Aceria sadeghii sp. nov. (Acari: Eriophyidae) from Northeast Iran
Volume 13, Issue 1, Winter 2024, Pages 21-28
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v13i1.84395
Arash Honarmand, Parisa Lotfollahi, Xiao-Feng Xue
Abstract A new gall-forming Aceriini mite, Aceria sadeghii sp. nov., was discovered and described in the Razavi Khorasan Province of Iran. It caused distortion on the upper side of the leaves without hypertrichosis on leaves of Krascheninnikovia ceratoides (L.) Güldenstädt (Amaranthaceae). This is the second eriophyoid species found on this host plant genus.
A new species of the genus Vittacus Keifer (Acari: Eriophyidae) from Iran
Volume 4, Issue 1, Winter 2015, Pages 57-63
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v4i1.10187
Jing-Feng Guo, Hussein Sadeghi-Namaghi, Ali Gol, Xiao-Feng Xue
Abstract A new species of the genus Vittacus, V. veronicae Guo, Sadeghi & Xue sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on females collected from Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. (Plantaginaceae) in Ali Abad-e Katool, Golestan Province of Iran. This is the first report of the genus Vittacus from Iran. A key to the species of Vittacus is provided.