Mites (Acari: Erythraeidae) on aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) collected from Erzincan

This study includes Erythraeoid larvae mites feeding as parasites on host aphids found on plants in different habitats in Erzincan and its surroundings between May 2018 and July 2020. In this context, aphids were collected from different plant samples from 8 different localities. The fed larvae on the collected aphids were taken into the bottle of life and the deutonymph was made and the others were taken into alcohol. In total 272 parasite mites were collected and 120 preparations were made. The preparations were examined and two species belonging to the family Erythraeidae were identified and described; Erythraeus (Zaracarus) budapestensis Fain and Ripka, 1998 and Erythraeus (Erythraeus) garmsaricus Saboori, Goldarazena and Khajealı, 2004. Also in this study, deutonymph of Zaracarus Southcott (1995), which was known only from the larval stage, was obtained for the first time. Both species are new records for the Turkish fauna. Erythraeus (Zaracarus) iranicus syn. nov. Saboori ve Akrami, 2001, is considered as a synonym of Erythraeus (Zaracarus) budapestensis Fain ve Ripka, 1998. Keywords: Aphid, Erythraeidae, Parasitic, Turkey, Zaracarus