Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1836

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

Tetranychus urticae Koch (Green form)

Material examined: 2♀♀, 1♂, 1 nymph (Gülyalı, 19.08.2015), 1♀ (Ünye, 22.06.2016), 2♀♀ (Fatsa, 14.06.2016), 1♀ (Kumru, 29.07.2016).

Comments: Tetranychus urticae is a highly polyphagous and cosmopolitan species ( Zhang, 2003; Migeon et al., 2011). It was reported by many researchers in Turkey as well ( Ulusoy et al., 1999; Özman and Çobanoğlu, 2001; İncekulak and Ecevit, 2002; Yanar and Ecevit, 2005; İnal, 2005; Çetin et al., 2006; Ertop, 2006; Kumral and Kovancı, 2007; Kasap et al., 2008; Elma and Alaoğlu, 2008; Güven, 2008; Özsayın, 2012; Satar et al., 2013; Erdoğan, 2013; Çobanoğlu and Kumral, 2014; GenÇer- GökÇe, 2015; Kumral and Çobanoğlu, 2015a,b; Kutlu, 2016; Akyazı et al., 2017; Çobanoğlu and Güldalı, 2017; Soysal and Akyazı, 2018; Akyol; 2019; AltunÇ and Akyazı, 2019; Keskin, 2019; Cilbircioğlu and Çobanoğlu, 2020; Çobanoğlu et al., 2020; Erdoğan and Çobanoğlu, 2020). On the other hand, we collected few individuals of T. urticae from each location. So, we think that these findings may be originated from accidental infestations. The sampled trees were close to hazelnut orchards. The hazelnut trees and also floor vegetation plants under P. laurocerasus trees can harbor T. urticae and may become a source of infestation for P. laurocerasus trees. This assumption might be addressed in future studies.