Vladimir Khaustov

• PhD
• Researcher at University of Tyumen

Achipterina (Oribatida, Ceratokalummidae) currently comprises four species, collectively distributed in the tropical and subtropical areas. We describe a new species-A. mangrovica sp. nov.-based on adults collected from litter of a mangrove forest in the Can Gio Biosphere Reserve, southern Vietnam. It is the first representative of the family disco...

Two new species of intertidal oribatid mites of Ameronothroidea (Oribatida)-Alismobates tobiaspfingstli sp. nov. (Fortuyniidae) and Selenoribates gibbosus sp. nov. (Selenoribatidae)-are described, based on adults collected from litter of a mangrove forest in the Can Gio Biosphere Reserve, southern Vietnam. These are the first records of these famil...

A new species of phytoseiid mite, Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) neorecki sp. nov., is described based on adult specimens of both sexes and a comprehensive analysis of GenBank data. These specimens were collected from the Golan Heights, in Israel. Additionally, T. (A.) recki Wainstein is redescribed using adult specimens of both sexes collected from var...

The mite Thyreophagus entomophagus is a cosmopolitan species of significant economic importance in biocontrol applications, serving as a factitious prey for the mass rearing of predatory mites. This species has been reported from a variety of habitats. However, the taxonomic reliability of its name is questionable due to inconsistencies in historic...

Two new monotypic genera are described: Pseudositeroptes trachi gen. and sp. n. and Neodiroptes sibiriensis gen. and sp. n. (Acari: Prostigmata: Pygmephoridae), collected under the thin bark of a rotting birch twig lying on the ground in Western Siberia, Russia. A female of Sevastianovella lacidus (Livshits, Mitrofanov and Sharonov) is redescribed...

The free-living predatory mites of the family Cheyletidae of the Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam) are reviewed. Females of two monotypic genera, Vietocheyla subiasi gen. and sp. nov., Paracheletogenes mirabilis gen. and sp. nov., and all active stages of a new species Cheletogenes vietnamiensis sp. nov. are described. Four species, Cheletomimus (He...

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) drori Grinberg & Amitai is redescribed based on female and male specimens collected from Tamarix sp. in Republic of Dagestan, Russia. In addition, T. (A.) tamaricis (Kolodochka), T. (A.) beskaravainyi (Kuznetsov) are proposed as junior synonyms of T. (A.) drori, while T. (A.) eremitidis (Chaudhri, Akbar & Rasool) is consid...

New faunistic data on mites of the family Cunaxidae of Asian Russia are provided. A total of 11 species were found, among them four species are described as new for science, namely, Neobonzia scutata sp. nov., Cunaxa palustris sp. nov., C. quinquesetosa sp. nov., and Cunaxoides magnificus sp. nov. Scirula impressa Berlese is recorded from Russia fo...

A new species, Typhlodromips coniferaphilus sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on females collected from various conifers in the Altai Republic and Sakhalin Island, Russia. Moreover, a complementary description of T. quaesitus (Wainstein & Beglyarov) is provided based on females and males collected from various angiosperm plants in the Sa...

Neoseiulus neoparaki (Ehara) (Parasitiformes: Phytoseiidae) was described about 50 years ago and known only based on its original description from Japan. The original description is quite detailed and include most of diagnostic characters, but still not complete since it lacks the chelicera dentition and some important morphological features regard...

Taxonomy of the predatory mite family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) is essentially based on morphological observations, and only a few studies use integrative approaches that include mainly morphological and molecular analysis. Species of the genus Euseius Wainstein (Acari: Phytoseiidae) are pollen feeding generalist predators belonging to “Ty...

We describe females, males and phoretic deutonymphs of Divilia orbiculata n. sp. (Hemisarcoptidae) collected under the bark of fallen birch twigs in Western Siberia in association with sordariomycete fungi. Adults were previously unknown in Divilia and we describe them for the first time. Divilia oculata Sevastianov, 1969, the type species of the g...

The Tydeidae fauna of the Altay (Altayskiy Kray and Respublika Altay) is reviewed. A total of nine species of the genus Brachytydeus were found. Among them, Brachytydeus montanus sp. n., B. altaicus sp. n. and B. brevisetosus sp. n. are new to science. Brachytydeus politus (Kuznetsov), B. reticuloinsignius (Kazmierski and Panou) and B. sleipneri (M...

We present a revised generic diagnosis of Caucaseremaeus (Oribatida: Eremaeidae). The redescription of Caucaseremaeus krivolutskyi Shtanchaeva and Subías, 2006 is presented, based on the paratype (Armenia) and on the specimens collected from the Republic of Abkhazia. In addition, remarks on the family placement of Caucaseremaeus are provided.

