Cheletomimus (s.str.) berlesei (Oudemans 1904)

K, Rana Akyazı, SoysalK, Mete & UeckermannK, Edward A., 2024, Mite species of kiwi vines in Türkiye, Acarologia 64 (4), pp. 1030-1051 : 1036

Cheletomimus (s.str.) berlesei (Oudemans 1904)

Material examined — 2 ♀♀, 1 nymph: 1 ♀, 1 nymph (Altınordu, N40°56′13.73″ E38°0′20.40″,

345 m, 02. IX.2019), 1 ♀ (Gülyalı, N40°56′26.84″ E38°1′12.29″, 312 m, 18. IX.2019)

Remarks — Cheletomimus berlesei is a predatory mite species that has been reported in different parts of the world including Italy, France, Israel, USA, New Zealand, Russia, Iran, and Türkiye (Summer and Price 1970; Volgin 1987 ; Jalilirad et al. 2013 ; Salarzehi et al. 2018 ; Doğan 2022). In Türkiye, this species was first reported on Cedrus atlantica

(Endl.) Manetti ex Carrière ( Pinaceae ), Cupressus arizonica Greene ( Cupressaceae ), and Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W.T.Aiton ( Pittosporaceae ), C. arizonica , and P. tobira in Istanbul by Yeşilayaer and Çobanoğlu (2012). Later, it was collected from S. melongena ( Soysal and Akyazı 2018) and Eriobotrya japonica (Thunberg) Lindley ( Rosaceae ) ( Akyol and Akyazı

2022) in Ordu. It has been declared as a natural enemy of Cenopalpus lineola (Canestrini and Fanzago) ( Trombidiformes : Tenuipalpidae ) and Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret) ( Hemiptera : Diaspididae ) ( CABI 2004).