A new species of Lassenia(Acari: Tanaupodidae) from Turkey

Authors

1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran;E-mail: noei.javad@birjand.ac.ir

2 Ankara University Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Dışkapı, Ankara, Turkey; E-mails: einak @ankara.edu.tr, Scobanoglu@ankara.edu.tr & coban.sultan@gmail.com

3 Jalal Afshar Zoological Museum, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran;E-mail: saboori@ut.ac.ir

Abstract
Lassenia hemsinensis Noei, Saboori & Çobanoğlu sp. nov. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tanaupodidae) collected from Hemşin, Rize, Turkey, on Rumex sp. (Polygonaceae) (off host) is described. A key to the species of Lassenia (larva) of the world is also provided.

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