Agistemus (genus - predators)

Stigmaeidae • predatory mites • beneficials/natural enemies

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Agistemus aimogastaensis female - A) dorsal view, B) ventral view, C) palp, D) cuticular components of genital chamber, E) anogenital covers - scale bars: A+B) 100 µm, C-E) 15 µm
Author: Sergio Leiva, Nestor Fernandez, Pieter Theron and Christine Rollard
Source: ZooKeys (2013), 312, p. 68

Agistemus Summers, 1960

This genus is widely distributed and contains around 30 species of predators mites. The adults are typically yellowish or bright red. They have been reported to prey on phytophagous mites (spider mites and eriophyid mites) as well as on eggs and crawlers of scale insects. For example, Agistemus exsertus is found in Africa, Asia and Europe on various crops. It has been studied in Egypt as a biological control agent of spider mites (Momen, 2011).

Type species: Agistemus terminalis.

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

• Agistemus brasiliensis (predator)
• Agistemus exsertus (predator)
• Agistemus fleschneri (predator)

• Agistemus floridanus (predator)
• Agistemus industani (predator)
• Agistemus longisetus (predator)