Neoseiulus (genus - predators)

Phytoseiidae • predatory mites • beneficials/natural enemies

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Neoseiulus cucumeris (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Phyllis G. Weintraub
Source: Journal of Integrated Pest Management (2017), 8 (1 - 29)

Neoseiulus Hughes, 1948

This is a large genus of predatory mites with several hundred species and a world-wide distribution. Several species are valuable biological control agents which are produced commercially and used against pest mites like spider mites or small insects such as thrips.

Agriculturally important species are:
• Neoseiulus californicus - commercially produced and used against spider mites
• Neoseiulus cucumeris - commercially produced against spider mites and thrips
• Neoseiulus fallacis - commercially produced against pest mites
• Neoseiulus womersleyi - common in Asia
For other species see the list below

Currently, the following species have been entered into the system:

• Neoseiulus alpinus (predator)
• Neoseiulus anonymus (predator)
• Neoseiulus baraki (predator)
• Neoseiulus barkeri (predator)
• Neoseiulus bicaudus (predator)
• Neoseiulus californicus (predator)
• Neoseiulus cucumeris (predator)
• Neoseiulus fallacis (predator)

• Neoseiulus idaeus (predator)
• Neoseiulus longispinosus (predator)
• Neoseiulus neobaraki (predator)
• Neoseiulus paspalivorus (predator)
• Neoseiulus teke (predator)
• Neoseiulus tunus (predator)
• Neoseiulus womersleyi (predator)