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Issue: Vol. 3556 No. 1: 20 Nov. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-11-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3556.1.3
Page range: 55–60
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new eriophyoid mite species (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) on Euphorbia spp. (Euphorbiaceae) from Iran

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bu-Ali Sina, Hamadan, Iran
Department of Crop Production and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences (Di.S.S.P.A.), Entomology and Zoology Section, University of Bari Aldo Moro, via Amendola, 165/a, 70126 Bari, Italy
Acari weeds spurge taxonomy new species

Abstract

Eriophyoid mites infesting spurges (Euphorbiaceae) were surveyed in Kandovan and Govgan, southwest of East Azerbai-jan Province in Iran, during 2010 and 2011. Two new species are described and illustrated: Aculops seguieranae n. sp.from Euphorbia seguierana Necker and Euphorbia cheiradenia Boiss. et Hohen, and Aceria cheiradeniae n. sp. from E. cheiradenia. No damage symptoms were observed.

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