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Systematic & Applied Acarology
(2008) 13, 65–69.A new species of the genus Aegyptobia Sayed (Acari: Prostigmata, Tenuipalpidae) from Iran
MOHAMMAD KHANJANI1, TETSUO GOTOH2 & HASAN BARIMANI VARANDI3
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Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu - Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.E-mail: Khanjani@basu.ac.ir
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Department of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ami, Ibaraki, 300-0393, Japan. E-mail: gotoh@mx.ibaraki.ac.jp3
Agricultural and natural Resource Center of Mazandaran, IranAbstract
Aegyptobia iranensis n. sp. is described and illustrated based on females collected from Juniperus spp. leaves from Iran.
Key words: Acari, flat mite, false spider mite, Tenuipalpidae, Aegyptobia, Iran
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