Neoseiulus conterminus (Kolodochka)

Amblyseius conterminus Kolodochka, 1990: 161 .

Neoseiulus conterminus .— Chant & McMurtry, 2003: 23; Moraes et al., 2004: 114; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 25; Palevsky et al., 2009: 1727.

Specimens examined. One female, Dereiya, Riyadh, 9 June 2010, 24˚44' N, 46˚34' E, alt. 670 m, on Bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis L. ( Convolvulaceae) in a date palm orchard.

Remarks. The type specimens were collected from soil at Karakalpak, Uzbekistan while the Saudi specimen was found on Convolvulus arvensis leaves. Our specimen of N. conterminus agrees with the redescription given by Palevsky et al. (2009) for two female specimens collected from Cynodon dactylon in date palm orchards, Israel. This species is a new record for the Saudi mite fauna. This species has been recorded from Israel and Uzbekistan.