Phytoseiulus

Phytoseiulus is a genus of mites in the Phytoseiidae family.

The species Phytoseiulus persimilis is a predatory mite, and is used for biological control of two-spotted spider mites.

Species

The genus Phytoseiulus contains these species:

• Phytoseiulus fragariae <small>Denmark & Schicha, 1983</small>
• Phytoseiulus longipes <small>Evans, 1958</small>
• Phytoseiulus macropilis <small>(Banks, 1904)</small>
• Phytoseiulus persimilis <small>Athias-Henriot, 1957</small> [synonymy: Phytoseiulus riegeli <small>Dosse, 1958</small>; Phytoseiulus tardi <small>(Lombardini, 1959)</small>]
• Phytoseiulus robertsi <small>(Baker, 1990)</small>

References

External links

• http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/
• https://www.biocontrol.entomology.cornell.edu/predators/Phytoseiulus.php