Tetranychus turkestani Ugarov & Nikolskii, 1937

Specimens examined. 4♀♀, 1♂, Trifolium sp., Solenoozerny area, BSBR (46°27'N, 31°59'E), 15.06.2015, O. Zhovnerchuk .

This mite species has a worldwide distribution and occurs on a wide range of plants (Migeon & Dorkeld, 2006 –2018). In BSBR it was recorded only in the dry steppe area.

Other records. Unidentified mites of the genus Tetranychus are observed on Cydonia oblonga, Ailanthus sp., Astragalus sp., Salix sp., Centaurea sp., Convolvulus sp., Dianthus sp., Pyrus sp., Achillea sp., Lycium sp., Genista tinctoria, Angelica sp., T. arvense, Urtica dioica, Lycium sp., Linaria genistifolia, Linum sp., Malva sp., Daucus carota, Mentha sp., Sonchus sp., Tussilago farfara, Artemisia sp., Scabioza ukrainica, Rhus sp., Prunus sp., Humulus sp., Cichorium sp., Thymus borysthenicus, Stachys sp., Salvia sp., J. longifolia; mites of the genus Schizotetranychus are recorded on Potentilla sp., Artemisia sp., Phleum phleoides, Helichrysum arenarium; mites of the genus Eotetranychus are found on Tanacetum sp.; mites of the genus Bryobia are found on Angelica sp., Elytrigia sp. and Artemisia sp.

In several samples we found more than one tetranychid mite species: T. przhevalskii and M. terpoghossiani were found together on Agropyron sp., T. przhevalskii and Bryobia sp. on Elymus repens, G. richteri and Tetranychus sp. on J. longifolia and P. zachvatkini and Tetranychus sp. on Prunus stepposa .