title: Phytoseiidae database: a website for taxonomic and distributional information on phytoseiid mites (Acari).
abstract: This paper announces a database on the taxonomy and distribution of mites of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese, which is available online at http://www.lea.esalq.usp.br/phytoseiidae/. Synthesis of species diversity per genus, subfamily and country are given. Information about use of the database is provided.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, ESALQ-Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.; Email: peterson_demite@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Peterson R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Demite
authors.affiliation: Affiliation: unknown; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Mcmurtry
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, ESALQ-Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.; Email: moraesg@usp.br.
authors.forename: Gilberto J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: De Moraes
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D016208:Databases, Factual; D038622:Internationality; D008925:Mites / Q000145:classification*