Three new species of predatory mites belonging to the genus Amblyseius Berlese (Acari: Phytoseiidae), A. latisetosus sp. nov., A. unodentatus sp. nov., and A. altaiensis sp. nov. are described based on the material collected from Altai Republic, Russia. The new species are assigned to the obtusus species group and andersoni species subgroup by havi...

Simple Summary In recent years, there has been a growing interest in finding sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions to combat agricultural pests while minimizing the adverse impacts of chemical pesticides. Species of the genus Thyreophagus have emerged as a valuable asset in this pursuit. These mites are utilized as factitious prey for...

A new predatory mite species of the genus Leioseius Berlese, L. subarcticus Joharchi n. sp., is described and illustrated on the basis of morphological characters of adults collected in the subarctic zone of northern Tyumen, from the soil covered with lichens. We also provide additional morphological information and new illustrations for L. changba...

Russian species of the genus Paraseiulus Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae) were reviewed based on the material collected in this study as well as previous literature reports. As a result, a new species, P. pseudoincognitus sp. nov., collected from leaves of Ulmus sp. (Ulmaceae) in Omsk Region, Russia, was described and illustrated from adults of both sexe...

The development and life history parameters of Neoseiulus agrestis feeding on the storage mite, Thyreophagus sp., were studied at three different temperatures of 20, 25, and 30°C. The results show that juvenile development and oviposition period as well as reproductive potential of this predatory mite are significantly affected by the temperature....

This paper reports on three species of the genus Holostaspis (Laelapidae) associated with ants in Russia: Holostaspis ambigua Babaeian, Mašán and Halliday were collected from nest of Formica polyctena Förster (Formicidae), Holostaspis intermedia Joharchi n. sp. were collected from nest of Formica exsecta Nylander (Formicidae) and Holostaspis macrod...

We present the first record of Metacryptoseius in Central Asia on the basis of a new phoretic species, M. samanii Joharchi & Tavakal n. sp., collected on dung beetle, Scarabaeus carinatus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), from Tajikistan. The new species is described and illustrated based on morphological characters of the adults and compared with known...

Adult female of Linotetranus sibiriensis n. sp. (Acari: Tetranychoidea) collected from soil sample in Kurgan Region of Russia is described. This is the first record of the family Linotetranidae from Russia and northernmost in Palaearctic. Thanks to the use of a scanning electron microscope, three pairs of adoral setae were detected in Linotetranida...

Female of Premicrodispus (Premicrodispulus) kurganiensis sp. nov. (Acari: Heterostigmata: Microdispidae) is described from the salty soil sample collected from vicinity of the salt lake Medvezh'ye in Kurgan Region of Russia. This is the first record of the subgenus P. (Premicrodispulus) in Russia. A key to the species of P. (Premicrodispulus) is al...

The predatory mite, Neoseiulus neoagrestis Khaustov and Döker (Acari: Phytoseiidae), recently described as new species for science, but seems to have a great potential to be used in biological control. In this study, as a first step to determine the optimum temperature (between three temperatures tested) for its mass rearing, we studied its biologi...

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) kuznetsovi (Demnark and Welbourn) is redescribed based on the holotype female and newly collected materials from Tajikistan. After a detailed examination of the holotype female, we have concluded that several important morphological characters were incorrectly described in the original description. In this article, we rede...

The present study is based on oribatid mite material collected from Altai Krai and Altai Republic, southern part of Western Siberia, Russia. A list of 60 species, belonging to 51 genera and 29 families, is presented; of these, two species (Moritzoppia metulifera, Zachvatkinibates latilamellatus) are recorded for the first time in Russia; one new sp...

The morphological ontogeny of Neoseiulus subsolidus (Beglyarov) (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) was studied based on the specimens collected from Salix sp. (Salicaceae) leaves in Tyumen region and Altai Republic, Russia. All active life stages including larva, protonymph, deutonymph, adult female and male were described and illustrated. The tax...

A new species of phytoseiid mites, Neoseiulus neoagrestis sp. nov., was described based on all ontogenetic stages and extensive comparison with types/vouchers of closely related species and a thorough analysis of GenBank data. Mite specimens were collected in an area at the eastern coast of the Black Sea of Russia and cultured. Molecular barcoding...

This study provides additional morphological information and new illustrations for Amblyseius ishizuchiensis, a predatory mite species previously described from Japan, and subsequently reported from China and Russia. Our examinations on a series of specimens collected from several localities in Russia showed no remarkable difference compared to its...

