This paper describes two new species of predatory mites belonging to the genus Paragigagnathus Amitai & Grinberg (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiisae), namely Paragigagnathus neodesertorum sp. nov. from Acacia raddiana L. (Fabaceae), and, P. jazanensis sp. nov. from Tamarix sp. (Tamaricaceae). Also, P. amantis (Chaudhri, Akbar & Rasool, 1979) is a new species record for Saudi Arabia, reported from Tamarix sp.
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4 January 2023
Two new species and a new record of the genus Paragigagnathus Amitai & Grinberg (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) from Saudi Arabia
Muhammad Kamran,
Hafiz Muhammad Saqib Mushtaq,
Fahad Jaber Alatawi
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Acari
morphology
predatory mites
species identification
taxonomy