New records of phytoseiid mites from Madagascar, with descriptions of two new species

Abstract

Madagascar is one of the most important biodiversity hotspots worldwide. Many studies have investigated the arthropodofauna of the island in the last two decades, but studies on Phytoseiidae go back to the ’80s. In the present paper authors report on phytoseiid mites collected on cultivated and spontaneously growing arboreal plants in various areas of the country. Nine species are identified during surveys, two of them, Moraseius papayana and Kuzinellus querellus are new records for Madagascar, and other two species are new for the science, Typhlodromalus andramasinus n.sp. and Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) amphoraeformis n.sp. and are herein described.