Tyrophagus neiswanderi Johnston & Bruce, 1965

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 neiswanderi Johnston & Bruce, 1965

Width: 222.47 ± 5.26 (190.60–240.86), length: 419.01 ± 10.88 (289.63–522.20) (n = 3).

Specimens examined

Taşköprü/ Centrum Ağcıkişi Village , 03.IV.2015 (1 ♀, 1 ♂); Taşköprü/ Ağcıkişi Village , 9.VII.2015 (1 ♂) .

Comments

It is a polyphage species. Agricultural lands, barn powders, bean plumules, cucumbers, garlic, kiwi, lilies cabbage, corn, melon, melon seed beds, algae, mushrooms, narcissus bulbs, orchids, pastures, pumpkin are the important hosts of T. neiswanderi ( Johnston and Bruce 1965) . It was determined in Turkey by Kılıç and Toros (2000), Çobanoğlu (2008), Kılıç et al. (2012), on spinach ( Spinacia oleracea L.) by Kırışık et al. (2018). This species was found on head and green parts samples in Taşköprü.