Phyllocoptes khazariensis sp. nov.(Acari: Eriophyiodea) from Cupressus sempervirens(Cupressaceae) in Iran

Ranjbar-Varandi, Forough; Haddad Irani-nejad, Karim; Lotfollahi, Parisa

doi:10.22073/pja.v12i3.81941

Phyllocoptes khazariensis sp. nov.(Acari: Eriophyiodea) from Cupressus sempervirens(Cupressaceae) in Iran

Authors

Forough Ranjbar-Varandi ¹

Karim Haddad Irani-nejad ¹

Parisa Lotfollahi ²

¹ Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz

² Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran

10.22073/pja.v12i3.81941

Abstract

The new eriophyid species, Phyllocoptes khazariensis sp. nov. was found on Cupressus sempervirens L. (Cupressaceae) during a survey on eriophyoid mite fauna of Sari county, Mazandaran province, north of Iran, in summer 2017. This is the first Phyllocoptes species found on plants of the genus Cupressus and herein described and illustrated.

Keywords

Eriophyidae

Mazandaran

new species

Phyllocoptinae

Phyllocoptini