Tyrophagus putrescentiae Schrank, 1781

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 : 217

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.22073/pja.v8i3.46349
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7170922
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB6E04-FFC7-FFA5-FD98-FC29FCA2FA42
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tyrophagus putrescentiae Schrank, 1781
status

Treatment

Width: 239.12 ± 0.62 (163.01–362.38), length: 392.54 ± 0.86 (248.16–550.89) (n = 10).

Specimens examined

Taşköprü / Centrum garlic storage, 7. V.2014 (5 ♀♀) ; Taşköprü / Tekev Village garlic storage, 14.XII.2014 (6 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂) ; Taşköprü / Centrum garlic storage, 26.I.2015 (53 ♀♀, 42 ♂♂) ; Taşköprü / Ağcıkişi Village (65 ♀♀, 113 ♂♂) ; Centrum / Uzunkavak Village garlic storage, 10.IX.2015 (13 ♀♀, 10 ♂♂) ; Hanönü / Erik Village, 20. V.2016 (2 ♀♀, 1 ♂) ; Centrum / Abay Village , 24. V.2016 (1 ♂) .

Comments

This species, which is called the mildew mite, can be found to a wide range of food, plant and animal materials suitable for environmental conditions and is considered as a cosmopolitan storage pest with economic and health importance. It is a potential vector of parasitic fungi, such as Aspergillus flavus , A. fumigatus , A. niger , Mucor racemosus (Fresen) and Nectria haematococca (Wollenweber) ( Zhang and Fan 2005) . It was identified on head and green parts of garlic and storage samples andfound intensively in storages.