Zetzellia mali (Ewing)

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 : 13

Zetzellia mali (Ewing)

Material examined: 1♀ (Fatsa, 11.08.2015).

Comments: Zetzellia mali is widely distributed in the Holarctic region worldwide ( Gonzalez-Rodriguez, 1965; Dönel and Doğan, 2013). It was found for the first time in Turkey by Düzgüneş (1963). Later, this species was collected from many provinces by many researchers (Akyazı and Ecevit, 2003; İnal, 2005; Kasap and Çobanoğlu, 2007; Elma and Alaoğlu, 2008; Kasap et al., 2008, 2013; Özsayın, 2012; Satar et al., 2013; Çobanoğlu and Kumral, 2014; Kasap et al., 2014; GenÇer- GökÇe, 2015; Kumral and Çobanoğlu, 2015a,b; Akyazı et al., 2016, 2017; Soysal and Akyazı, 2018; Akyol, 2019; AltunÇ and Akyazı, 2019; Keskin 2019; Çobanoğlu et al., 2020; Erdoğan and Çobanoğlu, 2020). According to Croft (1994), it preys on eggs and immature stages of European red mite and active stages of apple rust mite. Khanjani and Ueckermann (2002) also declared that Z. mali tends to feed on eriophyid mite than adult tetranychid mites. It is known that Z. mali may feed on other predator mite eggs as well ( Kain and Nyrop, 1995). Croft (1994) also noted that it can prey on eggs of the predatory phytoseiid mites Typhlodromus occidentalis (Nesbitt) and Typhlodromus pyri Scheuten ( Mesostigmata : Phytoseiidae ) and other Z. mali .