.

Distances between st1–st1 56, st2–st2 64, st3–st3 73, st4–st4 81. Genital shield smooth, with lateral extensions;

distance between st5–st5 68. Ventrianal shield subpentagonal, with sparse transverse striae anteriorly and reticulate

posteriorly; 122 long, 91 wide at ZV2 level and 77 wide at level of anus; with four pairs of pre-anal setae and no

pores. Seta JV5 60. Ventral setae smooth. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca. Calyx of spermatheca fundibular, 17 long; atrium distinct.


6. Movable cheliceral digit 27 long, with one tooth; fixed digit 28 long, with three teeth.

Legs. Macroseta with distal knob: St IV 48; chaetotaxy of genu II 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1, 2/0, 1.


Dorsal shield pattern as in female; 265 long and 180 wide. Setae j1 19, j3 26, j4 16, j5 18, j6 19, J2 22, J5 9, z2

19, z3 20, z4 21, z5 16, Z4 43, Z5 51, s4 25, s6 30, S2 31, S4 28, S5 22, r3 23, R1 20. Dorsal setae smooth, except

Z4 and Z5, serrate. Peritreme extending to region between z3 and z4.


subtriangular, reticulate; 107 long and 149 wide at anterior corners; with four pairs of pre-anal setae and no pores.

Seta JV5 34.



Legs. Macroseta with distal knob: St IV 41; chaetotaxy of genua II and III as in female.

Specimens examined. Holotype female and one paratype male from citrus leaves, at Senuris, Fayoum

governorate, December 2003 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf).

Previous records from Egypt. Fayoum governorate (Romeih et al., 2005).

Remarks. This species was originally described from the holotype female and an unstated number of

paratypes collected in Fayoum governorate, Egypt. The original description was detailed, with illustrations and

setal measurements. Measurements of this species are close to those of the original description, except S4 (26 in

holotype).

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) egypticus El-Badry

(Figs 57–63)

Typhlodromus egypticus El-Badry, 1967a: 180; 1970: 498; Zaher, 1986: 134; Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 300.Typhlodromus balanites El-Badry, 1967b: 469; Zaher, 1986: 134 (new synonymy).Amblydromella balanites.—Moraes et al., 1986: 156. Amblydromella egyptica.—Moraes et al., 1986: 161.Typhlodromus mangiferus Zaher & El-Brollosy [sic], in Zaher, 1986: 132 (new synonymy).Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) egypticus.—Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 52; Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 254; Moraes et al., 2004:

322; Hernandes et al., 2012: 55.Amblydromella (Amblydromella) balanites.—Denmark & Welbourn, 2002: 307.Amblydromella (Amblydromella) egyptica.—Denmark & Welbourn, 2002: 307.


Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) balanites.—Moraes et al., 2004: 313; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 152; Hernandes et al., 2012: 54.Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) mangiferus.—Moraes et al., 2004: 336.

Female [holotypes of T. balanites and T. mangiferus (measurements mentioned in this order in square brackets),

and eight additional females].

Dorsal shield mostly reticulate (Fig. 57), smooth laterad of Z4 and mesad of s6; 339 (335–347) [374, 353] long

and 187 (176–197) [203, 188] wide, with 18 pairs of setae, four pairs of pores and eleven pairs of lyrifissures. Setae

j1 23 (16–25) [26, 18], j3 35 (30–40) [39, 38], j4 26 (23–27) [26, 24], j5 27 (25–31) [29, 26], j6 39 (37–42) [42,

39], J2 48 (42–51) [55, 47], J5 12 (11–13) [12, 11], z2 26 (23–28) [26, 23], z3 36 (33–39) [39, 37], z4 36 (33–39)

[42, 36], z5 29 (27–33) [29, 28], Z4 63 (57–65) [68, 64], Z5 58 (53–61) [65, 53], s4 42 (38–46) [67, 43], s6 55

(48–58) [57, 56], S2 61 (50–64) [70, 61], S4 64 (60–66) [70, 66], S5 9 (7–10) [10, 10], r3 30 (26–33) [31, 31], R1

34 (30–40) [34, 33]. Dorsal setae smooth, except Z5, serrate; most setae inserted on tubercles. Peritreme extending

forward to level of j1.

Venter (Fig. 58). Sternal shield smooth, with posterior margin indistinct; with three pairs of setae. Distances

between st1–st1 46 (43–48) [46, 44], st2–st2 58 (53–69) [55, 53], st3–st3 74 (66–83) [81, 73], st4–st4 88 (72–113)

[109, 88]; st4 inserted on platelets. Genital shield smooth; distance between st5–st5 62 (58–66) [65, 62]. Ventrianal

shield vase-shaped, smooth; 113 (101–119) [125, 118] long, 61 (55–65) [68, 64] wide at ZV2 level and 62 (57–66)

[70, 63] wide at level of anus; with four pairs of pre-anal setae and a pair of pre-anal pores posteromesad of JV2.

Seta JV5 56 (52–57) [60, 55]. Ventral setae smooth. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca (Fig. 60). Calyx of spermatheca cup-shaped, 14 (13–15) [17, 17] long; atrium distinct.


corniculi 6. Movable cheliceral digit 22 (21–24) [23, 22] long, with 3 [3, 3] teeth (Fig. 59); fixed digit 25 (24–25)

[23, 23] long, with 4 [4, 4] teeth; dorsal and lateral lyrifissures distinct.

Legs. Macroseta sharp-tipped: St IV 36 (33–38) [39, 38] (Fig. 61); chaetotaxy of genu II 2, 2/1, 2/0, 1; genu III

1, 2/1, 2/0, 1.

Male (one paratype of T. mangiferus and two additional males).

Dorsal shield pattern as in female; 283, 251 [250] long and 187, 157 [164] wide. Setae j1 21, 18 [17], j3 31, 20

[23], j4 23, 19 [19], j5 23, 21 [18], j6 29, 27 [25], J2 34, 31 [ 29], J5 10 [10], z2 23, 22 [20], z3 29, 27 [26], z4 31,

28 [27], z5 23, 22 [20], Z4 47, 40 [ 43], Z5 44, 38 [41], s4 34, 30 [33], s6 42, 35 [36], S2 44, 40 [42], S4 47, 42 [40],

S5 10, 9 [ 8], r3 29, 25 [24], R1 29, 27 [26]. Dorsal setae smooth, except Z5, serrate. Peritreme extending forward

to level of j1.

Venter. Distances between st1–st1 42, 43 [42], st2–st2 49, 37 [49], st3–st3 55, 51 [53], st4–st4 47, 46 [47],

st5–st5 40, 39 [40]. Ventrianal shield subtriangular (Fig. 63), lightly striate; 109, 101 [106] long and 135, 131 [127]

wide at anterior corners, with four pairs of pre-anal setae, a pair of pre-anal pores and three pairs of lyrifissures.

Seta JV5 31, 29 [29].

Gnathosoma. Movable cheliceral digit 22, 21 [21] long, with 1 [1] tooth, fixed digit 22, 23 [22] long, with 4 [4]

teeth. Shaft of spermatodactyl 57, 55 [55] long (Fig. 62).

Legs. Macroseta sharp-tipped: St IV 36, 30 [29]; chaetotaxy of genua II and III as in female.

