Redescription of Aceria varia and Tegoprionus dentatus (Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae) from Iran

Mehri, Hosein; Lotfollahi, Parisa; De Lillo, Enrico; Azimi, Solmaz

doi:10.22073/pja.v9i2.58457

Redescription of Aceria varia and Tegoprionus dentatus (Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae) from Iran

Authors

Hosein Mehri ¹

Parisa Lotfollahi ¹

Enrico de Lillo ²

Solmaz Azimi ¹

¹ Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran; E-mails: h.mehri1374.hm@gmail.com, Prslotfollahy@yahoo.com, s_azimi2007@yahoo.com

² Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences (Di.S.S.P.A.), Entomology and Zoology Section, University of Bari Aldo Moro, via Amendola, 165/a, 70126 Bari, Italy; E-mail: enrico.delillo@uniba.it

10.22073/pja.v9i2.58457

Abstract

This paper describes two eriophyid species, poorly detailed in the past, which have been found for the first time in Iran. Aceria varia (Nalepa) (Eriophyinae: Acerini) was collected on Populus alba L. (Salicaceae) and Tegoprionus dentatus (Nalepa) (Phyllocoptinae: Anthocoptini) on Galium aparine L. (Rubiaceae) in Miandowab region of West Azerbaijan province (Iran). More information about the type host plants, other hosts and habitus of five Aceria species associated with P. alba and a gross comparison of some traits among Tegoprionus species known worldwide are provided.

Keywords

Miandoab

Rubiaceae

Salicaceae

Taxonomy

West Azerbaijan