Kampimodromus aberrans Moraes et al., 2004

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 : 27

Kampimodromus aberrans Moraes et al., 2004

Material examined: Nine individuals of this species were collected, and only in Yakakent district - Yakakent, Kozköy (41°37'34.5"N 35°32'51.9"E), 27.07.2018, 2♀♀, 2♂♂ ; 17.08.2018, 5♀♀ .

Comments: Kampimodromus aberrans has been collected from different plants, including Corylus avellana L., Diospyrus kaki L., Fagus sylvatica L., Ficus carica L., Morus nigra L., Quercus cerris L., Malva sp. , Rosa sp. and Sorbus sp. in different countries ( Ragusa and Tsolakis, 1994). It was later recorded on various plants, namely hazelnut, walnut, apple, pear, loquat and rose, in different parts of Turkey ( Ozman-Sullivan, 2006; Kasap et al., 2008, 2009; Faraji et al., 2011; Ozsisli and Çobanoğlu, 2011; Yesilayer and Çobanoğlu, 2011; Satar et al., 2013). Kampimodromus aberrans is categorized as a generalist predator (Type III). This mite feeds readily on pollen and extracts liquid from leaves ( McMurtry and Croft, 1997). It also feeds on tetranychid mites ( Tixier et al., 1998; Kasap, 2005, 2019; Lorenzon et al., 2012; Duso et al., 2014; Akyazı et al., 2017; Soysal and Akyazı, 2018) and eriophyoid mites ( Duso and de Lillo, 1996); it was observed feeding on Phytoptus avellanae Nalepa in hazelnut orchards in Samsun Province, Turkey ( Ozman-Sullivan, 2006).