Persian Journal of Acarology

Persian Journal of Acarology

Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) of fruit orchards in cold regions of Razavi Khorasan province (northeast Iran), with redescription of two species

Authors
1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran;
2 Department of Plant Protection, Rice Research Institute of Iran (RRII), Rasht, Iran;
10.22073/pja.v3i1.10127
Abstract
Seven species from five genera of the family Phytoseiidae were collected in northeast Iran. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) neyshabouris (Denmark & Daneshvar, 1982) were recorded for the second time. This species with the male of Proprioseiopsis messor (Wainstein, 1960) are redescribed and illustrated. A key to the adult females of the Razavi Khorasan province of Iran is also provided. Phytoseius corniger Wainstein, 1959 had the highest abundance and distribution in this survey.
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