Author = Baradaran, Parvaneh
Number of Articles: 1
Eriophyoid (Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) mite species associated withboxes worldwide with a newrecordof Eriophyes canestrinii(Nalepa, 1890) from Iran
Volume 6, Issue 3, Summer 2017, Pages 183-192
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v6i3.30700
Masoud Arbabi, Parisa Lotfollahi, Manosur Abaii, Mohammad Alazmai, Parvaneh Baradaran
Abstract During survey for the pests of Buxus plants in Bandar Gaz, Golestan province, Iran, Eriophyes canestrinii (Nalepa, 1890) was collected on Buxus sempervirens hyrcana (Pojarkova) Tachtadzjan (Buxaceae) and recorded for the first time in Iran. High population of this mite species made damage on the host plant as buds and leaves deformation. Herein Iranian specimens of this mite species was presented and a key to the eriophyoid mite species collected on boxes worldwide and the information about their morphology, type host, type locality and habitus are provided.