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Two new species of Gynaeseius (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Andaman and Nicobar islands and a complementary description of Gynaeseius santosoi, with a key to the world species of the genus

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Two new species of Gynaeseius Wainstein, 1962, namely G. dweepabasi Karmakar and Biswas sp. n. and G. kalapaharicus Karmakar and Biswas sp. n., are described, based on specimens collected from flora in the dense, lush and obscured tropical evergreen rainforest regions of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. With these descriptions, thirteen valid species of Gynaeseius are presently known from the world. Gynaeseius santosoi (Ehara, 2005) has been recorded for the first time from India, also from that same region, being here redescribed. A key to the world species of the genus is provided.

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We are immensely grateful to the first author’s parents, Sri Manoj Kanti Biswas and Smt. Kalpana Biswas for their help in the collection of the mite specimens. We are thankful to the Vice-Chancellor and Director of Research, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya for providing facilities to carry out the work. The authors are immensely grateful to all the reviewers for their meticulous and constructive review to improve the manuscript. The first author is thankful to the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India for the grant of DST-INSPIRE Fellowship. The authors also acknowledge Priyankar Mondal for help in acquiring the digital drawing.

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Biswas, S., Karmakar, K. Two new species of Gynaeseius (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Andaman and Nicobar islands and a complementary description of Gynaeseius santosoi, with a key to the world species of the genus. Biologia 79, 73–86 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01498-0

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