Specimens examined. Holotype female of T. balanites from B. aegyptiaca, at Shambat city, North Sudan,

December 1966 (coll. E.A. El-Badry); holotype female, one paratype male and one male of T. mangiferus from

mango leaves, at Giza governorate, September 1977 (coll. M.A. El-Borolossy); one female from same substrate

and locality, February 1987 (coll. M.A. Zaher); one female from organic manure at Nasser, Beni Suef governorate,

April 2001 (coll. A.H.M. Romeih); two females from mango leaves, at Senuris, Fayoum governorate, December

2002 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); one male from same substrate and locality, July 2003 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); one

female from same substrate and locality, January 2004 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); one female from apple leaves, at

same locality, March 2003 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); two females from Z. jujube leaves, at the Faculty of

Agriculture Farm, Cairo University, Giza governorate, August 2001 (coll. M.M. Ahmed).

Previous records from Egypt. as T. balanites—Fayoum governorate (Romeih et al., 2010b); Giza

governorate (Zaher, 1986; Romeih et al., 2010b); as T. egypticus—Cairo governorate (Zaher, 1986); Giza

governorate (El-Badry, 1967a; Zaher, 1986); as T. mangiferus—Giza, Ismailia and Matrouh governorates (Zaher,

1986).


FIGURES 57–63. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) egypticus: 57. Female dorsal shield; 58. Female ventral shields; 59. Female chelicera; 60. Spermatheca of female showing variations in form; 61. Genu, tibia and basitarsus of female leg IV; 62. Spermatodactyl; 63. Male ventrianal shield.


Remarks. Typhlodromus egypticus was originally described from the holotype female and T. mangiferus from

an unstated number of type specimens, both from Giza governorate, Egypt. The original descriptions of T.

egypticus and T. mangiferus were reasonably detailed and illustrated; setal measurements were provided for T.

mangiferus but not for T. egypticus. Typhlodromus balanites was originally described from the holotype female, 34

paratype females and five paratype males collected in North Sudan. The original description was rather detailed,

with illustrations and setal measurements.

An examination of the type specimen of T. balanites showed this to be a junior synonym of T. egypticus. El-

Badry (1967a, 1970) reported the chelicera of T. egypticus to have no teeth [sic], while Chant & McMurtry (1994)

mentioned species of what they called the “egypticus species group” to have chelicera with few teeth [sic]. Despite

our effort, it was not possible to obtain types of T. (A.) egypticus for examination in this study. Thus, the new

synonymy proposed in this paper is based on an examination of types of T. mangiferus, on the original description

of T. egypticus, on the fact that both nominal species were described from the same region and on the several

additional females and males examined in this study. Our measurements of T. mangiferus holotype are close to

those reported by Zaher (1986) for a single female, except z2 (30 according to that author).

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) fayoumensis n. sp.

(Figs 64–70)

Diagnosis. Except for J5 and S5, dorsal shield setae long and serrate. Sternal shield with two pairs of setae; third

and fourth pairs of sternal setae on platelets. Ventrianal shield with three pairs of setae and no pores.

Female (holotype and two paratypes).

Dorsum (Fig. 64). Dorsal shield mostly reticulate, smooth along margins and in region between j4/j5 and j6;

333 (313–346) long and 206 (187–215) wide, with 18 pairs of setae, four pairs of pores and seven pairs of

lyrifissures. Setae j1 31 (29–34), j3 42 (39–44), j4 33 (31–36), j5 37 (34–38), j6 48 (47–48), J2 56 (53–59), J5 8

(8), z2 32 (29–35), z3 44 (43–46), z4 51 (49–51), z5 35 (34–36), Z4 63 (60–65), Z5 69 (67–73), s4 54 (49–57), s6

56 (55–56), S2 64 (62–67), S4 61 (57– 66), S5 11 (10–11), r3 42 (39–46), R1 53 (50–60). Setae J5 and S5, smooth;

other setae long and serrate. Peritreme extending forward to level between j1 and j3.

Venter (Fig. 65). Sternal shield smooth, with two pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures; posterior margin

of sternal shield almost straight; third and fourth pairs of sternal setae each on a platelet. Distances between st1–st1

54 (49–59), st2–st2 60 (57–61), st3–st3 48 (48), st4–st4 47 (47). Genital shield smooth and with lateral extensions;

distance between st5–st5 73 (71–75). Ventrianal shield subpentagonal, lightly striate anteriorly to anal opening; 119

(118–120) long, 96 (94–100) wide at level of ZV2 and 75 (73–77) wide at level of anus; with three pairs of pre-anal

setae and no pores. Seta JV5 72 (70–73). Ventral setae smooth, except JV5, serrate. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca (Fig. 67). Calyx funnel shaped, 8 (7–8) long; atrium indistinct.


corniculi 5. Movable cheliceral digit 30 (30–31) long, with one tooth (Fig. 66); fixed digit 30 (29–33) long, with

2–3 teeth; dorsal and lateral lyrifissures distinct.

Legs. Macrosetae blunt: Sge IV 24 (22–26), Sti IV 28 (27–29), St IV 43 (41–44) (Fig. 68); chaetotaxy of genu II

2, 2/0, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/0, 2/1, 1.


Dorsum. Dorsal shield pattern as in female; 309 long and 204 wide. Setae j1 27, j3 36, j4 27, j5 31, j6 41, J2

47, J5 10, z2 29, z3 37, z4 40, z5 27, Z4 54, Z5 54, s4 45, s6 48, S2 53, S4 47, S5 13, r3 35, R1 42. Seta J5 and S5,

smooth; other setae serrate. Peritreme extending forward to level of z2.


subtriangular, strongly reticulate (Fig. 70); 176 long and 128 wide at anterior corners; with three pairs of pre-anal

setae, two pairs of lyrifissures and no pores. Seta JV5 47.

Gnathosoma. Movable cheliceral digit 23 long, with one tooth; fixed digit 23 long, with two teeth; dorsal and

lateral lyrifissures distinct. Shaft of spermatodactyl 20 long (Fig. 69).

Legs. Macrosetae blunt: Sge IV 22, Sti IV 21, St IV 41; chaetotaxy of genu II and III as in female.


FIGURES 64–70. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) fayoumensis n. sp.: 64. Female dorsal shield; 65. Female ventral shields; 66. Female chelicera; 67. Spermatheca; 68. Genu, tibia and basitarsus of female leg IV; 69. Spermatodactyl; 70. Male ventrianal shield.


Type specimens. Holotype female from soil under fig plant, at Senuris, Fayoum governorate, June 2012; one

paratype female from soil under P. edulis, at Orman Botanical Garden, Giza governorate, June 2012; one paratype

female from soil under L. indica, at the Faculty of Agriculture Farm, Cairo University, Giza governorate, July

2012; one paratype male from soil under an apple tree, at Senuris, Fayoum governorate, October 2012, all collected

by R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf. Holotype deposited at the mite collection of the Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University,

Giza governorate, Egypt; paratypes deposited at Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de

Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, Brazil.

Etymology. The name fayoumensis refers to Fayoum, the governorate where the holotype female and the

paratype male were collected.

Remarks. Females of this new species are most similar to Typhlodromus (A.) balanites (El-Badry, 1967b), T.

(A.) bambusae (Ehara, 1964), T. (A.) bergi (Moraes & McMurtry, 1988), T. (A.) hartlandrowei (Evans, 1958) and T.

