Eutetranychus palmatusAttiah, 1967(Acari: Tetranychidae),a newly recorded spider mitepestof date palm from Syria

Zeity, Mahran; W. Negm, Mohamed

doi:10.22073/pja.v8i2.43946

Eutetranychus palmatusAttiah, 1967(Acari: Tetranychidae),a newly recorded spider mitepestof date palm from Syria

Authors

Mahran Zeity ¹

Mohamed W. Negm ²

¹ LatakiaCentre for Scientific Agricultural Research, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research, Damascus, Syria; E-mail:mzma2009@gmail.com

² epartment of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt; E-mail:waleednegm@yahoo.com

https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v8i2.43946

Abstract

Specimens of Eutetranychus palmatus were collected from leaves of date palm, Phoenix dactylifera L. and Phoenix roebelinii (Arecaceae) in Latakia city, Syria. This is the first record of E. palmatus from Syria. Taxonomic remarks of males and females are provided.