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Seven new records and distribution of phytoseiid (Acari: Mesostigmata) mite fauna associated with agri- horticultural crops in Northern India

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Surveillance on predatory mite fauna belonging to the family Phytoseiidae, covering three North Indian states Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan during 2019–2021 recorded 14 species under seven genera namely, Amblyseius sp. nr. brachycalyx, Amblyseius largoensis, Euseius alstoniae, Euseius astrictus, Euseius ovalis, Euseius sajnekhalicus, Neoseiulus barkeri, Neoseiulus imbricatus, Neoseiulus longispinosus, Paraphytoseius orientalis, Typhlodromips syzygii, Phytoseius jujuba, Phytoseius kapuri and Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) sp. Among them 7 species viz. A. sp. nr. brachycalyx, E. astrictus, E. sajnekhalicus, N. barkeri, N. imbricatus, T. syzygii and P. jujube were newly recorded from this region. Euseius sajnekhalicus has been found to be the most dominant species among the phytoseiid mites followed by E. alstoniae and E. astrictus. The genus Typhlodromips was recorded for the first time from north India.

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>The authors acknowledge the Head, Department of Entomology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India for providing necessary support in the form of laboratory and field facilities to carry out our research work. The First Author (Shubhadeep Biswas) is also grateful to Indian council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, for the grant of ICAR-PG Scholoarship (No. F1-EDN/1/25/2015-Exam cell and order no. Ag.edn. 2(9)/2018-HRD for a period of two years during his M.Sc programme. The second and fourth authors are grateful to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research for financial grant and infrastructural facilities under the All India Network Project (AINP) on Agricultural Acarology. The authors also acknowledge the facilities used under the Fund for Improvement of S&T infrastructure in universities & higher educational institutions (DST-FIST) project (project no SR/FST/LSI/636/2015(c).

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  2. Department of Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, West Bengal, India

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Biswas, S., Bhullar, M.B., Karmakar, K. et al. Seven new records and distribution of phytoseiid (Acari: Mesostigmata) mite fauna associated with agri- horticultural crops in Northern India. Int J Trop Insect Sci 42, 2425–2442 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-022-00770-1

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