(A.) transvaalensis (Nesbitt, 1951). T. (A.) balanites differs from the new species by having st3 on sternal shield

and the ventrianal shield with a pronounced constriction at the level of JV2 (vase-shaped); T. (A.) bambusae, by

having a slightly shorter peritreme (extending slightly anteriad of z2), st3 and st4 inserted on the unsclerotised

cuticle and macrosetae sharp-tipped; T. (A.) bergi, by having most dorsal idiosomal setae smooth, st3 on sternal

shield and ventrianal shield with four pairs of pre-anal setae; T. (A.) hartlandrowei, by having st3 on sternal shield

and one pair of metapodal plates; T. (A.) transvaalensis, by having most dorsal idiosomal setae distally knobbed

and sternal shield with a distinct median lobe on posterior margin.

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) lataniae El-Badry

Typhlodromus lataniae El-Badry, 1968b: 139; 1970: 500.Amblydromella lataniae.—Moraes et al., 1986: 166. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) lataniae.—Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 51; Moraes et al., 2004: 334; Hernandes et al., 2012: 57.Amblydromella (Amblydromella) lataniae.—Denmark & Welbourn, 2002: 307.

Previous records from Egypt. Alexandria governorate (El-Badry, 1968b).


the holotype female collected in Alexandria governorate, Egypt. The original description was reasonably detailed,

with illustrations and setal measurements.

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) oasis El-Badry

(Figs 71–76)

Typhlodromus oasis El-Badry, 1968b: 140; 1970: 501; Zaher, 1986: 135. Amblydromella oasis.—Moraes et al., 1986: 168. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) oasis.—Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 16; Moraes et al., 2004: 340; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 155;

Hernandes et al., 2012: 58.Amblydromella (Amblydromella) oasis.—Denmark & Welbourn, 2002: 307.

Female (holotype and one additional specimen).

Dorsal shield reticulate (Fig. 71); 390 [343] long and 197 [177] wide, with 18 pairs of setae, with five pairs of

pores and 14 pairs of lyrifissures. Soft skin anterior to dorsal shield with two groups of three transverse, contiguous

platelets. Setae j1 29 [29], j3 40 [31], j4 24 [18], j5 23 [21], j6 25 [23], J2 28 [25], J5 13 [10], z2 23 [23], z3 34

[30], z4 33 [25], z5 20 [18], Z4 57 [51], Z5 65 [62], s4 37 [29], s6 38 [34], S2 41 [39], S4 45 [34], S5 25 [25], r3 32

[26], R1 31 [25]. Dorsal setae smooth. Peritreme (Fig. 75) extending forward to level between j1 and j3.

Venter (Fig. 72). Sternal shield smooth, with two pairs of setae and one pair of lyrifissures; second pair of

sternal lyrifissures (iv2) apparently on unsclerotised cuticle adjacent to posterior margin of sternal shield; st3 on

unsclerotised cuticle and st4 on metasternal platelets; region anterior to first pair of sternal setae (st1) lightly striate.

Distances between st1– st1 62 [62], st2–st2 71 [59], st3–st3 83 [70], st4–st4 81 [81]. Genital shield smooth, with


FIGURES 71–76. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) oasis: 71. Female dorsal shield; 72. Female ventral shields; 73. Female chelicera; 74. Spermatheca; 75. Peritremal shield of female; 76. Genu, tibia and basitarsus of female leg IV.


lateral extensions; distance between st5–st5 73 [73]. Ventrianal shield subpentagonal, smooth; 119 [120] long, 109

[94] wide at ZV2 level and 100 [88] wide at level of anus; with four pairs of pre-anal setae and no pores. Seta JV5

65 [55]. Ventral setae smooth. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca (Fig. 74). Calyx of spermatheca cup-shaped, 17 [16] long; atrium distinct, c-shaped.


5. Movable cheliceral digit 33 [27] long, with three teeth (Fig. 73); fixed digit 31 [29] long, with three teeth; dorsal

and lateral lyrifissures distinct.

Legs. Macrosetae sharp-tipped: Sge IV 33 [29], Sti IV 35 [24], St IV 64 [52] (Fig. 76); macroseta of telotarsus

IV 42 [36]; chaetotaxy of genu II 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1, 2/0, 1.

Specimens examined. Holotype female from grapevine leaves, at New Valley governorate, September 1965

(coll. E.A. El-Badry); one adult female from same substrate, at Omar Makram village, Moderit el Tahrir, Beheira

governorate, unknown collecting date (coll. E.A. El-Badry).

Previous records from Egypt. Asyut and Beheira governorates (Zaher, 1986); New Valley governorate (El-

Badry, 1968b; Zaher, 1986).

Remarks. This species was originally described from the holotype female collected in New Valley

governorate, Egypt. The original description was reasonably detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.

According to the original description of the species and according to El-Badry (1970), the sternal shield of this

species bears three pairs of setae, although in both publications the margins of the shield was shown in broken

lines, suggesting they are not clearly defined. Zaher (1986) also reported the sternal shield has three pairs of setae.

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) serratosus El-Halawany & Abdel-Samad

Typhlodromus serratosus El-Halawany & Abdel-Samad, 1990: 88.Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) serratosus.—Moraes et al., 2004: 350; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 155; Hernandes et al., 2012: 58.

Previous records from Egypt. Alexandria governorate (El-Halawany & Abdel-Samad, 1990).


the holotype female and a paratype female collected in Sidi Krier, Alexandria governorate, Egypt. The original

description was reasonably detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) sycomorus Zaher & Shehata

Typhlodromus sycomorus Zaher & Shehata, 1969: 55; Zaher, 1986: 131.Amblydromella sycomora.—Moraes et al., 1986: 176. Amblydromella (Amblydromella) sycomora.—Denmark & Welbourn, 2002: 307.Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) sycomorus.—Moraes et al., 2004: 353; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 155; Hernandes et al., 2012: 59.

Previous records from Egypt. Giza governorate (Zaher & Shehata, 1969; Zaher, 1986); Sharkia governorate

(Zaher & Shehata, 1969).


the holotype female, nine paratype females and four paratype males collected in the Faculty of Agriculture Farm,

Giza governorate and Sharkia governorate, Egypt. The original description was reasonably detailed, with


Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) transvaalensis (Nesbitt)

Kampimodromus transvaalensis Nesbitt, 1951: 55; Chant & McMurtry, 1994: 281.Typhlodromus jackmickleyi De Leon, 1958: 75. (synonymy by Muma & Denmark, 1968: 238; Muma et al., 1970: 128;

Denmark & Muma, 1973: 272; Chant et al., 1978: 1347; not synonym, according to Van der Merwe, 1968: 23).Typhlodromus pectinatus Athias-Henriot, 1958: 179. (synonymy by Muma & Denmark, 1968: 238; Muma et al., 1970: 128;

Abbasova, 1972: 18; Denmark & Muma, 1973: 272; Chant et al., 1978: 1347).


Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) transvaalensis.—Chant, 1959: 60. Neoseiulus transvaalensis.—Muma, 1961: 295.Typhlodromus transvaalensis.—Hirschmann, 1962: 2; Chant, 1965: 362; Chant & Baker, 1965: 5; Zaher, 1986: 130; Schicha,

1987: 31; Moraes & Mesa, 1988: 83; Schicha & Corpuz-Raros,1992: 25; Ueckermann, 1992: 146. Typhlodromus (Neoseiulus) transvaalensis.—Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 222. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) transvaalensis.—van der Merwe, 1968: 23; Moraes et al., 2004: 355; Guanilo et al., 2008a: 57;

Ferragut et al., 2010: 168.Clavidromus transvaalensis.—Muma et al., 1970: 128; Swirski & Amitai, 1985: 185; Moraes et al., 1986: 182.Anthoseius (Anthoseius) transvaalensis.—Wainstein & Vartapetov, 1973: 104; Arutunjan, 1977: 48.Anthoseius transvaalensis.—Beglyarov, 1981: 21.Clavidromus jackmickleyi.—Swirski et al., 1998: 111.


Dorsal shield faintly reticulate; 365 (335–407) long and 192 (170–219) wide, with 18 pairs of setae. Setae j1

30 (27–33), j3 41 (38–48), j4 32 (30–37), j5 31 (30–36), j6 38 (36–42), J2 44 (41–51), J5 11 (7–14), z2 26 (24–33),

z3 41 (37–48), z4 45 (40–55), z5 28 (25–37), Z4 56 (53–63), Z5 64 (60–71), s4 49 (43–56), s6 50 (47–54), S2 54

(49–64), S4 54 (50–60), S5 11 (10–11), r3 34 (31–37), R1 41 (39–44). Dorsal idiosomal setae serrate and distally

knobbed, except J5 and S5, smooth and sharp-tipped. Peritreme extending to region between j3 and z2.


Distances between st1–st1 62 (61–65), st2–st2 65 (62–73), st3–st3 76 (70–83), st4–st4 85 (78–88). Genital shield

smooth; distance betwee st5–st5 82 (78–90). Ventrianal shield subpentagonal, with transverse striae; 112 (82–131)

long, 79 (73–85) wide at ZV2 level and 87 (71–130) wide at level of anus; with three pairs of pre-anal setae and a

pair of pre-anal pores. Seta JV5 63 (60–65). Ventral setae smooth, except ZV5, serrate. Two pairs of metapodal

plates.

Spermatheca. Calyx of spermatheca trumpet-shaped, 10 (9–10) long; atrium distinct.


7. Movable cheliceral digit 31 (30–31) long, with one tooth; fixed digit 31 (30–32) long, with two teeth.

Legs. Macrosetae with knobbed tips: Sge IV 26 (24–28), Sti IV 28 (27–34), St IV 48 (45–51); chaetotaxy of

genu II 2, 2/1, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1, 2/0, 1.

Male (one specimen) (Figs 77–78).


27, z3 37, z4 44, z5 31, Z4 47, Z5 56, s4 44, s6 49, S2 49, S4 49, S5 14, r3 35, R1 43. Dorsal idiosomal setae serrate

and distally knobbed, except J5 and S5, smooth and sharp-tipped. Peritreme extending to region between z2 and z3.


subtriangular, with transverse striae (Fig. 78); 116 long and 165 wide at anterior corners; with three pairs of pre-

anal setae and a pair of pre-anal pores. Seta JV5 57.

Gnathosoma. Movable cheliceral digit 24 long, with one tooth; fixed digit 25 long, with two teeth; dorsal and

lateral lyrifissures distinct. Shaft of spermatodactyl 27 long (Fig. 77).

Legs. Macrosetae knobbed-tipped: Sge IV 23, Sti IV 22, St IV 41; chaetotaxy of genua II and III as in female.

Specimens examined. Five females and one male from soil under cucumber plant, at Etay El Baroud, Beheira

governorate, June 2005 (coll. A.A. Mohamed); one female from same substrate, at Giza governorate, January 2005


Previous records from Egypt. as T. pectinatus—unspecified governorate (Zaher & Shehata, 1969); as T.

transvaalensis—Alexandria, Cairo, Giza and Ismailia governorates (Zaher, 1986); Asyut, Beni Suef, Damietta,

Monufia and Qualyubia governorates (Nasr et al., 2011).

Remarks. Typhlodromus transvaalensis was originally described from the holotype female and a paratype

female collected in South Africa. The original description was reasonably detailed, with illustrations but no

measurements; complementary descriptions were listed by Demite et al. (2014). Typhlodromus pectinatus was

originally described from the holotype female collected in Algeria. The original description was rather detailed,

with illustrations and setal measurements. Measurements of the specimens examined are close to those provided by

Swirskii et al. (1998).


FIGURES 77–79. Typhlodromus spp. 77. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) transvaalensis, spermatodactyl; 78. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) transvaalensis, male ventrianal shield; 79. Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) athiasae, genu, tibia and basitarsus of female leg IV.

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) Scheuten

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) Scheuten, 1857: 111.—Chant, 1957: 289.

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) athiasae Porath & Swirski

Typhlodromus athiasae Porath & Swirski, 1965: 90; Swirski & Amitai, 1965: 135; McMurtry, 1977: 22; Ragusa, 1977: 383; Swirski & Ragusa; 1977: 78; Swirski & Amitai,1985: 184; Moraes et al., 1986: 241; Zaher, 1986: 126; Çobanoǧlu, 1989b: 172; Denmark, 1992b: 21; Swirski et al., 1998: 118.

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) athiasae.—Ehara, 1966: 19; Moraes et al., 2004: 360; Papadoulis et al., 2009: 147; Barbar et al., 2013: 255.

Typhlodromus perbibus Wainstein & Arutunjan, 1968: 1242. (synonymy by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1987: 1792; Denmark, 1992b: 21).

Typhlodromus pelargonicus El-Badry, 1968b: 142. (synonymy by Abbasova, 1972: 18; Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1987: 1792; Denmark, 1992b: 21).

Typhlodromus hellenicus Swirski & Ragusa, 1977: 75. (synonymy by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1987: 1792; Denmark, 1992b: 21).

Typhlodromus athiasae athiasae.—Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1987: 1791; Karg, 1989b: 279.Typhlodromus athiasae perbibus.—Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1987: 1792; Karg, 1989b: 279; 1991: 35; 1993: 218; Swirski et al.,

1998: 118.Typhlodromus siwa El-Badry, 1967a: 183. (synonymy by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1987: 1791; Denmark, 1992b: 21).


Female (holotype female of Typhlodromus pelargonicus and five additional females).

Dorsal shield reticulate; 344 (327–371) [329] long and 176 (164–190) [163] wide, with 17 pairs of setae. Setae

j1 27 (25–28) [26], j3 34 (33–35) [33], j4 21 (20–22) [22], j5 21 (20–23) [20], j6 24 (22–25) [23], J2 27 (26–28)

[27], J5 6 (6–7) [6], z2 21 (21–22) [21], z3 30 (29–32) [29], z4 29 (29–31) [30], z5 21 (18–23) [21], Z4 52 (51–54)

[50], Z5 74 (71–78) [70], s4 33(31–36) [32], s6 40 (38–42) [38], S2 40 (30–44) [40], S4 44 (42–45) [40], r3 32

(29–33) [28], R1 31 (29–32) [30]. Dorsal setae smooth, except Z4 and Z5, slightly serrate. Peritreme extending to

region between j3 and z2.


57 (56–61) [57], st2–st2 60 (56–64) [57], st3–st3 77 (69–90) [68], st4–st4 84 (77–88) [69]. Genital shield smooth,

with lateral extentions; distance between st5–st5 61 (50–68) [64]. Ventrianal shield subpentagonal, with transverse

striae; 111 (104–124) [107] long, 97 (91–106) [100] wide at ZV2 level and 90 (86–94) [94] wide at level of anus;

with four pairs of pre-anal setae and no pores. Seta JV5 62 (60–65) [65]. Ventral setae smooth. Two pairs of

metapodal plates.

