Proprioseiopsis okanagensis ( Chant 1957b )

Proprioseiopsis okanagensis ( Chant 1957b) View in CoL

Material examined — 1 ♀ (Kabadüz, N40°49′36.35″ E37°52′40.IX″, 703 m, 14. VI.2018)

Remarks — Proprioseiopsis okanagensis was originally reported from peaches in Canada by Chant (1957b). Later, it was recorded in Austria, Azerbaijan, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweeden, Türkiye, Ukraine, USA ( Kazemi et al. 2022 ; Demite et al. 2023 ; Farazmand et al. 2023). Proprioseiopsis species are typically found in soil or litter habitats. Before this study,

it was collected from Malus communis L. ( Rosaceae ) in Erzurum ( Çobanoğlu 1989a), Rosa canina L., Rosa damascena (Mill.) ( Rosaceae ) in Ankara ( Çobanoğlu and Bayram 1999), and Cucurbita sp. ( Soysal and Akyazı 2018) in Ordu Türkiye. Although this group of mites is common in different parts of the world, very little is known about their biology. The few papers dealing with the biology of these mites refer to their ability to consume mites found on the aerial plant parts as prey. Some species of Proprioseiopsis are classified as Type I lifestyle- Specialized mite predators/subtype I-c, specialized predators of tydeiods ( Momen 2011), On the other hand, most Proprioseiopsis have Subtype III-e lifestyle, Generalist predators from soil/litter habitats, ( Salmane and Petrova 2002 ; Mcmurtry et al. 2013).