TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - First Record of Africoseiulella Kreiter (Parasitiformes: Phytoseiidae) with the complementary description of Africoseiulella arabicus (Negm & Alatawi) comb. nov. from Saudi Arabia
VL  - 65
IS  - 3
SP  - 815
EP  - 826
PY  - 2025
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Mirza, Jawwad Hassan
AU  - Kamran, Muhammad
AU  - Khan, Eid Muhammad
AU  - Alatawi, Fahad Jaber
UR  - https://doi.org/10.24349/n2ln-2wlc
DO  - 10.24349/n2ln-2wlc
DA  - 2025-08-06
ET  - 2025-08-06
KW  - male
KW  - Nabiseius
KW  - short peritreme
KW  - st3 setae
AB  - In the present study, the genus Africoseiulella Kreiter is reported for the first time from Saudi Arabia. Subsequently, the species described as Nabiseius arabicus by Negm and Alatawi (2013) is transferred to Africoseiulella, based on the examination of the type specimens and on newly collected specimens from Saudi Arabia. The male of A. arabicus comb. nov. is described and illustrated along with the presentation of complementary information about the female. Some of the significant morphological characters in A. arabicus comb. nov. female are discussed for their importance in the phytoseiid taxonomy.
ER -