Genus Neoseiulus Hughes

Neoseiulus Hughes, 1948: 141.

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromopsis) De Leon, 1959a: 115. Type species: Typhlodromus cucumeris Oudemans, 1930 (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 2003a).

Amblyseius (Typhlodromopsis).— Muma, 1961: 295.

Cydnodromus Muma, 1961: 290. Type species: Lasioseius marinus Willmann, 1952 (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 2003a).

Phytodromus Muma, 1961: 291. Type species: Amblyseius leucophaeus Athias-Henriot, 1959 (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 2003a).

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) section Typhlodromopsis.— Wainstein, 1962a: 21.

Typhlodromopsis. Muma, 1965: 245.

Dictyonotus Athias-Henriot, 1978: 189. Type species: Amblyseius huron Chant & Hansell, 1971 (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 2003a).

Dictydionotus Athias-Henriot, 1979: 677. Replacement name for Dictyonotus Athias-Henriot, 1978 (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 2003a).

Kashmerius Chaudhri et al., 1979: 66. Type species: Kashmerius reductus Chaudhri et al., 1979 (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 2003a).

Denmarkia Chaudhri et al., 1979: 46. Type species: Denmarkia disparis Chaudhri et al., 1979 (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 2003a).

Amathia Chaudhri et al., 1979: 48. Type species: Amathia rancidus Chaudhri et al., 1979, (synonymy by Chant & McMurtry, 2003a).

Amblyseius (Neoseiulus).— Karg, 1983: 313.; Ehara & Amano, 1998: 32.

Type species: Neoseiulus barkeri Hughes, 1948.

Diagnosis. Neoseiulus is a large genus containing 268 known species and another 34 uncertain species (Chant & McMurtry, 2003a). Setae s4, Z4 and Z5 never greatly larger than other lateral dorsal setae, ventri-anal shield never vase shape or oval, seta JV2 well removed from anterior margin; ventri-anal shield never more than twice as wide as genital shield, legs I–III usually without macrosetae; male with spermatophoral process of the heel and-toe variant, elongate or T-shaped; fixed digit of chelicera usually with few teeth (Chant & McMurtry, 2003a).