Amblyseius andersoni (Chant)

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

Amblyseius andersoni (Chant)

Material examined: 2♀♀ (Altınordu, 29.06.2016) , 13♀♀ (Altınordu, 21.07.2015) , 1♀, 1♂ (Perşembe, 12.08.2015), 8♀♀ ( Ünye , 03.08.2015) , 2♀♀ ( Ünye , 22.06.2016) , 1♀ ( İkizce , 11.08.2016) , 4♀♀ ( Fatsa , 11.08.2015) , 2♀♀ ( Ulubey , 20.09.2016) , 1♀ ( Ulubey , 01.10.2015) , 1♀ ( Gülyalı , 19.08.2015) , 1♀, 1♂ (Kumru, 29.07.2016).

Comments: Amblyseius andersoni is a very common predatory mite species which shows distribution in more than thirty countries ( Demite et al., 2017). In Turkey, it was reported on different plants by many researchers ( Çobanoğlu, 1992; Akyazı and Ecevit, 2003, 2005; Çobanoğlu, 2004; İnal, 2005; Yanar and Ecevit, 2005; Bayram and Çobanoğlu, 2007; Kumral and Kovancı, 2007; Özşişli and Çobanoğlu, 2011; Yeşilayer and Çobanoğlu, 2011; Faraji et al., 2011; Özsayın, 2012; Satar et al., 2013; Kasap et al., 2013; GenÇer- GökÇe, 2015; Kumral and Çobanoğlu, 2015a,b; Çobanoğlu and Kumral, 2016; Çobanoğlu and Güldalı, 2017; Akyazı et al, 2017; Soysal and Akyazı, 2018; AltunÇ and Akyazı, 2019; Çobanoğlu et al., 2020; Döker et al., 2020; Ersin et al., 2020). It was classified as Type III Lifestyle-generalist predators by McMurtry et al. (2013).