Genus: Phytoseius Ribaga, 1904 Phytoseius Ribaga, 1904: 177. Type species Gamasus plumifer Canestrini & Fanzago, 1876: 130, designated by Vitzthum, 1941. Phytoseius (Dubininellus) Wainstein, 1959: 1361. Type species Phytoseius (Dubininellus) corniger Wainstein, 1959: 1361, by original designation. Chant & McMurtry (1994) recognised three species groups based on presence or absence of setae J2 and R 1: the horridus species group, Denmark (1966) with setae J2 and R 1 absent, the plumifer species group Chant & Yoshida- Shaul (1992) characterised with setae J2 and R 1 present, and purseglovei species group Chant & Yoshida-Shaul (1992) with seta J2 absent and R 1 present. Both the new species P. clavus and P. aonlae belong to horridus species group with setae J2 and R 1 absent, ventral setal pattern JV-3, 4: ZV (Chant & McMurtry 1994).

Published as part of Kar, Anamika & Karmakar, Krishna, 2021, Description of eleven new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Meghalaya state, north eastern India, pp. 301-354 in Zootaxa 5068 (3) on page 327, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5706882