Spermatheca. Calyx of spermatheca tubular 21 (19–22) [21] long; atrium indistinct.


9. Movable cheliceral digit 29 (28–30) [29] long, with 1[1] tooth; fixed digit 29 (28–29) [28] long, with 3 [3] teeth.

Legs. Macrosetae blunt or with tiny distal knobs (Fig. 79): Sge IV 25 (22–27) [28], Sti IV 27 (26–28) [30], St IV

55 (52–60) [53]; chaetotaxy of genu II 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1, 2/0, 1.



17, z3 21, z4 20, z5 16, Z4 40, Z5 50, s4 25, s6 29, S2 30, S4 25, r3 22, R1 20. Dorsal setae smooth, except Z4 and

Z5, slightly serrate. Peritreme extending to region between z2 and z3.


subtriangular, strongly reticulate; 100 long and 144 wide at anterior corners; with four pairs of pre-anal setae and

no pores. Seta JV5 31.



Legs. Macrosetae blunt or with tiny distal knobs: Sge IV 18, Sti IV 20, St IV 36; chaetotaxy of genua II and III

as in female.

Specimens examined. Holotype female of T. pelargonicus from P. zonale leaves, at Shubra, Cairo

governorate, October 1965 (coll. E.A. El-Badry); one female from eggplant leaves, at Damietta governorate,

March 2006 (coll. M.A. El-Borolossy); one female from eggplant leaves, at Demu Village, Senuris, Fayoum

governorate, July 2006 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); one female and one male from okra leaves, at same locality,

October 2006 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); one female from mango leaves at same locality, June 2012 (coll. R.I.A.

Abo-Shnaf); seven females from soil under cucumber plant, at Giza governorate, April-May 2005 (coll. A.A.

Mohamed); one female from soil under eggplant, at Qualyubia governorate, August 2006 (coll. A.K. Nasr); one

female from eggplant leaves, at Sharkia governorate, July 2006 (coll. A.K. Nasr); one female from mango leaves,

at the Faculty of Agriculture Farm, Cairo University, Giza governorate, July 2012 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); one

female from soil under A. graveolens plant, at Orman Botanical Garden, Giza governorate, August 2012 (coll.

R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); one female from soil under Ocimum basilicum L. (Lamiaceae) plant, at same locality,

November 2012 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf); one female from O. majorana leaves, at same locality, November 2012


Previous records from Egypt. as T. athiasae—Giza and Monufia governorates (Zaher, 1986); Nile Delta

region (Rasmy & Abou-Awad, 1972); unspecified governorate (Zaher & Shehata, 1969); as T. pelargonicus—Giza

governorate (Zaher, 1986); Cairo governorate (El-Badry, 1968b); Qualyubia governorate ( Zaher, 1986); as T.

siwa—Fayoum and Giza governorates (Romeih et al., 2010b); Siwa Oasis (El-Badry, 1967a; Zaher, 1986);

unspecified governorate (Zaher & Shehata, 1969).

Remarks. Typhlodromus athiasae was originally described from the holotype female, eight paratype females

and two paratype males collected in Israel. The original description was reasonably detailed, with illustrations and

setal measurements; complementary descriptions were listed by Demite et al. (2014). Typhlodromus siwa was

originally described from the holotype female and a paratype female collected in Siwa Oasis, Egypt. The original

description was brief, with illustrations but without setal measurements. Typhlodromus pelargonicus was originally


described only from the holotype female collected in Shubra, Cairo governorate, Egypt. The original description

was reasonably detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.

Measurements of the examined specimens are close to those provided in the original description of T. athiasae,

for both females and males, and those provided by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1987) for females. However, the type

specimens of T. athiasae are mentioned to have a single macroseta, on basitarsus of leg IV. Measurements of the

specimens examined are close to those reported by Zaher (1986) for a single female of T. pelargonicus.

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) exhilaratus Ragusa

Typhlodromus exhilaratus Ragusa, 1977: 380; Swirski & Ragusa, 1977: 79; Ragusa & Swirski, 1978: 215; Moraes et al., 1986: 243; Swirski et al., 1998: 117.

Typhlodromus exhilaratus exhilaratus.—Chant & Yoshida-Sahul, 1987: 1795; Karg, 1989b: 280; 1991: 35; 1993: 219. Typhlodromus exhilaratus americanus.—Chant & Yoshida-Sahul, 1987: 1796; Karg, 1989b: 280.Typhlodromus tiliae Oudemans, 1929: 14. (synonymy by Denmark, 1992b: 14; not synonym, according to Chant & McMurtry,

2007: 157; Papadoulis et al., 2009: 151; Ferragut & Ueckermann, 2012: 1743).Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) exhilaratus.—Moraes et al., 2004: 371; Papadoulis et al., 2009: 151.


Dorsal shield reticulate; 303 long and 151 wide, with 17 pairs of setae. Setae j1 19, j3 20, j4 13, j5 12, j6 13, J2

16, J5 7, z2 14, z3 18, z4 17, z5 12, Z4 30, Z5 50, s4 18, s6 15, S2 25, S4 25, r3 21, R1 20. Dorsal setae smooth,

except Z4 and Z5, slightly serrate. Peritreme extending to level of j3.


47, st2–st2 49, st3–st3 68, st4–st4 72. Genital shield smooth, with lateral extentions; distance between st5–st5 55.

Ventrianal shield subpentagonal, with transverse striae; 100 long, 78 wide at ZV2 level and 67 wide at level of anus;

with four pairs of pre-anal setae and no pores. Seta JV5 47. Ventral setae smooth. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca. Calyx of spermatheca cup-shaped, 15 long; atrium distinct.


Movable cheliceral digit 25 long, with one tooth; fixed digit 25 long, with three teeth.

Legs. Macroseta blunt: St IV 33; chaetotaxy of genu II 2, 2/0, 2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/0, 2/1, 1.

Specimens examined. One female from Jasminum sambac (L.) (Oleaceae) leaves, at the Faculty of

Agriculture Farm, Cairo University, Giza governorate, September 2011 (coll. R.I.A. Abo-Shnaf).


female, 30 paratype females and one paratype male collected in Italy. The original description was detailed, with

illustrations and setal measurements; complementary descriptions were listed by Demite et al. (2014).

Measurements of the specimen collected are close to those of the original description and of Swirski et al. (1998).

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) kadii Kandeel & El-Halawany

Typhlodromus kadii Kandeel & El-Halawany, 1985: 463; Kandeel & Nassar, 1986: 175. Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) kadii.—Moraes et al., 1986: 244; 2004: 364; Ferragut & Ueckermann, 2012: 1741.

Previous records from Egypt. Fayoum and Giza governorates (Kandeel & Nassar, 1986); Qualyubia governorate

(Kandeel & El-Halawany, 1985).


the holotype female and a paratype female collected in Kalag, Qualyubia governorate, Egypt. The original

description was reasonably detailed, with illustrations, but without measurements.

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) malus Basha, Yousef, Ibrahim & Mostafa

Typhlodromus malus Basha, Yousef, Ibrahim & Mostafa, in Basha et al., 2001: 382.