Although phytoseiid mites are one of the most promising candidates to be used in biological control of mites and insects, nothing is known regarding the native fauna in Maldives. This study reports on six species belongs to four genera for the first time in Maafushi Island, Maldives. Among the species reported, Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) philippinen...

All active stages of Sevastianoviella taurica sp. nov. (Acari: Heterostigmata: Pygmephoridae) are described from a rotting twig of linden near town of Yalta, Crimea. A key to the species of Sevastianoviella is also provided and the life history of the new species is discussed.

This paper reports on six species of the genus Cosmolaelaps (Laelapidae) in Russia: Cosmolaelaps lutegiensis (Shcherbak) collected from soil-litter, C. chianensis (Gu) and C. rectangularis Sheals, 1962 from Myrmica sp. (Formicidae), and Cosmolaelaps lasiophilus Joharchi sp. nov., Cosmolaelaps latisetis Joharchi sp. nov., and Cosmolaelaps sejongi Ke...

We present the first record of Otopheidomenidae Treat in Central Asia on the basis of a new ectoparasitic species, Nabiseius palifer Joharchi & Khaustov n. sp., collected on damsel bug, Nabis palifer Seidenstücker (Hemiptera: Nabidae), from Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. The new species is described and illustrated based on morphological characters o...

A new oribatid mite species of the genus Oribatella (Oribatida, Oribatellidae)-Oribatella altaica Ermilov sp. n.-is described from soil-litter in Altai mountains, Russia; it is showing an interesting sexual dimorphism in the structure of the posterior part of notogaster (large unpaired concavity bearing a pair of porose areas A3 present in males ve...

This paper reports on a new species of mite of the genus Gaeolaelaps from Western Siberia, Russia, Gaeolaelaps hajiqanbari Joharchi & Nemati sp. nov. collected from soil of a salt marsh in vicinity of Omsk. The new species is described, and illustrations provided based on morphological characters of the adult female.

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) levis sp. n. (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is described and illustrated based on adult specimens collected from soil on the shore of Lake Tunaycha, Sakhalin Island, Russia.

The present study is based on oribatid mite material collected from Altai Mountains, southern part of Western Siberia, Altai Republic, Russia. A list of 30 species, belonging to 30 genera and 24 families, is presented. Of these, one genus (Neotrichoppia) and three species (Epidamaeus munkhbayari, Proteremaeus chadaevae, Peloribates angulatus) are r...

We describe a new mite species from the Far East of Russia—Proctogastrolaelaps subsolanus Joharchi & Marchenko sp. nov. (Acari: Melicharidae). The new species was collected from soil-litter on the shores of the Tunaycha Lake and Sea of Okhotsk in Sakhalin Island. The important morphological characteristics of the genus Proctogastrolaelaps are revis...

Surveys were carried out to assess Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) diversity in various habitats and ecosystems during the last two years in Russia. This study aimed to provide a review of the Russian species belonging to the genus Transeius Chant & McMurtry (Acari: Phytoseiidae) mostly based on the materials collected in this study as well as p...

Despite their great importance in the biological control of phytophagous mites and insects, nothing is known with regard to the phytoseiid mite fauna in Ethiopia. In this paper, three species, Amblyseius chanioticus Papadoulis, Graminaseius shwelei El-Banhawy & Knapp and Neoseiulus scapilatus (van der Merwe) are reported for the first time from Eth...

This paper reports on four species of free-living mites of the family Laelapidae from Tristan da Cunha and Nightingale Islands: Cosmolaelaps claviger (Berlese), Gaeolaelaps aculeifer (Canestrini), G. furcatus sp. nov., and Nidilaelaps annectans (Womersley). The new species has the unique character states of the paradactyli on pretarsi II–IV being v...

Typhlodromips pseudomontanus sp. n. (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is described and illustrated based on material collected from low-ground herbaceous plants in the Alpine Caucasus, Krasnodar Territory, Russia.

Two new species of the genus Typhlodromus Scheuten, Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) dombayensis Khaustov and Döker sp. nov. and Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) kurganensis Khaustov and Döker sp. nov. are described and illustrated based on material collected in Caucasus and Kurgan provinces, Russia, respectively. In addition, a little known species, Typhlod...

We provide the first description of the female of Dendrolaelaps sinodendronis Wiśniewski and Hirschmann (Acari: Mesostigmata: Digamasellidae) associated with Sinodendron cylindricum (L.) (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) from Tyumen Province, Western Siberia, Russia. We also redescribe Proctolaelaps epuraeae Hirschmann (Acari: Mesostigmata: Melicharidae) fro...

