TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Predatory mites of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (Romania) VL - 63 IS - 1 SP - 58 EP - 66 PY - 2023 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Călugăr, Adina AU - Stathakis, Theodoros AU - Papadoulis, Georgios Th. UR - https://doi.org/10.24349/w9fc-x845 DO - 10.24349/w9fc-x845 DA - 2023-01-13 ET - 2023-01-13 KW - distribution KW - first record KW - predatory mites KW - fauna KW - Romania AB - In Romania, phytoseiid mites was notified sporadically with the occasion of some ecological works referring to the whole Mesostigmata. Seven years of investigations carried out in Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve led to the identification of 12 species belonging to the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) namely Amblyseius meridionalis Berlese, A.obtusus (Koch) sensu Karg, A. terreus Kolodochka, Graminaseius graminis (Chant), Neoseiulus alpinus (Schweizer), N. cinctutus (Livshitz & Kuznetsov), N. extricatus (Kolodochka), N. tervus Meshkov, Proprioseiopsis messor (Wainstein), P. scurra (Wainstein & Beglyarov), Transeius macrospermathecus Papadoulis, Emmanouel & Kapaxidi, Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) kerkirae Swirski & Ragusa. With the exception of A. meridionalis and A. obtusus the rest of the species are reported for the first time from Romania. ER -