bibliography: Bondarev, V., Samoylova, T. Phytoseiid Mites (Parasitiformes, Phytoseiidae) in Greenbelts of Luhansk City (Ukraine). Proceedings of the National Museum of Natural History. Vol. 15: 101-103.

doi: http://doi.org/10.15407/vnm.2017.15.101

author(s): Vitalii Bondarev https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2265-1192,
T. P. Samoylova https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7630-3372

affiliation: I. I. Schmalhauzen Institute of Zoology of NAS of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)

address: V. Bondarev; I. I. Schmalhauzen Institute of Zoology, NAS of Ukraine; Bohdan Khmelnytsky St. 15, Kyiv–30, 01601 Ukraine; e-mail: bondaref@i.ua

Summary:
The species composition and distribution of phytoseiid mites (Parasitiformes, Phytoseiidae) in plant communities of Luhansk city’s greenbelts were studied for the first time. As a result, 13 mite species of 7 genera of this family were found. The species’ occurrence and preference of certain type of vegetation, as well as their biotope preference are established. Sampled mites were divided into three groups according to vegetation type. The first group consists of inhabitants of woody and shrubby plants (9 mite species). The second group represents the inhabitants of herbaceous plants and includes two species we have found during research. Two mite species, namely E. finlandicus and T. tiliarum, which do not prefer any particular plant life-form, belong to the third group. The most frequent Phytoseiidae mite species in greenbelts of Luhansk city are Euseius finlandicus and Typhlodromus cotoneastri.

Keywords:
Phytoseiidae, Phytoseiid mites, Luhansk.

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