Species complexes of leaf-inhabiting mites on Prunus laurocerasus L. (Rosaceae) trees in Ordu, Turkey Author Akyazi, Rana Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey ranaakyazi@odu.edu.tr Author Soysal, Mete Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey Author Altunç, Yunus Emre Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey text Acarological Studies 2022 2022-01-27 4 1 9 20 http://dx.doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.996567 journal article 10.47121/acarolstud.996567 2667-5684 Tydeus californicus (Banks) Material examined: 6♀♀ , 1♂ ( Altınordu , 29.06.2016 ) , 10♀♀ , 1♂ ( Ünye , 03.08.2015 ) , 14♀♀ , 5♂♂ ( Ünye , 22.06.2016 ) , 1♀ (Fatsa, 14.06.2016 ), 1♀ (Çaybaşı, 11.08.2016 ), 2♀♀ (İkizce, 11.08.2016 ), 2♀♀ (Ulubey, 01.10.2015 ), 3♀♀ (Gülyalı, 19.08.2015 ), 4♀♀ , 2♂♂ ( Kumru , 29.07.2016 ) , 2♀♀ (Akkuş, 04.06.2016 ). Comments: Tydeus californicus is a cosmopolitan species ( Tempfli et al., 2015 ). It has been reported on various hosts in Turkey by many researchers ( Çobanoğlu, 1992 ; Çobanoğlu and Kazmierski, 1999 ; Özman and Çobanoğlu, 2001 ; İncekulak and Ecevit, 2002 ; Akyazı and Ecevit, 2003; Yanar and Ecevit, 2005 ; Kasap and Çobanoğlu, 2007 ; Kumral and Kovancı, 2007 ; Güven, 2008 ; Kasap et al., 2008 ; Özsisli and Çobanoğlu, 2011 ; Yeşilayer and Çobanoğlu, 2011 ; Özsayın, 2012 ; Erdoğan and Yanar, 2015 ; Kasap et al., 2013 ; Satar et al., 2013 ; Kasap et al., 2014 ; GenÇer- GökÇe, 2015 ; Akyazı et al., 2017; Soysal and Akyazı, 2018 ; Akyol, 2019; AltunÇ and Akyazı, 2019; Çobanoğlu et al., 2020 ). Tempfli et al. (2015) notified that this species can play an important role in the management of rust mites.