Six New Records of Predaceous Mites Associated with some Trees from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||
| Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology | ||
| Article 9, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-39 PDF (2.35 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original research articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajesa.2011.163606 | ||
| Author | ||
| Fahad J. Al-Atawi | ||
| Dept. of Plant Protection. College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud Univ., P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Ten predaceous mite species, belonging to eight families (Ascidae, Bdellidae, Caligonellidae, Camerobiidae, Cheyletidae, Cunaxidae, Phytoseiidae and Stigmaeidae), were collected from fruit and timber trees in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Out of these ten species, six (Arctoseius cetratus (Sellnick), Decaphyllobius gersoni Bollan_d, Molothrognathus sp., Neoseiulus barkeri Hughes, Neoseiulus mumae(Shehata & Zaher), and Scutascirus factus Chaudhari) are fristly rcorded in Saudi Arabia. In addition, Agistemus vulgaris Soliman & Gomaa, Euseius scutalis (Athias- Henriot), and Spinibdella bifurcata Atyeo are reported for the first time on fruit trees in Saudi Arabia, while Hemicheyletia bakeri (Ehara) was previously recorded on pin timber trees. Some of these predaceous mites, recorded in this study, can be used as biological agents against phytophagous mites in Saudi Arabia. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Phytoseiidae; Predaceous mites; Fruit Crops; Saudi Arabia | ||
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