Predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on Vegetable Fields in Diyarbakır, Elazığ and Muş Provinces, Turkey

This study was conducted to identify predatory mite species on pepper, tomato, bean, cucumber, pumpkin, watermelon, melon, and eggplant plant leaves between 2018 2019 Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Muş provinces. 1063 samples were collected 676 of these which observed with species. Predatory identified belonging the Phytoseiidae family, constitues 10.65% samples. The mites listed as Neoseiulus barkeri Hughes, bicaudus Wainstein, marginatus (Wainstein), zwoelferi (Dosse), sp., Phytoseius finitimus Ribaga, Proprioseiopsis messor Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) bagdasarjani Wainstein Arutunjan, rhenanus (Oudemans) recki (Wainstein) in this study. wasdetected most common 57.44% total number individuals three detected host plants Cucumis sativus L. at 60.59%; Solanum melongena (Family name) 15.94% while least vegetable Capsicum annuum 1.06% percentages.