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al. (2002, 2005) testify the richness of Hungarian fauna. BOZAI (1987) provided a key to the known genera and species. While preparing this paper, the author has made an effort to list all the relevant publications until mid-2006. MATERIALS AND METHODS Names of subfamilies, genera and species used in the catalogue of MORAES et al. (2004) are adopted in this paper. Only the taxa identified to species level in the references are included in Appendix 1. The list comprises species that were reported from present-day Hungary. Unfortunately, locality and date were not always mentioned in the papers. The genera and the species are listed in alphabetical order. To facilitate the use of this checklist, particularly to aid in the cross referencing, serial numbers are used. The scientific or vernacular name of the host plant is mentioned in the form as cited in the original report. After the reference cited, the synonymous or invalid scientific name of the mite is given in parentheses. In the Index to Host Plants, beside the cited names of host plants the currently valid species and family names of the hosts are presented (Appendix 2), and the serial number of the phytoseiid species can also be found. The Synopsis of the Phytoseiidae of Hungary contains the families, subfamilies, genera and species in present systematical order. RESULTS A total of 72 phytoseiid mite species are listed from 152 host plant species of 42 families. The family Phytoseiidae in Hungary contains 72 species in 3 subfamilies and 15 genera. The genus Neoseiulus is represented by far the highest number (22) of species. The number of phytoseiid species by higher plant taxa are as follows: Pteropsida 1; Coniferopsida 12; Dicotyledonopsida 56, and Monocotyledonopsida 27. Phytoseiid species were found on 124 woody and 28 herbaceous host plants. The highest number of phytoseiid species were reported from the representatives of the families Rosaceae (27), Poaceae (27) and Vitaceae (19). Euseius finlandicus, Kampimodromus aberrans and Amblyseius andersoni have the highest number of hosts, i.e. 87, 42, and 26 species, respectively. The highest number (19) of phytoseiid mite species was found on Vitis vinifera (Appendix 2).