| One new Aceria species and three new provincial records of the family Eriophyidae (Acari: Eriophyoidea) |
| Paper ID : 1080-IPCA4 (R1) |
| Authors |
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Haniyeh Hemmatzadeh1, Parisa Lotfollahi *2, Ali Mehrvar1, Enrico de Lillo3, Jalal Shiri4 11- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, East Azerbaijan province, Iran 2Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, East Azerbaijan province, Iran 3Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences (Di.S.S.P.A.), Entomology and Zoology Section, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy 43- Water Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran |
| Abstract |
| Despite the very high economic importance of eriophyoid mites, so far no comprehensive study has been done on the mites of this superfamily in Ardabil province. Meshginshahr rangelands are of great economic importance for Nomads of the Shahsavan tribe Livestock. Therefore, in order to identify eriophyoid mites, sampling was done on dominant plants of this region during summer 2020. Eriophyoid mites were recovered from plant samples using a modified washing method. The mites were slide mounted according to Baker et al. (1996) and morphological measurements were taken by means of a phase contrast microscope Olympus BX53 according to Amrine and Manson (1996) as modified by de Lillo et al. (2010). As result, eriophyoid species were identified among which one Aceria species collected on the host plant Lonicera sp. (Caprifoliaceae) was new for the world that is the first record of Aceria species on this plant genus and the first record of eriophyoid mites from the plant family Caprifoliaceae in Iran. In addition, three of the identified species were new records to the fauna of Ardabil province including: Aculops seguieranae Lotfollahi, Irani-Nejad, Khanjani, Moghadam & de Lillo, 2012 from Euphorbia seguierana Necker (Euphorbiacea), Aceria spanda Lotfollahi, Haddad & de Lillo, 2015 from Peganum harmala L. (Nitrariaceae) and Aceria loborectiangulae Lotfollahi & Tajaddod, 2018 from Atraphaxis spinosa L. (Polygonaceae). |
| Keywords |
| Aceria, Aculops, Ardabil, Caprifoliaceae, Meshginshahr. |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Poster Presentation) |