Previous records from Egypt. Ismailia governorate (Basha et al., 2001).


the holotype female, three paratype females and six paratype males collected in Kassasin, Ismailia governorate,

Egypt. The original description was rather detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) psidium Basha, Mahrous & Mostafa

Typhlodromus psidium Basha, Mahrous & Mostafa, in Basha et al., 2004: 349.Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) psidium.—Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 157; Ferragut & Ueckermann, 2012: 1740.



the holotype female and two paratype females collected in the Faculty of Agriculture Farm, Zagazig University,

Zagazig, Sharkia governorate, Egypt. The original description was detailed, with illustrations and setal

measurements.

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) pyri Scheuten

Typhlodromus pyri Scheuten, 1857: 111; Hirschmann, 1962: 2; Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 213; El-Badry, 1970: 498; Kolodochka, 1978: 56; Beglyarov, 1981: 28; Collyer, 1982: 187; Moraes et al., 1986: 246; Zaher, 1986: 125; Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1987: 1782; Miedema, 1987: 56; Karg, 1991: 33; 1993: 217; Denmark, 1992b: 6; Tuovinen, 1993: 103; Congdon, 2002: 8.

Gamasus vepallidus Koch, 1839: 22. (synonymy by Vitzthum, 1941: 767; Radford, 1950: 27; Womersley, 1954: 172; notsynonym, according to Nesbitt, 1951: 7).

Typhlodromus tiliae Oudemans, 1929: 14. (synonymy by Nesbitt, 1951: 18; Dosse, 1961: 322; Chant et al., 1974: 1276; 1978b: 1347; Karg, 1971: 221; 1982: 206; not synonym, according to Abbasova, 1970: 45; Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1987: 1788; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 157).

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) pyri.—Chant, 1959: 62; Ehara, 1966: 19; Moraes et al., 2004: 364; Papadoulis et al., 2009: 141; Ferragut et al., 2010: 150.

Typhlodromus tubifer Wainstein, 1961: 157.—(Synonymy according to Abbasova, 1980: 832; not synonym, according to Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1987: 1785).


Dorsal shield strongly reticulate; 351, 348 long and 174, 172 wide, with 17 pairs of setae. Setae j1 31, 29; j3

29; j4 21; j5 23; j6 29; J2 31, 29; J5 10, 8; z2 23; z3 31, 29; z4 31, 29; z5 23; Z4 52, 49; Z5 81, 73; s4 39, 36; s6 44;

S2 55, 52; S4 44, 42; r3 36, 34; R1 21. Dorsal setae smooth, except Z4 and Z5, slightly serrate. Peritreme extending

to level of j3.


Distances between st1–st1 57, 55; st2–st2 62, 60; st3–st3 73, 65; st4–st4 86, 68. Genital shield smooth, with lateral

extentions; distance between st5–st5 70, 65. Ventrianal shield subpentagonal, reticulate; 119, 112 long, 94, 81 wide

at ZV2 level and 81, 78 wide at level of anus; with four pairs of pre-anal setae and no pores. Seta JV5 65, 55.

Ventral setae smooth. Two pairs of metapodal plates.

Spermatheca. Calyx of spermatheca cup-shaped, 18 long; atrium distinct.


8. Movable cheliceral digit 30, 29 long, with two teeth; fixed digit 30 long, with three teeth.

Legs. Macroseta blunt: Sge IV 31, 29; Sti IV 34, 29; St IV 56, 49; chaetotaxy of genu II 2, 2/1, 2/0, 1; genu III 1,

2/1, 2/0, 1.

Specimens examined. One female from mango leaves, at the Faculty of Agriculture Farm, Cairo University,

Giza governorate, September 1977 (coll. M.A. Zaher); one female from castor bean leaves, at same locality,

Decemmber 1977 (coll. M.A. Zaher).

Previous records from Egypt. Fayoum governorate (Romeih et al., 2010b); Giza governorate (El-Badry,

1967a, 1970; Zaher et al., 1973; Zaher, 1986; Romeih et al., 2010b); Ismailia governorate (Zaher, 1986);

unspecified governorate (Zaher & Shehata, 1969; Zaher et al., 1970).


Remarks. This species was originally described from Germany. The original description was very brief,

without illustrations or measurements; complementary descriptions were listed by Demite et al. (2014), including

redescriptions based on specimens collected in Egypt (Zaher & Shehata, 1969; El-Badry, 1970; Zaher, 1986).

Measurements of the females examined are close to those reported by Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1987) for the

neotype specimen (except S2, 40 according to the authors); measurements of specimens examined also fit the

corresponding ranges given by Ferragut et al. (2010) (except S2, 35–44 according to that authors).

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) swirskii Denmark

Typhlodromus swirskii Denmark, 1992a: 15; 1992b: 29.Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) swirskii.—Moraes et al., 2004: 370; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 157; Ferragut & Ueckermann,

2012: 1740.

Previous records from Egypt. Giza governorate (Denmark, 1992a).


the holotype female collected in Giza governorate, Egypt. The original description was brief, but with illustrations

and setal measurements.

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) tiliae Oudemans

Typhlodromus tiliae Oudemans, 1929: 14; Nesbitt, 1951: 18; Arutunjan, 1977: 47; Beglyarov, 1981: 28; Moraes et al., 1986: 248; Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1987: 1785; Karg, 1991: 34; 1993: 218; Denmark, 1992b: 14.

Typhlodromus pyri Scheuten, 1857: 111. (synonymy by Nesbitt, 1951: 18; Dosse, 1961: 322; Chant et al., 1974: 1276; 1978: 1347; Karg, 1971: 221; 1982: 206; not synonym, according to Abbasova, 1970: 45; Chant & Yoshida-Shaul, 1987: 1788; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 157).

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) tiliae.—Schuster & Smith, 1960: 184; Moraes et al., 2004: 370; Papadoulis et al., 2009: 151.Typhlodromus exhilaratus Ragusa, 1977: 380. (synonymy by Denmark, 1992b, 14; not synonym, according to Chant &

McMurtry, 2007: 157; Papadoulis et al., 2009: 151; Ferragut & Ueckermann, 2012: 1742).

Previous records from Egypt. Giza governorate (Zaher & El-Badry, 1962).


Germany. The original description was brief, without illustrations or measurements; complementary descriptions

were listed by Demite et al. (2014).

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) zaheri Denmark

Typhlodromus zaheri Denmark, 1992b: 19.Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) zaheri.—Moraes et al., 2004: 372; Chant & McMurtry, 2007:157; Ferragut & Ueckermann,

2012: 1742.

Previous records from Egypt. Monufia governorate (Denmark, 1992b).


the holotype female collected in Monufia governorate, Egypt. The original description was detailed, with


Species incertae sedis

Typhlodromus hellei Hassan, Afifi & Nawar

Typhlodromus hellei Hassan, Afifi & Nawar, in Hassan et al., 1986: 207.


