Zootaxa 4226 (2): 205–228 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2017 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4226.2.3 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9C6449A4-B5F6-442D-81E3-A850903C2163 Species of the genus Euseius Wainstein (Acari: Phytoseiidae: Amblyseiinae) from Taiwan JHIH-RONG LIAO1, CHYI-CHEN HO2 & CHIUN-CHENG KO1,3 1Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan 2Taiwan Acari Research Laboratory, Taichung City, Taiwan 3Corresponding author. E-mail:
[email protected] Abstract The six mite species of the genus Euseius Wainstein from Taiwan are reviewed, including E. ovalis (Evans), E. daluensis sp. nov., E. macaranga sp. nov., E. paraovalis sp. nov., and two species recorded for the first time in Taiwan, E. aizawai (Ehara & Bhandhufalck) and E. circellatus (Wu & Li). Measurements of these species and an identification key for adult females of the six Euseius species from Taiwan are provided. Key words: Phytoseiidae, taxonomy, Taiwan, new species, new record Introduction Euseius Wainstein is a genus of phytoseiid mites mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical areas (Chant & McMurtry, 2005, 2007). Among the 193 known species (Demite et al., 2016), only E. ovalis has been recorded in Taiwan (Tseng, 1983; Liao et al., 2013). As generalist predators, Euseius mites are considered potential biocontrol agents (McMurtry et al., 2013), although some species have been observed to feed on plant leaves without causing substantial damage (Adar et al., 2012). In Taiwan, E. ovalis has been studied for future use as a biological control agent, especially regarding its response to different food resources and its predator-prey interactions (Shih et al., 1993; Shih & Wang, 1997).