From 1973 to 2026, a total of 66 species of harmful arthropods and 21 species of predatory and parasitic arthropods have been recorded in the greenhouses of Donetsk Botanical Garden. This communication provides detailed data on four species of phytophagous mites from the families Tarsonemidae (1), Tenuipalpidae (1) and Tetranychidae (2), as well as 21 species of hemipteroid insects from the families Cicadellidae (1), Aphididae (17), Aleyrodidae (1), Homotomidae (1) and Psyllidae (1). For the first time for the fauna of Russia, Myzus (Sciamyzus) cymbalariae Stroyan, 1954 and Cinara (Schizolachnus) obscura (Börner, 1940) are recorded. Of the recorded species, 16 are considered alien invasive. Noteworthy dangerous pests, whose populations require monitoring and control, include Panonychus citri (McGregor, 1916), Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1835, Aphis (s. str.) gossypii Glover, 1877, Aulacorthum (s. str.) solani (Kaltenbach, 1843), Macrosiphoniella sanborni (Gillette, 1908), Myzus (Nectarosiphon) persicae (Sulzer, 1776) and Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood, 1856).

Gubin A.I., Martynov V.V., Nikulina T.V.