Eriophyes urmiaesp. nov. (Acari: Eriophyidae) from spurge in Iran

Mohammad-dostaresharaf, Mojtaba; Lotfollahi, Parisa; Bagheri, Mohammad

doi:10.22073/pja.v12i1.77609

Eriophyes urmiaesp. nov. (Acari: Eriophyidae) from spurge in Iran

Authors

Mojtaba Mohammad-dostaresharaf ¹

Parisa Lotfollahi ¹

Mohammad Bagheri ²

¹ Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran

² Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran

10.22073/pja.v12i1.77609

Abstract

In order to survey eriophyoid mites of northwest of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran, samplings were done on spurges during summer 2021 and one new species, Eriophyes urmiae Lotfollahi & Mohammad-Doustaresharaf sp. nov. was found in Qaleh Sardar of Nazluchay Rural District as vagrant on Euphorbia sp. (Euphorbiaceae) leaves. This is the fourth eriophyoid mite described on spurges in Iran.

Keywords

Eriophyinae

Euphorbiaceae

female

male

nymph

Urmia

West Azerbaijan