Tyrophagus similis (Volgin, 1949)

Cilbircioğlu, Cihan & Çobanoğlu, Sultan, 2019, Phytophagous mite (Acari) species on garlic (Allium sativum L.) cultivation areas and storages of Kastamonu, Turkey, Persian Journal of Acarology 8 (3), pp. 211-224 : 218

Tyrophagus similis (Volgin, 1949)

Width: 213.59 ± 15.15 (170.73–256.44), length: 403.53 ± 22.22 (340.66–466.39) (n = 3).

Specimens examined

Taşköprü / Aşağıçayırcık Village , 20.IV.2015 (11 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂); Hanönü/ Eskiatça Village , 20.IV.2015 (7 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂); Taşköprü/ Kızılcaören Village , 25.IV.2015 (14 ♀♀, 11 ♂♂); Hanönü/ İncesu Village , 26.IV.2015 (4 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂); Centrum / Çavundur Village, 01.V.2015 (2 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂); Centrum / Ayvalı Village, 01.V.2015 (2 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂) .

Comments

It can damage plants, such as melon, cucumber, pumpkin. This species population decrease in summer bacause it prefers relatively low temperatures ( Kılıç et al. 2012). In this study, it was found in the head, green parts and storage surveys and recorded in field surveys frequently ( Madanlar and Önder 1996).