A world review of the soleiger species group in the genus Typhlodromus Scheuten (Acarina: Phytoseiidae)

Abstract

A redefined soleiger species group in the genus Typhlodromus Scheuten is proposed. Typhlodromus subsoleiger (Wainstein), T. tetramedius Zaher &Shehata, T. ostiolatus (Athias-Henriot), and T. amaliae (Ragusa &Swirski) are synonymized with T. talbii Athias-Henriot; and T. incognitus (Wainstein &Arutunjan) and T. trimediosetus Xin et al. are synonymized with T. soleiger (Ribaga). A new species, Typhlodromus triporus, which was previously attributed to T. soleiger, is proposed. Characters for the group are described. Keys to the adult females of the five species in the group and descriptions of each species are provided.