Euseius gallicus Kreiter and Tixier

Akyazi, Rana, Soysal, Mete & Altunç, Yunus Emre, 2022, Species complexes of leaf-inhabiting mites on Prunus laurocerasus L. (Rosaceae) trees in Ordu, Turkey, Acarological Studies 4 (1), pp. 9-20 : 12

Euseius gallicus Kreiter and Tixier

Material examined: 1♀ (Ünye, 22.06.2016).

Comments: Euseius gallicus was reported for the first time on Tilia platyphyllos Scopoli (Tiliaceae) , Prunus cerasus L. ( Rosaceae ), Aesculus hippocastanum L. ( Sapindaceae ) and Viburnum tinus L. ( Adoxaceae ) in France ( Tixier et al., 2009). Later, it was determined in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Tunisia and Turkey ( Demite et al., 2017). In Turkey, Döker et al. (2014b) recorded this predatory mite on Ipomoea sp. (Convolvulaceae) . It was also found on vegetables in Ordu ( Soysal and Akyazı, 2018) and walnut leaves in Samsun province ( Çakır et al., 2020). This mite is a Type IV- pollen feeding generalist predator ( Kreiter et al., 2020).