Euseius stipulatus (Athias & Henriot 1960)

Euseius stipulatus (Athias & Henriot 1960) View in CoL

Material examined — 5 ♀♀. 4 ♀♀ (Ünye, N41°6′59.85″ E37°15′16.46″, 76 m, 18. VII.2018),

1 ♀ (Ünye, N41°7′1.20″ E37°15′15.81″, 74 m, 18. VII.2018)

Remarks — Euseius stipulatus has a worldwide distribution and has been detected in 21 countries across the globe according to Demite et al. (2023). This species was originally described from Algeria by Athias-Henriot (1960). While E. stipulatus is a common species found on many plants, it is particularly abundant in citrus orchards as reported by Sahraoui et al. (2012). Before this study, the species was known to be present in Türkiye and was collected from Citrus spp. and C. sativus ( Faraji et al. 2011) , as well as apple leaves ( Akyol and Akyazı 2022). E. stipulatus is a Type IV lifestyle phytoseiid mite ( McMurtry et al.

2013). Cruz-Miralles et al. (2021) reported that it is a zoophytophagous mite, which can engage in direct plant feeding on sour orange Citrus (aurantiıum L. ( Rutaceae )) and Cleopatra mandarin Citrus (reshni hort. ex Tan ( Rutaceae )). Additionally, it was found that E. stipulatus adversely affected the control of Tetrancychus urticae Koch ( Trombidiformes : Tetranychidae )

in Clementine orchards in Spain by negatively impacting the establishment of Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) and P. persimilis ( Abad-Moyano et al. 2010 ; McMurtry et al. 2013).

Even if no clear correlation, E. stipulatus and Tetranychus sp. were also observed in citrus orchards in Tunisia (Sahraoui et al. 2014).