Mite Diversity (Acari) from Ornamental Plants in Erzurum in Turkey

Abstract

Mite species belongs to Tetraychychidae (3); Tenupalpidae (2),Stigmaeidae (1), Tydeiidae (2), (Acari: Prostigmata);Phytoseiidae (10) (Acari: Mesostigmata) and Acaridae (1)(Astigmata) were identified on woody ornamental plants andshrubs in Erzurum (Eastern part of Turkey). The samples werecollected from Erzurum (Centrum, Pasinler, Köprüköy, Horasan,Aziziye-Ilıca, Aşkale, Tortum, Uzundere and Çat districts) witha weekly interval between April to October during 2015 and2016. Five species were phytophagous mites (belong toTenuipalpidae and Tetranychidae), while the others areconsidered as predators or feed on microorganisms, neutral intheir habitats. Nineteen mite species representing in three orders:Amblyseius andersoni (Chant), Kampimodromus aberrans(Oudemans), Euseius finlandicus (Oudemans), Typlodromuscotoneastri (Wainstein), Neoseiulus astutus (Beglyarov),Phytoseius finitimus Ribaga, Typhlodromus (Anthoseius)kerkirae Swirski and Ragusa, Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) recki(Wainstein), Paraseiulus soleiger (Ribaga), Neoseiulellatiliarum (Oudemans), Zetzellia mali (Ewing), Tydeus kochiOudemans, Tydeus californicus (Banks), Tetranychus urticaeKoch, Bryobia rubrioculus (Scheuten), Bryobia praetiosa Koch,Cenopalpus pulcher (Canestini & Fanzago) Brevipalpuscalifornicus (Banks), Tyrophagus putrescentiae. These resultsshowed that Erzurum has rich biodiversity especially concerningpredatory mite fauna. T. urticae (Schrank), was the mostabundant and common phytophagous species (53.11%) whilesome other species were represented only one specimen(Neoseiulus astutus (Beglyarov) (Phytoseiidae). Most preferredhosts plants were Philadelphus coronarius L. (Hydrangeaceae)(8), Malus coronaria L. (Rosaceae) (7) and Rosa canina L.(Rosaceae) (6) while Syringa vulgaris L. (Oleaceae), Salix sp.(Salicaceae) and Rosa pisiformis (Christ) (Rosaceae) werepopulated by only (2) and (1) mite species respectively.