Previous records from Egypt. Matrouh governorate (Hassan et al., 1986).


the holotype female and an unstated number of paratypes collected in Marsa Matrouh, Matrouh governorate,

Egypt. The original description was brief, with simplified illustrations and only measurements of the idiosoma. It

does not allow a reliable identification of the genus to which it belongs. The shape of the calyx of the spermatheca,

the number of idiosomal setae and their position (except the putative Z1 and R1) suggest that it could belong to

Neoseiulella Muma. However, the positions of Z1 and R1 seem odd, the former excessively anterior and the latter

excessively posterior to their usual positions. Alternatively, it could belong to Kuzinellus Wainstein, but in that case

the positions of the putative z6 (the seta interpreted as Z1 in the previous option) and R1 would also be odd, the

former more posterior and the latter excessively posterior to their usual positions; in addition, in this case the cup-

shaped calyx would not be typical for the genus; according to Chant & McMurtry (2007), most species of this

genus have the spermatheca with calyx elongate and tubular.

Key to phytoseiids reported from Egypt

Given the lack of information in the literature about the morphology of Typhlodromus (T.) kadii and the species

described as Typhlodromus hellei, and given that those species were not collected in this study, it was not possible

to include them in the following key. Proprioseiopsis kadii was not included in the key because we could not see

the type specimen of this species, and because we were unable to reliably separate it from P. messor.

1. Setae z3 and/or s6 present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

- Setae z3 and s6 absent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMBLYSEIINAE … 3

2. Setae Z1, S2, S4 and S5 absent; seta r3 inserted on dorsal shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PHYTOSEIINAE … Phytoseius … 31

- Setae Z1, S2, S4 or S5 present; seta r3 off dorsal shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Typhlodrominae … 35

3. Sternal shield with median posterior projection; setae JV1, JV2 and ZV2 relatively close together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Euseiini … Subtribe Euseiina … 4

- Sternal shield without posterior projection; setae JV1, JV2 and ZV2 relatively well spaced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

4. Female ventral and anal shields not fused; dorsal shield strongly sclerotised, dark brown; lateral integument also strongly scle-

rotised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iphiseius … I. degenerans

- Female with ventral and anal shields fused; dorsal shield not strongly sclerotised, not brown; lateral integument not strongly

sclerotised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Euseius ... 5

5. Peritreme extending beyond level of j3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

- Peritreme extending at most to level of z2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

6. Seta z5 less than half as long as j5; seta J2 as long as distance between J2-Z4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E. yousefi

- Seta z5 about as long as j5; seta J2 less than half as long as distance between J2-Z4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … E. hutu

7. Setae j6 and J2 shorter than distance between j6-j6 and J2-J2, respectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E. olivi

- Setae j6 and J2 longer than distance between j6-j6 and J2-J2, respectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

8. Setae s4, S4, S5, Z4 and Z5 set on stout tubercles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E. metwallyi

- No dorsal idiosomal setae set on tubercles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E. scutalis

9. Ratio setae s4:Z1 > 3.1; some species with wide sternal shield; setae s4, Z5 and often Z4 markedly longer than other dorsal

setae; seta J2 present/absent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amblyseiini … 10

- Ratio setae s4:Z1 < 3.0; never with wide sternal shield; setae s4, Z4 and Z5 not greatly longer than other dorsal setae; seta J2

present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neoseiulini ... 17

10. Seta J2 absent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . subtribe Proprioseiopsina ... Proprioseiopsis ... 11

- Seta J2 present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . subtribe Amblyseiina ... 15

11. Seta Z4 longer than Z5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

- Seta Z4 shorter than Z5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

12. All dorsal setae smooth; z2 longer than z4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. ovatus

- All lateral setae serrate except Z1 and S5, smooth; z2 shorter than z4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. badryi

13. Setae s4, Z4 and Z5 set on tubercles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. sharkiensis

- Setae s4, Z4 and Z5 not set on tubercles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

14. Seta z2 about 1.7 times as long as z4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. messor

- Seta z2 about as long as z4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. ismailiaensis sp. n.

15. Seta s4 about 1.5 times as long as S2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amblyseiella … A. setosa

- Seta s4 over three times longer than S2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amblyseius … 16

16. Seta Z1 longer than R1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. fícus

- Seta Z1 shorter than R1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. swirskii

17. Female ventrianal shield markedly wider at level of anus, with a marked waist; movable and fixed cheliceral digits with 1 and


1–3 distal teeth, respectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paragigagnathus … P. tamaricis

- Female ventrianal shield not reduced or markedly wider at level of anus, without marked waist; cheliceral digits with larger

numbers of teeth, not confined to apical region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neoseiulus … 18

18. Setae j5, j6 and J2 longer about as long as or longer than distance to base of j6, J2 and Z4, respectively . . . . N. longispinosus

- Setae j5, j6 and J2 distinctly shorter than distance to base of j6, J2 and Z4, respectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

19. Seta z5 about as long as distance z5-j6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. aegytocitri

- Seta z5 distinctly shorter than distance z5-j6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

20. Ventrianal shield oval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. orientalis

- Ventrianal shield sub-rectangular or sub-pentagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

21. Calyx of spermatheca with a short neck near atrium and a distal cup-shaped section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. bicaudus

- Calyx not as above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

22. Calyx funnel shaped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. reticulatus

- Calyx not funnel shaped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

23. Atrium about as wide as adjacent section of calyx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

- Atrium much narrower than adjacent section of calyx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

24. Basitarsus IV with a distinct macroseta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N. barkeri

- Basitarsus IV without macroseta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N. mumae

25. Ventrianal shield sub-rectangular, about twice as long as wide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. sinaiticum

- Ventrianal shield sub-pentagonal, at most 1.3 times as long as wide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

26. Dorsal shield smooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N. segnis

- Dorsal shield reticulate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

27. Fixed cheliceral digit with about ten teeth; z2 and z4 about as long as distance between their bases . . . . . . . . . . N. sharonensis

- Fixed cheliceral digit with at most seven teeth; z2 and z4 distinctly shorter than distance between their bases . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

28. Calyx saccular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

- Calyx cup-shaped or trumpet-shaped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

29. Dorsal shield strongly reticulate; sternal shield reticulate, fixed digit with 7 teeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N. zaheri

- Anterior half of dorsal shield weakly striate and posterior half reticulate; sternal shield striate, fixed digit with 3 teeth . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. cucumeris

30. Dorsal shield distinctly reticulate, about 5.4 times as long as Z5; without macroseta on genu IV; calyx cup-shaped; movable

digit with 3 teeth, fixed digit with 4–5 teeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. californicus

- Dorsal shield faintly reticulate, about eight times as long as Z5; with a distinct macroseta on genu IV; calyx trumpet-shaped;

movable digit without teeth, fixed digit with 3 teeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N. camarus

31. Seta J2 and R1 absent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. pesidiumii

- Seta J2 and R1 present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

32. Setae j4, j6, z2, z4, z5 smooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

- Setae j4, j6, z2, z4, z5 serrate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

33. Seta J2 serrate; calyx gradually increasing in diameter from atrium to vesicle; lateral margins of ventrianal shield strongly con-

cave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. solanus

- Seta J2 smooth; calyx of spermatheca trumpet-shaped; lateral margins of ventrianal shield subparallel . . . . . . . . . P. finitimus

34. Seta j1 only slightly anteriad of j3; z2 about twice as long as the distance between z2-z3; z4 about twice as long as j4 . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. balcanicus

- Seta j1 well anteriad of j3; z2 about as long as distance between z2-z3; z4 about 1.3 times as long as j4 . . . . . . . . . P. kassasini

35. Seta z3 absent, five “lateral” setae on podonotal region of dorsal shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . Galendromimini … Cydnoseius … 36

- Setae z3 present, six “lateral” setae on podonotal region of dorsal shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

