Tyrophagus similis

Abstract

<i>Tyrophagus similis</i> (Volgin, 1949) Width: 213.59 ± 15.15 (170.73–256.44), length: 403.53 ± 22.22 (340.66–466.39) (n = 3). <i>Specimens examined</i> Ta&amp;scedil;köprü / A&amp;scedil;a&amp;gbreve;&amp;imath;çay&amp;imath;rc&amp;imath;k Village, 20.IV.2015 (11 &amp;female;&amp;female;, 3 &amp;male;&amp;male;); Hanönü/ Eskiatça Village, 20.IV.2015 (7 &amp;female;&amp;female;, 2 &amp;male;&amp;male;); Ta&amp;scedil;köprü/ K&amp;imath;z&amp;imath;lcaören Village, 25.IV.2015 (14 &amp;female;&amp;female;, 11 &amp;male;&amp;male;); Hanönü/ &amp;Idot;ncesu Village, 26.IV.2015 (4 &amp;female;&amp;female;, 5 &amp;male;&amp;male;); Centrum / Çavundur Village, 01.V.2015 (2 &amp;female;&amp;female;, 5 &amp;male;&amp;male;); Centrum / Ayval&amp;imath; Village, 01.V.2015 (2 &amp;female;&amp;female;, 5 &amp;male;&amp;male;). <i>Comments</i> It can damage plants, such as melon, cucumber, pumpkin. This species population decrease in summer bacause it prefers relatively low temperatures (K&amp;imath;l&amp;imath;ç <i>et al</i>. 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).{"references": ["Kilic, T., Cobanoglu, S., Yoldas, Z. &amp; Madanlar, N. (2012) Izmir ilinde taze sogan tarlalarinda bulunan akar (Acari) turleri. Turkish Journal of Entomology, 36 (3): 401 - 411.", "Madanlar, N. &amp; Onder, F. (1996) Mites associated with cultivated mushrooms in Turkey. XX International Congress of Entomology, 25 - 31 August 1996, Firenze, Italy."]}Published as part of <i>Cilbircioğlu, Cihan &amp; Çobanoğlu, Sultan, 2019, Phytophagous mite (Acari) species on garlic (Allium sativum L.) cultivation areas and storages of Kastamonu, Turkey, pp. 211-224 in Persian Journal of Acarology 8 (3)</i> on page 218, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v8i3.46349, http://zenodo.org/record/7173998