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14 September 2022 A new, broadly distributed species of predacious mites, Neoseiulus neoagrestis sp. nov., (Acari: Phytoseiidae) discovered through GenBank data mining and extensive morphological analyses
Vladimir A. Khaustov, Ismail Döker, Omid Joharchi, Denis V. Kazakov, Alexander A. Khaustov, Maryam Moradi, Xiao-Duan Fang, Pavel Klimov
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Abstract

A new species of phytoseiid mites, Neoseiulus neoagrestis sp. nov., was described based on all ontogenetic stages and extensive comparison with types/vouchers of closely related species and a thorough analysis of GenBank data. Mite specimens were collected in an area at the eastern coast of the Black Sea of Russia and cultured. Molecular barcoding revealed a close match (100–99.25%) with several unidentified COX1 sequences from Canada. Both Canadian and Russian mites reproduced sexually and had consistent morphology, including the presence of gd2 gland pores, indicating that they belong to a single species, N. neoagrestis sp. nov. The presence of gd2 gland pores distinguishes N. neoagrestis sp. nov. from a closely related, parthenogenetic species N. agrestis (Karg), which lacks gd2 gland pores. Despite having an arguably negligible morphological difference, these two species were clearly distinct by COX1 sequences (19.95–22.01% K2P distances). We studied the ontogeny of N. neoagrestis sp. nov. and provided comparison with related Neoseiulus species. Furthermore, our examination of types of N. agrestis, N. salish, and N. striatus indicated that the latter two species are potential junior synonyms of N. agrestis.

Vladimir A. Khaustov, Ismail Döker, Omid Joharchi, Denis V. Kazakov, Alexander A. Khaustov, Maryam Moradi, Xiao-Duan Fang, and Pavel Klimov "A new, broadly distributed species of predacious mites, Neoseiulus neoagrestis sp. nov., (Acari: Phytoseiidae) discovered through GenBank data mining and extensive morphological analyses," Systematic and Applied Acarology 27(10), 2038-2061, (14 September 2022). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.27.10.14
Received: 11 March 2022; Accepted: 4 May 2022; Published: 14 September 2022
KEYWORDS
gd2 gland pore (solenostome)
Immature stages
Integrative taxonomy
Neoseiulini
predatory mites
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