A new species of Paraphytoseius Swirski & Schechter (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) with redescription of Phytoscutus salebrosus (Chant) and Typhlodromips syzygii (Gupta) from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India

A new species of the genus Paraphytoseius Swirski & Schechter, 1961 (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) is described, Paraphytoseius andamani Karmakar & Biswas sp. nov. and two known species are redescribed, Phytoscutus salebrosus (Chant, 1960) and Typhlodromips syzygii (Gupta, 1975). All specimens were collected from flora in the tropical evergreen rainforest regions of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.