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Eriophyoidea (Acari: Trombidiformes) are obligate phytophagous mites with a global distribution, exhibiting high host specificity due to specialized morphological and biological adaptations. Recognized as the second most economically significant mite group, they impact agriculture through direct plant damage, transmission of plant viruses, and potential utility in weed biological control. As a result of faunistic studies conducted in the Kaz Dağları (Mount Ida) region-a biodiversity-rich area located within the Çanakkale and Balıkesir provinces in western Türkiye, nine eriophyoid mite species, previously undocumented in the fauna of Türkiye, have been identified. The newly recorded species are as follows: From Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. (Betulaceae); Acalitus brevitarsus (Fockeu), Acaricalus trinotus (Nalepa), Phyllocoptes alniincanae Roivainen, and Tegonotus trouessarti Nalepa. From Abies northmanniana subsp. equi-trojan (Asch. & Sint. ex Boiss.) Coode & Cullen (Pinaceae), Cupacarus octogibbus Lewandowski, 2014 and Nalepella shevtchenkoi Boczek, 1969. From Quercus spp. (Fagaceae), Aceria querci (Garman), from Quercus cerris L. (Fagaceae), A. cerrigemmarum (Nalepa), and from Fagus orientalis Lipsky (Fagaceae), A. hagleyensis Manson. This study significantly expands the known diversity of Eriophyoidea in Turkey and underscores the ecological importance of the Kazdağları region.