Neoseiulus alpinus ( Schweizer, 1922 )

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

Neoseiulus alpinus ( Schweizer, 1922)

Material examined — Murighiol, meadow (24 July 2015) 3 ♀♀ leg. Ivan, ICBI ; Murighiol, meadow (06 June 2017) 2 ♀♀ leg. Ivan, ICBI ; Sarinasuf, meadow (06 June 2017) 2 ♀♀, 2

♂♂ leg. Ivan, ICBI ; Sarinasuf, meadow (10 August 2017) 2 ♂♂ leg. Călugăr, ICBI ; Sarinasuf, meadow, (13 July 2018) 2 ♀♀ leg. Ivan, ICBI.

Length of setae — j1 15 (13–20), j3 17 (15–25), j4 16 (10–15), j5 11 (10–13), j6 12 (10–13), J2 13 (10–15), J5 12 (10–15), z2 14 (10–15), z4 14 (10–8), z5 11 (10–13), Z1 16 (15–18), Z4 29 (25–30), Z5 41 (33–45), s4 25, S2 22 (15–25), S4 22 (15–25), S5 18 (13–25), r3

16 (13–20), R 1 17 (15–20).

World distribution — Algeria, Australia, Belgium, Cuba, Czech Republic, England, France, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey and USA (Arizona, California, Washington) ( Demite et al. 2022) and Romania (this study).

Hosts / Substrates — On moss, grass, unidentified low-growing plants, Pyrus malus

L. ( Rosaceae ), Ballota acetabulosa (L.) ( Lamiaceae ), Ulex europaeus L. ( Fabaceae ), in soil ( Papadoulis et al. 2009, Demite et al. 2022).

Remarks — Neoseiulus alpinus is a cosmopolitan species present in more than 20 countries. Our findings indicated the preference of this species to praticolous ecosystems. Morphological characters are very close to the redescriptions provided by Evans (1987) and Ferragut et al. (2010).