<p><strong>Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) of fruit orchards in</strong><strong> </strong><strong>cold regions of </strong><strong>Razavi Khorasan province (northeast Iran)</strong><strong>, with redescription of two species</strong></p>

Abstract

Seven species from five genera of the family Phytoseiidae were collected in northeast Iran. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) neyshabouris (Denmark & Daneshvar, 1982) were recorded for the second time. This species with the male of Proprioseiopsis messor (Wainstein, 1960) are redescribed and illustrated. A key to the adult females of the Razavi Khorasan province of Iran is also provided. Phytoseius corniger Wainstein, 1959 had the highest abundance and distribution in this survey.

Keywords

• Predatory mite fauna
• abundance
• Mesostigmata
• northeast Iran