This review categorizes the diversity of life-styles in the Phytoseiidae, based primarily on food habits and related biological and morphological traits. The life-styles proposed are as follows: Type I, specialized predators of Tetranychus species represented by the Phytoseiulus species; Type II, selective predators of tetranychid mites (most frequently associated with species that produce dense webbing) represented by Galendromus, some Neoseiulus, and a few Typhlodromus species; Type III, generalist predators represented by some Neoseiulus species and most Typhlodromus and Amblyseius species, as well as species in all other genera about which information is available; Type IV, specialized pollen feeders/generalist predators represented by Euseius species. Consideration is given to the relative importance of each of these types in biological control and pest management programs.

Life-styles of phytoseiid mites and their roles in biological control

A new classification of lifestyles of phytoseiid mites is proposed based on the findings and suggestions from many studies conducted in the fifteen years since the publication of the lifestyle system by McMurtry & Croft (1997). In this newly proposed classification, Type I (Specialized mite predators) is divided into three subtypes to highlight mite prey specificity: subtype I-a—Specialized predators of Tetranychus species (Tetranychidae); subtype I-b—Specialized predators of web-nest producing mites (Tetranychidae); subtype I-c—Specialized predators of tydeoids (Tydeoidea). Type II (Selective predators of tetranychid mites) remains essentially the same. Type III (Generalist predators) is a huge and diverse group of general feeders; predators in this category are now grouped into five subtypes based on the microhabitat occupied and morphology: subtype III-a— Generalist predators living on pubescent leaves; subtype III-b—Generalist predators living on glabrous leaves; III-c—Generalist predators living in confined spaces on dicotyledonous plants; III-d—Generalist predators living in confined spaces on monocotyledonous plants; III-e—Generalist predators from soil/litter habitats. Type IV (Pollen feeding generalist predators) also remains essentially the same. Two possible additional lifestyles include phytoseiids living on aquatic plants and phytoseiids able to pierce leaf cells. Behavioral and biological information is updated and implications for biological control strategies are discussed.

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Revision of the lifestyles of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and implications for biological control strategies

Greenhouses, plants and mites introduction to acari methods and techniques spider mites false spider mites tarsonemid mites eriophyoid mites acarid mites.

Mites of Greenhouses: Identification, Biology and Control

https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/4307056/61517_Messelink08BiolContr.pdf

Biological control of thrips and whiteflies by a shared predator: Two pests are better than one

Mites: Ecology, Evolution & Behaviour

The family Phytoseiidae Berlese is considered to be comprised of 3 subfamilies: Amblyseiinae Muma, Phytoseiinae Berlese and Typhlodrominae New status. The taxa comprising the subfamilies Phytoseiinae, with 142 known species, and Typhlodrominae, with 452 known species, are reviewed to the level of species groups. There are 3 genera and 5 species groups in the Phytoseiinae and 6 tribes, 20 genera, 8 subgenera and 28 species groups in the Typhlodrominae. Four new tribes, 5 new genera, one new subgenus and 13 new species groups are proposed. The exemplar species of each of the taxa are illustrated.

A review of the subfamilies Phytoseiinae and Typhlodrominae (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Neoseiulini new tribe is considered to be comprised of eight genera, one of which is new, with a total of 321 nominal species. These genera are reviewed to the level of species groups and subgroups. Exemplars for each taxon are illustrated.

A review of the subfamily Amblyseiinae Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae): Part I. Neoseiulini new tribe

The tribe Amblyseiini Wainstein is diagnosed and 3 new subtribes are proposed: Amblyseiina n. subtribe, Proprioseiopsina n. subtribe, and Arrenoseiina n. subtribe. The subtribe Amblyseiina is reviewed in detail. Three new genera are proposed: Transeius n. gen., Maunaseius n. gen., and Graminaseius n. gen. The established genera are: Amblyseiella Muma, Amblyseius Berlese, Chelaseius Muma and Denmark, and Honduriella Denmark and Evans. Keys to the genera in the subtribe Amblyseiina are provided and exemplar species are figured. We propose a cladogram suggesting the relationships between the 3 subtribes in the Amblyseiini and between the constituent genera in the Amblyseiina.

A review of the subfamily Amblyseiinae Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae): Part III. the tribe Amblyseiini Wainstein, subtribe Amblyseiina n. subtribe

Nine phytoseiid mite species (Acari: Phytoseiidae) associated with eriophyid mites (Acari: Eriophyidae) from Guilan Province of Iran are reported. Three species represent new records for Iran

Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) associated with eriophyid mites (Acari: Eriophyidae) in Guilan Province of Iran

Amblyseius azerbaijanicus Abbasova, A. meridionalis Berlese, Neoseiulus multiporus (Wu & Li) and Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) bakeri (Garman), collected in northern Iran, are new species records for the Phytoseiidae fauna of Iran. Amblyseius azerbaijanicus and A. meridionalis were sampled from soil, and N. multiporus and T. bakeri from the foliage and trunk of plum respectively. Illustrations and measurements are provided for the Iranian specimens. We have also found that the spermatheca in T. bakeri can be differently shaped, depending on the position in which it is viewed, and some suspected synonymies are proposed based on this fact.

J. A. McMurtry

Papers

A review of the subfamilies Phytoseiinae and Typhlodrominae (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

A review of the subfamily Amblyseiinae Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae): Part I. Neoseiulini new tribe

A review of the subfamily Amblyseiinae Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae): Part III. the tribe Amblyseiini Wainstein, subtribe Amblyseiina n. subtribe

Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) associated with eriophyid mites (Acari: Eriophyidae) in Guilan Province of Iran

Four new species records of Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) for Iran, and description of variability in the spermatheca of Typhlodromus bakeri