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Two new flat mite species of the genus Aegyptobia Sayed, 1950 (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) from Iran

Department of Plant Protection, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag X134, Queenswood, Pretoria, 0121 South Africa School of Environmental Sciences and Development, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus 2520, South Africa
Department of Plant Protection, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Acari Tenuipalpidae new species leg chaetotaxy Iran

Abstract

Two new flat mite species (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) are described: Aegyptobia jiroftiensis sp. nov. from Convolvulus polygonum (Convolvulaceae) and Aegyptobia hormozgani sp. nov. from Artemisia siberia (Asteraceae).

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