Tsolakis Haralabos, Ragusa Salvatore
University of Palermo, Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, Laboratory of Applied Acarology "Eliahu Swirski", Edifice 5A, Viale delle Scienze, 13 - 90128 Palermo, Italy.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2015 Mar 5;3926(2):229-43. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.2.4.
The authors debate some aspects of the classification of the Phytoseiidae, especially the subfamily Typhlodrominae. Within this taxon, the rhenanus group is the most numerous species group of Typhlodromus (Anthoseius), with 206 nominal species. Detailed observation of morphological characters of the species in this group showed a considerable variation, suggesting the presence of different natural lineages. The discovery of the new species here described, Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) sandrae Ragusa & Tsolakis n. sp., allowed the definition of the new porathi species group. Definition of the new species group, a dichotomous key as well as the description of the new species are given.
作者们讨论了植绥螨科分类的一些方面,特别是盲走螨亚科。在这个分类单元中,莱茵螨组是盲走螨属(前盲走螨亚属)中物种数量最多的物种组,有206个命名物种。对该组物种形态特征的详细观察显示出相当大的变异,这表明存在不同的自然谱系。这里描述的新物种——桑德拉盲走螨(前盲走螨亚属)(Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) sandrae Ragusa & Tsolakis n. sp.)的发现,使得新的波拉蒂物种组得以定义。给出了新物种组的定义、二分检索表以及新物种的描述。