Phytoseiid mites (Mesostigmata:Phytoseiidae) fauna of raspberry shrubs in Guilan Province

During 2009-2010, a survey was carried out to study the fauna of raspberry shrubs phytoseiid mites in central area of Guilan Province. During this study, 19 species belonging to 8 genera and 3 subfamilies were collected and identified. The list of identified species is as follows. New species for Guilan Provine mite fauna are marked by an asterisk (*).Also, an identification key for identification of phytoseiid mites of raspberry shrubs in Guilan province, is provided. Subfamily Amblyseiinae: Transeius wainsteini (Gomelauri, 1968); Transeius herbarius* (Wainstein, 1960); Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant, 1959); Proprioseiopsis okanagensis* (Chant, 1957); Amblyseius rademacheri (Dosse, 1958); Neoseiulus umbraticus (Chant, 1956); Neoseiulus sugonjaevi* (Wainstein and Abbasova, 1974); Neoseiulus marginatus (Wainstein, 1961); Neoseiulus barkeri Hughes, 1948; Neoseiulus tauricus* (Livshitz and Kuzenetsov, 1972); Neoseiulus multiporus* (Wu and Li, 1978) and Euseius amissibilis Meshkov, 1991. Subfamily Phytoseiinae: Phytoseius plumifer (Canestrini and Fanzago, 1876); Phytoseius juvenis Wainstein and Arutunjan, 1970 and Phytoseius spoofi (Oudemans, 1915). Subfamily Typhlodrominae: Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) georgicus* Wainstein, 1958; Paraseiulus soleiger (Ribaga, 1904); Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) kazachstanicus* Wainstein, 1958 and Paraseiulus triporus (Chant and Yoshida-Shaul, 1982).