Neoseiulus Hughes, 1948

Neoseiulus Hughes, 1948: 141 .

Type species Neoseiulus barkeri Hughes, 1948: 141 .

Chant & McMurtry (2003) proposed ten species groups viz, rancidus, paloratus, leucophaeus, barkeri, letrauformis, peruanus, desertus, paspalivorus, canadensis and cucumeris groups in the genus Neoseiulus, depending on the presence or absence of seta J1, ZV3, structures of posterior margin of sternal shield, insertion of ST3, shape of ventrianal shield, ratio of length of dorsocental seta and spermathecal morphology. Neoseiulus longispinosus (Evans) and Neoseiulus imbricatus (Corpuz & Rimando) belong to the cucumeris species group and Neoseiulus barkeri Hughes described in the present study belongs to the barkeri species group.