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During a survey (March–June, 1995) of predacious mites on citrus in 30 major production areas, 25 species of phytoseiid and Anystid mites were recorded.Amblyseius pafuriensis Van der Merwe occurred almost at every sites in the Northern Transvaal and Southern Zimbabwe,A. citri (Van cer Merwe & Ryke) was most common in Central and Eastern Transvaal,A. citri andTyphlodromus crassus Van der Merwe, Natal, andA. addoensis addoensis (Van der Merwe & Ryke) andA. addoensis rubicolus (Van der Merwe & Ryke) in both Cape provinces. Regarding the whole region,A. addoensis addoensis, A. citri, A. addoensis rubicolus represented 86% of the total number of sampled predators,A. pafuriensis, T. crassus andT. rasilis Van der Merwe together represented 5% and the remaining 20 species represented 9%. The study indicated thatA. pafuriensis, T. crassus andT. rasilis can be excellent biocontrol agents on citrus.
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El-Banhawy, E.M. Survey of predacious mites on citrus in South Africa. Specific diversity, geographic distribution and the abundance of predacious mites. Anz. Schadlingskde., Pflanzenschutz, Umweltschutz 70, 136–141 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01904750
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