New mite records (Acari: Mesostigmata Trombidiformes) from soil and vegetation of some Syrian citrus agrosystems
Barbar, Ziad
Acarologia
2018
2018-11-09
58
4
919
927
9FSPH
Athias-Henriot, 1961
Athias-Henriot
1961
[491,1003,1760,1784]
Arachnida
Ascidae
Gamasellodes
GBIF
Animalia
Mesostigmata
2
920
Arthropoda
species
vulgatior
30 March, 2017. This is the second ascid species from Syria(i.e., Gamasellodes americanus(Garman); Barbar, 2016). It was previously recorded from Algeria( Athias-Henriot, 1961) and India( Bhattacharyya and Sanyal, 2002). The biology of this species is unknown. However, several Gamasellodesspeciescan feed and reproduce on several nematode groups in soil ( Moraes et al., 2015).