Description of nine new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Sikkim, a north eastern States of India Author Kar, Anamika 0000-0001-5318-8308 Department of Agricultural Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur- 741252, Nadia, West Bengal, India. anamika_kar7@rediffmail.com Author Karmakar, Krishna 0000-0002-5582-3560 Department of Agricultural Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur- 741252, Nadia, West Bengal, India. kkbckv64@gmail.com & karmakar.krishna@bckv.edu.in text Zootaxa 2022 2022-09-06 5182 3 201 237 journal article 138996 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.1 7979d7d5-c5fe-40d7-832a-da2fb5f3334b 1175-5326 7052935 491D9918-2B5B-4F22-9B64-CEB10C981807

TABLE 7. Differences in diagnostic characters between Phytoseius ferrum sp. nov. and P. sonunensis Ryu & Ehara, 1993; P. nipponicus Ehara, 1962; P. neocorniger, Gupta, 1977; and P. jujuba Gupta, 1977

Characteristics	Phytoseius ferrum sp. nov.	P. sonunensis	P. neocorniger	P. nipponicus	P. jujuba
Sources of measurement: Original paper of Ryu & Ehara, 1993; Ehara, 1962; Gupta, 1977; Gupta, 2003; ‘-’: not available
j1	26–29	28–30	28	36	25–27
j3	35–38	29–30	50	35	35–44
j4	4–6	7–8	-	8	4–6
j5	4–6	7–8	-	8	4–6
j6	4–6	7–8	-	8	4–6
J5	4–6	5–6	-	13	4–6
z2	20–23	9–10	12	13	7–12
z3	26–29	28–29	33	31	31–34
z4	14–18	18–19	12	19	6
z5	4–6	7–8	-	-	4–6
Z4	79–81	54–55	70–89	73	78
Z5	74–80	73–75	65–82	79	78
s4	118–121	78–79	110–130	84	95–96
s6	72–74	76–77	80	82	66–69
r3	38–41	41–42	40	50	40
Serration of z2 and z4	Serrated	Smooth	Smooth	Smooth	Smooth
Vsl	98–102	-	60	-	68
Vsw ZV2	31–33	-	-	-
Vsw anus	50–54	-	40	-	45
No. teeth FD	3	4	-	-	3–4
No. teeth MD	1	1	-	-	1
Number of metapodal plate	Single	-	-	1	Single
SgeIV	Nil	Nil	Nil	-	Nil
StiIV	50–54	58–59	40	61	35–40
StaIV	28–32	18–19	26	18	20–23
Shape of leg macrosetae	Bulbous with hyaline envelop	Bulbous with hyaline envelop	Spatulated	Rod like blunt	Rod like