Amblyseius herbicolus ( Chant 1959 )

Amblyseius herbicolus ( Chant 1959) View in CoL

Material examined — 6 ♀♀. 1 ♀ (Altınordu, N40°57′8.13″ E37°56′18.50″, 4 m, 02. IX.2019),

1 ♀ (Altınordu, N40°56′50.42″ E37°56′20.31″, 9 m, 02. IX.2019), 1 ♀ (Fatsa, N40°58′7.31″ E37°34′15.96″, 273 m, 06. VIII.2018), 1 ♀ (Fatsa, N40°58′39.92″ E37°36′41.00″, 178 m,

06. VIII.2018), 1 ♀ (Gülyalı, N40°57′17.05″ E38°0′10.76″, 10 m, 02. IX.2019), 1 ♀ (Gülyalı, N40°58′37.75″ E37°59′56.64″, 4 m, 02. IX.2019)

Remarks — Amblyseius herbicolus was originally described from Portugal, intercepted at Boston, Massachusetts, USA on Bromeliaceae ( Chant, 1959) . This predatory mite is known in more than 50 countries around the world ( Demite et al. 2023). In Türkiye, it was first reported on D. kaki and D. lotus trees in Ordu by Akyazı et al. (2016a). Later, this phytoseiid species was also found on stone ( Altunç and Akyazı 2019) and pome fruit trees ( Akyol and Akyazı 2022) in Ordu, citrus in Artvin, Gresun, Rize ( Döker et al. 2020). This mite is classified as Subtype II-c-Generalist predators, which live in confined spaces on dicotyledonous plants.

It has been observed to occur in domatia ( McMurtry et al. 2013). It is known to be one of the most abundant and frequent phytoseiids associated with the pest mite species Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes) ( Trombidiformes : Tenuipalpidae ) and Oligonychus ilicis (McGregor) ( Trombidiformes : Tetranychidae ) in Brazilian coffee crops ( Reis et al. 2007). Moreover, the species has the potential to control P. latus ( Rodriguez-Cruz et al. 2013) .