TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Agistemus collyerae (Acari: Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae) in South Africa: first record, introduction pathways and a re-description including additional life stages VL - 58 IS - 1 SP - 116 EP - 130 PY - 2018 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Saccaggi, Davina L. AU - Ueckermann, Edward A. UR - https://doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20184235 DO - 10.24349/acarologia/20184235 DA - 2018-01-30 ET - 2018-01-30 KW - grapevine KW - predatory mite KW - Agistemus collyerae KW - South Africa KW - new record AB - Agistemus collyerae Gonzáles-Rodrigues (Stigmaeidae) is reported for the first time in South Africa on grapevines in the Western Cape Province. We investigate a possible introduction pathway of this mite as a contaminant on imported agricultural goods. Based on South African interception data, we report new country records of A. collyerae in the USA, Chile, Yemen, Spain and France. We re-describe it based on the South African specimens, including first-time descriptions of the male and deutonymph. Female specimens have shorter dorsal setae than those documented in the original descriptions, but we do not consider this enough evidence to justify a new species. ER -