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) tetraporus sp. nov., collected on grasses in Crimea, is proposed as a new species for science. The new species can be separated from all known species of Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) by the combination of following characters; peritreme extending almost to level of setae j1, four pairs of solenostomes on dorsal shield, two pa...

Two little known species of the genus Neoseiulus Hughes, N. plantagenis (Kolodochka) and N. tervus Meshkov are redescribed based on the specimens collected from grass-soil in North Caucasus, and Tyumen province, Russia, respectively. In addition, Neoseiulus caucasicus Döker & Khaustov sp. nov. is described based on the adult females which were also...

This paper reports on three species of mites of the genus Gaeolaelaps from Altai Mountains, Russia. Gaeolaelaps altaiensis sp. nov., G. lenis Vatankhah & Nemati were collected from nests of Lasius sp. and Formica sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), respectively, and G. euparadactylifer sp. nov. from moss on the shore of the Teletskoye Lake. The new spec...

Three new species of the oribatid mite family Oppiidae are described from soil and coniferous litter of Hogsback State Forest, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Brachioppia bituberculata sp. nov. differs from its related species, Brachioppia excrescens and B. louwi, by the localization of cilia on the bothridial head and length and placement of...

A new species of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), Neoseiulus cunhaensis Döker & Ueckermann sp. nov. is described from female specimens. In addition, a key to the species of the paspalivorus species group in the genus Neoseiulus Hughes is presented.

The present study is based on oribatid mite material collected from the soil and nests of the termite, Trinerv-itermes trinervoides (Isoptera, Termitidae) of the Franklin Game Reserve in South Africa. A list of identified taxa is presented and it includes 47 species belonging to 34 genera and 19 families. The species Phauloppia rauschenensis, the s...

The present study is based on oribatid mite material collected from soil and nests of the termite, Trinervitermes trinervoides of the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in South Africa. A list of identified taxa, including 49 species, belonging to 41 genera and 24 families, is presented; of these, 13 species, eight genera and two families are foun...

A new predatory mite species, Proprioseiulus ceylonensis sp. nov. (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is described and illustrated based on female and male specimens collected from soil-litter in Sri Lanka. The new species can be easily distinguished from all other known species in the genus by the combination of the following characters: absence of ventral seta...

Typhlodromips montanus (Wainstein) comb. n. (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is reported for the first time from Russia. It is redescribed and illustrated based on female and male specimens collected from the Altai Republic, Russia. This species was previously placed in the genus Neoseiulus Hughes. However, it fits well with the current concept of the genus T...

Hypoaspisella pini comb. n. is redescribed based on adult females collected from a rotten stump of Siberian spruce (Picea obovata Ledeb.) in Western Siberia (Russia) and from the galleries of Ips acuminatus (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Turkey. Hypoaspisella pini fits well with the current concept of the genus Hypoaspisella...

Mites of the genus Amblyseius (Acari: Phytoseiidae) in Western Siberia, Russia are reviewed. Amblyseius silvaticus (Chant), A. ampullosus Wu and Lan and A. myrtilli Papadoulis, Emmanouel and Kapaxidi are recorded for the first time from Russia. Females of A. silvaticus, A. omaloensis, A.myrtilli and A. ampullosus are redescribed in detail and males...

A new species of the genus Phyllhermannia is described from soil of Golden Gate Highlands National Park (central South Africa), based on all ontogenetic instars. The species is also recorded in Lesotho. Adult of Phyllhermannia goldengatensis sp. nov. differs from P. africana, P. natalensis, P. nathanaeli, and P. pauliani by the presence of median l...

This paper reports on ten species of laelapid mites associated with ants and bumblebees in Western Siberia. Androlaelaps myrmecophilus (Evans & Till), Cosmolaelaps dendrophilus (Davydova), C. neocuneifer (Evans & Till), C. siberiensis Joharchi sp. nov., Gaeolaelaps praesternalis (Willmann), Holostaspis isotricha Kolenati, H. montana (Berlese) and H...

A total of 68 mite species were collected on Ips typographus and in their galleries in Siberia and in the Far East of Russia: Cercoleipus kuznetsovi (Cercomegistidae), Pleuronectocelaeno barbara, P. japonica (Celaenopsidae), Uroobovella ipidis (Urodinychidae), Trichouropoda polytricha, T. karawaiewi, T. structura (Trematuridae), Schizosthetus sp. (...