Phytoseiidae

Phytoseiidae
Proprioseiopsis mexicanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Mesostigmata
Clade: Dermanyssiae
Superfamily: Phytoseioidea
Family: Phytoseiidae
Berlese, 1916
Subfamilies

Amblyseiinae Muma, 1961
Phytoseiinae Berlese, 1916
Typhlodrominae Scheuten, 1857

Diversity
About 90 genera, over 2,000 species

The Phytoseiidae are a family of mites which feed on thrips and other mite species. They are often used as a biological control agent for managing mite pests.[1] Because of their usefulness as biological control agents, interest in Phytoseiidae has steadily increased over the past century. Public awareness of the biological control potential of invertebrates has been growing, though mainly in the US and Europe.[2] In 1950, there were 34 known species.[3] Today, there are 2,731 documented species[4] organized in 90 genera and three subfamilies.[5]

  1. ^ de Moraes, G.J.; McMurtry, J.A.; Denmark, H.A.; Campos, C.B. (2004). "A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 434: 1–494. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.434.1.1.
  2. ^ Wyckhuys, K. A. G.; Pozsgai, G.; Lovei, G. L.; Vasseur, L.; Wratten, S. D.; Gurr, G. M.; Reynolds, O. L.; Goettel, M. (2019-04-10). "Global disparity in public awareness of the biological control potential of invertebrates". Science of the Total Environment. 660: 799–806. Bibcode:2019ScTEn.660..799W. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.077. hdl:10182/10785. ISSN 0048-9697. PMID 30743965. S2CID 73444309.
  3. ^ Çobanoğlu, Sultan; Kumral, Nabi Alper (2016-06-02). "The biodiversity, density and population trend of mites (Acari) on Capsicum annuum L. in temperate and semi-arid zones of Turkey". Systematic and Applied Acarology. 21 (7): 907. doi:10.11158/saa.21.7.5. ISSN 1362-1971. S2CID 89015442.
  4. ^ ".:: Phytoseiidae Database ::". www.lea.esalq.usp.br. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  5. ^ "Untitled Document". www1.montpellier.inra.fr. Retrieved 2021-12-06.