Eriophyoid (Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) mite species associated withboxes worldwide with a newrecordof Eriophyes canestrinii(Nalepa, 1890) from Iran

Arbabi, Masoud; Lotfollahi, Parisa; Abaii, Manosur; Alazmai, Mohammad; Baradaran, Parvaneh

doi:10.22073/pja.v6i3.30700

Eriophyoid (Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) mite species associated withboxes worldwide with a newrecordof Eriophyes canestrinii(Nalepa, 1890) from Iran

Authors

Masoud Arbabi ¹

Parisa Lotfollahi ²

Manosur Abaii ³

Mohammad Alazmai ⁴

Parvaneh Baradaran ¹

¹ Agricultural Research ZoologyDepartment,Iranian Research Institute of plant Protection, Tehran, Iran;

² Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, AzarbaijanShahid Madani University, Tabriz,Iran;

³ Agricultural Research Entomology Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran(deceased)

⁴ Buxus seedling Research Station in Cheshmeh Bolbolof Bander Gaz,Golestan province,Iran;

10.22073/pja.v6i3.30700

Abstract

During survey for the pests of Buxus plants in Bandar Gaz, Golestan province, Iran, Eriophyes canestrinii (Nalepa, 1890) was collected on Buxus sempervirens hyrcana (Pojarkova) Tachtadzjan (Buxaceae) and recorded for the first time in Iran. High population of this mite species made damage on the host plant as buds and leaves deformation. Herein Iranian specimens of this mite species was presented and a key to the eriophyoid mite species collected on boxes worldwide and the information about their morphology, type host, type locality and habitus are provided.

Keywords

Bud gall

Buxus

Damages

Eriophyidae

Pest