Neoseiulus cinctutus ( Livshitz & Kuznetsov, 1972 )

CălugărK, Adina, StathakisK, Theodoros & Papadoulis, Georgios Th., 2023, Predatory mites of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (Romania), Acarologia 63 (1), pp. 58-66 : 62

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24349/w9fc-x845
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D6BB11-CE64-8561-FE74-FAA37333F84F
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Neoseiulus cinctutus ( Livshitz & Kuznetsov, 1972 )
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Neoseiulus cinctutus ( Livshitz & Kuznetsov, 1972) View in CoL

Material examined — Murighiol, meadow (24 July 2015) 1 ♀ leg. Ivan, ICBI ; Letea, meadow (11 May 2016) 1 ♀ leg. Călugăr, ICBI ; Sarinasuf, alfalfa crop (07 May 2017) 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂ leg. Ivan, ICBI ; Sarichioi, green peas (07 June 2017) 1♀, 1 ♂ leg. Ivan, ICBI ; Murighiol, barley crop (06 June 2017) 2 ♀♀, 2 DN leg. Ivan, ICBI ; Plopu, meadow (13 July 2018) 1 ♀ leg. Ivan, ICBI ; Murighiol, meadow (13 July 2018) 16 ♀♀, 8 ♂♂ leg. Ivan, ICBI ; Sarinasuf, meadow

(13 July 2018) 2 ♀♀ leg. Ivan, ICBI.

Length of setae — j1 15 (13–18), j3 21 (18–25), j4 14 (13–15), j5 13 (10–15), j6 13 (10–15), J2 15 (10–18), J5 13 (10–15), z2 16 (13–18), z4 18 (15–20), z5 13 (10–13), Z1 18 (15–28), Z4 38 (33–50), Z5 54 (53–58), s4 26 (25–28), S227 (25–30), S424 (20–28), S519 (18–20), r3 16 (15–18), R 1 17 (15–18).

World distribution — Former USSR (Crimea, Georgia), Greece, Turkey ( Demite et al. 2022) and Romania (this study).

Hosts / Substrates — Verbascum graecum Heldr. & Sart (Scrophulariaceae) , Plantago

spp. ( Plantaginaceae ), Aesculum hippocastanum L. ( Sapindaceae ), on unidentified plants ( Papadoulis et al. 2009, Demite et al. 2022).

Remarks — An occurrence analysis shows that N. cinctutus is one of the most frequent species in DDBR, being found in seven plots among the 24 plots under investigations. Morphological characters of the examined specimens generally fit with those of the original description and the redescription by Döker (2019).