New records and re-descriptions of some phytoseiid species (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACTFour phytoseiid species Neoseiulus sinaiticum (Amitai and Siwirski 1982), N. tabularis Chaudhri, Akbar and Rasool 1979, Eusieus eitanae (Swirski and Amitai, 1965) and Proprioseiopsis badryi (Yousef and El-Brollosy, 1986) are recorded for the first time from Saudi Arabia. The two new records N. sinaiticum and N. tabularis are re-described and illustrated based on adult females. Keys to the world species of the N. paspalivorus and N. desertus species groups are provided.