Commercially used biological control agents
- Arachnida, Acarina -

 

Amblyseius barkeri
Synonyms	Amblyseius mckenziei, Neoseiulus barkeri
Family	Phytoseiidae
Main target pests	Thysanoptera (Thrips tabaci, Frankliniella occidentalis), Tarsonemidae
Original distribution	Europe
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1981
EPPO countries where used	Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, Switzerland
Use	Indoors

 

Amblyseius degenerans
Synonym	Iphiseius degenerans
Family	Phytoseiidae
Main target pests	Thysanoptera
Original distribution	Africa/Mediterranean
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean
Date of first use	1993
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Jersey, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, UK
Use	Indoors

 

Cheyletus eruditus
Family	Cheyletidae
Main target pests	Storage mites, spider (foliage) mites
Original distribution	Indigenous
Distribution in EPPO	Belgium, Netherlands
Date of first use	1985
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Netherlands
Use	Indoors
Additional remarks	Cases of allergic reactions to farmers have been reported

 

Hypoaspis aculeifer
Synonyms	Geolaelaps aculeifer
Family	Laelapidae
Main target pests	Sciaridae, Rhizoglyphus echinopus
Original distribution	Europe
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1995
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, UK
Use	Indoors

 

Metaseiulus occidentalis
Synonyms	Galendromus occidentalis, Typhlodromus occidentalis
Family	Phytoseiidae
Main target pests	Tetranychidae
Original distribution	Nearctic
Distribution in EPPO	?
Date of first use	1991
EPPO countries where used	Denmark, France, Greece, Guernsey, Jersey, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, UK
Use	Indoors/outdoors

 

Neoseiulus californicus
Synonyms	Amblyseius californicus, Typhlodromus californicus, Amblyseius mungeri, Typhlodromus mungeri, Amblyseius chilensis, Typhlodromus marinus
Family	Phytoseiidae
Main target pests	Tetranychidae
Original distribution	Southern N. America/California, Mediterranean
Distribution in EPPO	?
Date of first use	1985
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, UK (restricted under license)
Use	Indoors/outdoors

 

Neoseiulus cucumeris
Synonym	Amblyseius cucumeris
Family	Phytoseiidae
Main target pests	Thysanoptera (T. tabaci, F. occidentalis)
Original distribution	Cosmopolitan
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread (not present in Sweden, Finland, Norway)
Date of first use	1985
EPPO countries where used	Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Jordan, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, UK
Use	Indoors/outdoors

 

Phytoseiulus persimilis
Synonyms	Phytoseiulus riegeli, Phytoseiulus tardi
Family	Phytoseiidae
Main target pests	Tetranychidae (Tetranychus urticae)
Original distribution	Mediterranean
Distribution in EPPO	Southern Europe
Date of first use	1968
EPPO countries where used	Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Jordan, Lithuania, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, UK
Use	Indoors/outdoors

Stratiolaelaps miles
Synonyms	Hypoaspis miles, Geolaelaps miles
Family	Laelapidae
Main target pests	Sciaridae, Rhizoglyphus echinopus
Original distribution	Palaearctic
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1994
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
Use	Indoors

 

Typhlodromus pyri
Family	Phytoseiidae
Main target pests	Panonychus ulmi, Tetranychus urticae, Eriophyes vitis, Epitrimerus vitis
Original distribution	Europe/Nearctic
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1985
EPPO countries where used	Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Slovakia
Use	Outdoors