New Record of the Rare Phytoseiid Mite (Parasitiformes: Phytoseiidae) from Poland and Description of Unknown Male

Phytoseiid mites (Parasitiformes: Phytoseiidae) are well known as a group of predatory forms, including these of them which successfully using to control phytophagous mites and other small pests. Despite of noticeable increase in the number of researchers deal with of phytoseiids in recent years, there are of large number of species of this family, the level of knowledge about which is extremely small. First of all, this applies to rare species, known today only from isolated finds. At the same time, there are of large number of species of this family, the level of knowledge about which is extremely small. Such species include Amblyseiella (Litoseia) spectata (Kolodochka). Therefore the first record of this rare species in Poland has expanded the known boundaries of its distribution. And the simultaneous discovery of a previously unknown male added the information about the characteristics of the ecology and morphology of this species.