A contribution to the knowledge of the eriophyoid mites (Trombidiformes: Eriophyidae) associated to Lythraceae with description of a new species from Iran

Tajaddod, Sadegh; Lotfollahi, Parisa; De Lillo, Enrico

doi:10.22073/pja.v9i4.63764

A contribution to the knowledge of the eriophyoid mites (Trombidiformes: Eriophyidae) associated to Lythraceae with description of a new species from Iran

Authors

Sadegh Tajaddod ¹

Parisa Lotfollahi ¹

Enrico de Lillo ²

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

² Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences (Di.S.S.P.A.), University of Bari Aldo Moro, via Amendola, 165/a, 70126, Bari, Italy;

10.22073/pja.v9i4.63764

Abstract

A new eriophyid species (Trombidiformes: Eriophyidae), Aceria salicariae Lotfollahi & Tajaddod sp. nov., from the Ajabshir region in southeastern East Azerbaijan Province in Iran, is described and illustrated. A key to all known eriophyoid species collected on the plants of family Lythraceae is presented. Information about their type hosts, type localities and relation to the host plant as well as remarks about available descriptions of these species are provided.

Keywords

Aceria salicariae

Ajabshir

biological control

female

herbivore

Loosestrife