Amblyseius stipulatus Athias-Henriot, 1960

Çakir, Şeyma, Tixier, Marie-Stephane & Ozman-Sullivan, Sebahat K., 2020, Phytoseiid species (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on walnut trees in Samsun Province, Turkey, Acarological Studies 2 (1), pp. 24-33 : 26-27

Amblyseius stipulatus Athias-Henriot, 1960

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) stipulatus Ueckermann and Loots, 1988

Material examined: Five females of this species were found on the undersurface of leaves, and only in August - Samsun, Çarşamba, HacılıÇay (41°14'08.9"N 36°41'27.2"E), 17.08.2018 , 1♀; Tekkeköy, AşağıÇinik (41°11'36.1"N 36°29'00.7"E), 17.08.2018 , 1♀; Terme, Sarayköy (41°11'46.8"N 36°57'39.9"E), 18.08.2018 , 2♀♀; Salıpazarı, Cevizli (41°03'19.4"N 36°54'46.8"E), 18.08.2018 , 1♀.

Comments: Euseius stipulatus is a common predatory mite found mainly in southern Europe ( Athias-Henriot, 1960; Mijuskovic and Tomasevic, 1975; Ragusa and Swirski, 1976; McMurtry, 1977; Ferragut et al., 1983). It has been reported from apple, citrus and vegetable orchards in Turkey ( McMurtry, 1977; Çobanoğlu, 1989; Satar et al., 2013; Çobanoğlu and Güldali, 2017). This type IV pollen feeding generalist predator can feed on tetranychid mites ( McMurtry, 1977; McMurtry and Croft, 1997), especially on Panonyhus citri McGregor in citrus orchards ( Ferragut et al., 1992). It was introduced to Peru to control P. citri and it is now produced commercially for the control of that pest ( Aguirre-Gil et al., 2013).