Eriophyes urmiae sp. nov.&nbsp; (Acari: Eriophyidae) from spurge in Iran

Mojtaba Mohammad-dostaresharaf; Parisa Lotfollahi; Mohammad Bagheri

doi:10.22073/pja.v12i1.77609

Persian Journal of Acarology (Jan 2023)

Eriophyes urmiae sp. nov.  (Acari: Eriophyidae) from spurge in Iran

Mojtaba Mohammad-dostaresharaf,
Parisa Lotfollahi,
Mohammad Bagheri

Affiliations

Mojtaba Mohammad-dostaresharaf: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
Parisa Lotfollahi: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
Mohammad Bagheri: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v12i1.77609
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1

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In order to survey eriophyoid mites of northwest of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran, samplings were done on spurges during summer 2021 and one new species, Eriophyes urmiae Lotfollahi & Mohammad-Doustaresharaf sp. nov. was found in Qaleh Sardar of Nazluchay Rural District as vagrant on Euphorbia sp. (Euphorbiaceae) leaves. This is the fourth eriophyoid mite described on spurges in Iran.

Published in Persian Journal of Acarology

ISSN: 2251-8169 (Online)
Publisher: Acarological Society of Iran
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Science: Zoology
Website: http://www.biotaxa.org/pja/

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