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Issue: Vol. 203 No. 1: 30 May 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-05-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.203.1.1
Page range: 1–4
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 4

A new species of eriophyid mite from Iran (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae)

CNPq-Brazil Researcher, Universidade de São Paulo/ESALQ, Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
Division of Natural Resources, Zanjan Research Center of Natural Resources and Livestock, Affairs Zanjan, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Tehran University, Karaj, Iran
Acari Eriophyidae Aceria black poplar taxonomy

Abstract

A survey conducted on cultivated black poplar, Populus nigra (L.) Black. (Salicaceae) in Iran led to the discovery of a new species of eriophyid mite, Aceria zanjani n. sp. from Zanjan, Northwest of Iran.

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