2025/02/28 by İpek YAŞAR, İsmail Döker, Şahin Kök +1 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Insect-Plant Interactions and Control #Research on scale insects #Study of Mite Species
paper · doi:10.24349/x9dz-hn6u
openalex publication_date 2025/02/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
A preliminary survey was conducted in Kaz Dağları, also known as Mount Ida, one of the regions considered a biodiversity rich region due to its wide range of floral diversity at the westernmost point of Türkiye. As a result, we found two species of phytoseiids associated with unknown eriophyoid mite species on two different endemic plants in Kaz Dağları. Neoseiulus vasoides (Karg) and Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) ernesti Ragusa and Swirski were collected from Sideritis trojana Bornm. (Lamiaceae) and Abies nordmanniana subsp. equi-trojani (Asch. and Sint. ex Boiss.) Coode and Cullen (Pinaceae) at high elevations of 1726 meters and 1350 meters, respectively. The new species records are complementarily described and illustrated based on Turkish specimens, including detailed descriptions of leg chaetotaxy. Important diagnostic characters of the new species records are provided to further improve diagnosis and to avoid any confusion regarding the species status of the Turkish specimens.