One new Aceria species (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from Jolfa, Iran

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Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran

Abstract
During the survey on the eriophyoid mite fauna of Jolfa county, East Azerbaijan, Iran, one new eriophyid species, Aceria jolfae Lotfollahi sp. nov. was found and described. This species was vagrant on its host plant Artemisia fragrans Willd. (Asteraceae) without any observed alteration and was the first record of eriophyoid mites on this host plant species.

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