Persian Journal of Acarology

Persian Journal of Acarology

Eriophyoid mite fauna (Acari: Eriophyoidea) of Sari county inIranwith sevennew recordsfor Mazandaran province

Document Type : Correspondence

Authors
1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
Abstract
Due to high importance of eriophyoid mites, the eriophyoid mite fauna was surveyed in Sari county, Mazandaran province, North of Iran, from 2017 to 2021. In total two families, five subfamilies, eight tribes, 24 genera and 42 species collected and identified, and here the information about the collected specimens is provided.
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