36. Dorsal shield reticulate, with reticules not distinctly elongate; setae Z5 and S5 not inserted on distinct tubercles . . . . C. negevi

- Anterior half of dorsal shield transversely striate; posterior half reticulate, but reticules transversely elongate; setae Z5 and S5

inserted on distinct tubercles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. vitis

37. Seta z6 absent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

- Seta z6 present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paraseiulini … 39

38. Setae S4 and JV4 present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Typhlodromini … 41

- Setae S4 and JV4 absent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metaseiulini … 57

39. Ventrianal shield not much longer than wide, with four pairs of pre-anal setae including JV2; setae Z1 absent and R1 inserted

on dorsal shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kuzinellus ... K. niloticus

- Ventrianal shield sole-shaped, with two pairs of pre-anal setae; Z1 and JV2 absent, R1 present . . . . . . . . . . . Paraseiulus … 40

40. Setae S4, S5, Z4 and Z5 set on tubercles; reticules of dorsal shield pattern between j6 and J2 about as long as distance between

those setae; fixed cheliceral digit with four teeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. aegypticus

- None of the dorsal shield setae set on tubercles; reticules of dorsal shield longitudinally elongate between j6 and J2; reticules

of dorsal shield pattern between j6 and J2 much shorter than distance between those setae; fixed cheliceral digit with two teeth

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P. talbii

41. Seta Z1 present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neoseiulella ... N. neoviniferae

- Seta Z1 absent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Typhlodromus … 42

42. Seta S5 present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) … 43

- Seta S5 absent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) … 50

43. Except for J5 and S5, dorsal idiosomal setae serrate with a small distal knob; calyx of spermatheca trumpet-shaped, lightly


sclerotised, except for a quarter of its total extension, near vesicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T. (A.) transvaalensis

- Dorsal idiosomal setae serrate or smooth, without distal knob; calyx not as above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

44. Peritreme not reaching level of z3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. (A.) citri

- Peritreme extending beyond level of j3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

45. Sternal shield with two pairs of setae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

- Sternal shield with three pairs of setae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

46. Except for J5 and S5, dorsal idiosomal setae serrate, ventrianal shield with three pairs of setae . . . . T. (A.) fayoumensis n. sp.

- Dorsal idiosomal setae smooth; ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. (A.) oasis

47. Dorsal idiosomal setae serrate, except for J5 and S5, smooth; ventrianal shield with three pairs of setae . . . T. (A.) serratosus

- Dorsal idiosomal setae serrate or smooth; ventrianal shield with four pairs of setae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

48. Ventrianal shield subpentagonal, about as long as wide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. (A.) lataniae

- Ventrianal shield vase-shaped, distinctly longer than wide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

49. Seta S5 about as long as Z5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. (A.) sycomorus

- Seta S5 much shorter than Z5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. (A.) egypticus

50. Dorsal idiosomal setae stout; ventrianal shield about twice as long as maximum width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. (T.) psidium

- Dorsal idiosomal setae not stout, except for Z4 and/ or Z5 in some species; ventrianal shield at most 1.7 as long as maximum

width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

51. Setae S2, S4, Z4, Z5 and JV5 set on tubercles; anterolateral corners of ventrianal shield not protruded . . . . . . . . . T. (T.) malus

- Idiosomal setae not set on tubercles; anterolateral corners of ventrianal shield protruded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

52. Ventrianal shield without pre-anal pores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

- Ventrianal shield with pre-anal pores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

53. Genu II with 7 setae; calyx tubular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. (T.) athiasae

- Genu II with 8 setae; calyx cup-shaped, with a short neck near atrium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. (T.) pyri

54. Peritreme extending beyond base of j1; ventrianal shield about 1.7 times as long as maximum width . . . . . . . . T. (T.) swirskii

- Peritreme not reaching base of j1; ventrianal shield at most 1.1 times as long as maximum width. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

55. Seta Z5 about twice as long as St IV; peritreme extending to level between z2 and z3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. (T.) tiliae

- Seta Z5 at most 1.6 times as long as St IV; peritreme extending at least to level of z2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

56. Seta S2 about half as long as distance between its base and the base of S4; calyx of spermatheca cup-shaped, with a short neck

next to atrium (total length ca. 15 µm long) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. (T.) exhilaratus

- Seta S2 about 0.7 times as long as distance between its base and the base of S4; calyx of spermatheca tubular (ca. 20 µm long

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T. (T.) zaheri

57. Setae along margins of dorsal shield long; R1 much shorter than s6; setae S5 and Z5 approximately equal in length . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Typhlodromina … T. tropica

- Setae along margins of dorsal shield medium in length; R1 and s6 subequal in length; seta S5 usually much shorter than Z5; leg

IV without macrosetae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metaseiulus (Metaseiulus) ... M. (M.) pedoni

Discussion

Altogether, 78 nominal phytoseiid species have now been reported from Egypt (including the new records

presented in this paper), but one of these, P. plumifer, may be incorrect. An examination of the types of T. hellei

will be required to allow its correct generic classification and the determination of its validity. Without considering

the latter two species, 60 of the species reported are valid, others being synonyms; of the valid species, 30 are

Amblyseiinae, 5 Phytoseiinae and 25 Typhlodrominae.

Surveys for phytoseiid species have until now been conducted by different authors over most of the country,

except in Port Said, Qena, Red Sea and Suez governorates. Further surveys and other types of ecological studies of

those mites are still needed in Egypt, to understand their diversity and to determine species potentially useful for

the control of pest organisms.

Several phytoseiid species reported in previous works were not found in this study. Thus, further efforts should

be dedicated to a search for those species in the areas from where they were reported, to confirm their identification

in light of the present knowledge of the taxonomy of these mites.

Some studies have been conducted on the biology of phytoseiids in Egypt. Some of the main contributions are:

El-Badry & El-Banhawy (1968), Zaher & Shehata (1971), Yousef (1980), Abou-Awad & El-Banhawy (1986), El-

Bagoury et al. (1989), Fouly & Hassan (1992), Abou-Awad et al. (1998 a,b,c), Basha et al. (2002), Saber &

Momen (2003), Romeih et al. (2005, 2010a) and Momen (2010, 2011). Those studies should be continued,

considering the practical use of these mites.


Acknowledgements

To the Brazilian CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) and to TWAS (The

Academy of Sciences for the Developing World), for the postdoctoral scholarship to the first author (Process #

190033/2012-6). Special thanks to Dr. M.A. Zaher (Professor of Acarology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo

University, Giza, Egypt) for providing us access to type specimens of phytoseiids described from Egypt. We are

also thankful to Dr. A.K. Nasr and Dr. M.A. El-Borolossy (both Professor of Acarology, Pests and Plant Protection

Department, National Research Centre, Dokii, Giza, Egypt), Dr. Amal H.M. Romeih and M.M. Ahmed

(Agricultural Zoology and Nematology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt), Dr.

Mona M. Ghallab (Vegetable and Aromatic Plant Mites Department, Plant Protection Research Institute,

Agricultural Research Centre, Dokii, Giza, Egypt) and Dr. Aza A. Mohamed (Cotton and Field Crops Mites

Department, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Dokii, Giza, Egypt) for providing

us many phytoseiid specimens used in this work. We are also thankful to Dr. P.R. Demite, for his invaluable help

during the course of this work.

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