Mahran Zeity (1)*, Majda Mouflh(2), Rawa Youssef (1)
(1) Latakia Center for Scientific Agricultural Research, Boqua, Latakia
(2) General Commission for Scientific and Agricultural Research, (GCSAR), Damascus, Syria.
(*Corresponding author: Dr. Mahran Zeity. E-Mail: mzma2009@gmail.com)
Abstract
This study was carried out in the main areas of apple cultivation in Latakia Governorate during seasons 2017-2018, with the aim of investigating the phytophagous and predatory mites species associated with apple ecosystem. Six species of phytophagous mites belonging to three genera and three families were recorded, Panonychus ulmi, Tetranychus urticae, Amphitetranychus viennensis, Bryobia rubrioculus (family:Tetranychidae), Cenopalpus pulcher (family: Tenuipalpidae) and rust apple eriophyid mites, Aculus schlechtendali (family: Eriophyidae). This study was the first record of A. viennensis on apples, as it was previously recorded on peaches from Syria. Predatory mites were belong to three families, Phytoseiidae, Stigmatidae and Anystidae. Some species have been identified up to the level of the species as in the Typhlodromus pyri and Zetzellia mali and this is new record of this species Z. mali from Syria, while some species, Anystis sp. belong to the family, Anystidae (first record of this family from Syria), Phytoseius sp. and Typhlodromus sp. (family, Phytoseiidae) have only been able to reach the genus level and further studies are needed.
Key words: Tetranychidae, Tenuipalpidae, Phytoseiidae, Apple.
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