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Descriptions of three new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Punjab, India with keys to the world species of the genus Paraphytoseius Swirski & Schechter, 1961

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Three mite species belonging to the family Phytoseiidae namely, Amblyseiulella solanae sp. n., Paraphytoseius punjabensis sp. n. and Transeius uttarbharaticus sp. n., are described based on specimens collected from plants amidst the dense green semi-arid trans-Himalayan dryland tracts of Punjab plains of North India. Three phytoseiid mite species: Amblyseius paraaerialis; Scapulaseius asiaticus and Typhlodromips jhilimiliensis were recorded for the first time from Punjab state. Key to the world species of the genus Paraphytoseius is provided.

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The authors are thankful to the Vice-Chancellor and Director of Research, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya for providing infrastructural facilities to carry out the work. The first author is grateful to the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India for providing DST-INSPIRE Fellowship. We are immensely thankful to Dr. R. B. Halliday, section editor, Zootaxa, Canberra, Australia to Prof. Dr. Gilberto J. de Moraes, USP, ESALQ, Piracicaba, Brazil and to Dr. Vikram Prasad, Indira Publication House, West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA for their valuable suggestions, inspiration and supporting with literature. The authors acknowledge help rendered by Dr. Priyankar Mandal, Dr. Vijay Kumar, Dr. K S Suri, Dr. Vikas Jindal, Dr. Bharathi Mohindru and Dr. Kousik Mandal during the research work.

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Biswas, S., Karmakar, K., Kar, A. et al. Descriptions of three new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Punjab, India with keys to the world species of the genus Paraphytoseius Swirski & Schechter, 1961. Biologia 79, 863–877 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01582-5

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