▪ Abstract This review categorizes the diversity of life-styles in the Phytoseiidae, based
primarily on food habits and related biological and morphological traits. The life-styles …

Predatory mites of the family Phytoseiidae are important natural enemies of phytophagous
mites and small insects. Phytoseiid mites often experience a variety of stresses brought …

Biological control provides an environmentally safe, cost-effective and energyefficient
means of pest control, either alone or as a component of integrated pest management. The …

Abstract The mite superfamily Raphignathoidea (Acari: Prostigmata) is comprehensively
revised. Keys to world families and genera of Raphignathoidea are included. The taxonomy …

Predators of apple and pear pests in northern and central Europe and their use as biological
control agents are reviewed. Many natural enemy species are specialized feeders and are …

Stigmaeidae is one of the most studied mite families in Acarology, with the number of
described species increasing by 44 percent in the last twenty years. To summarize the …

In a three-year study, mite populations were monitored in two vineyards, each having two
grape varieties with different leaf hair density. In both vineyards native phytoseiids were …

The experimental literature on the effects of intraguild predation on population growth rates
of herbivorous arthropod prey has expanded substantially in the last decade, creating a …

Several traits are useful for identifying life-style types of predaceous phytoseiid mites when
either 2 (diet generalist-specialist) or 4 (specialist I and II-generalist III and IV) type models …

In 1960, NG Hairston, FE Smith, and LB Slobodkin proposed that terrestrial ecosystems are
composed of three trophic levels: predators, herbivores, and plants. Under this model …