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ISSN 1362-1971 An international journal of the Systematic and Applied Acarology Society, published since 1996 [Aims] [Editors] [Content] [Subscriptions] [Contact details] [Society Homepage] |
Systematic & Applied Acarology (2006) 11, 247-252A new genus and species of Trombidiidae (Acari: Trombidioidea) described from larvae ectoparasitic on Hyalopterus pruni (Aphidoidea: Aphididae) from Iran
ALIREZA SABOORI1, MOHAMMAD BAGHERI2, KARIM HADDAD IRANI-NEJAD2, KARIM KAMALI3 & MOHAMMAD KHANJANI4
1Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. E-mail: saboori@ut.ac.ir
2Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Tabriz University, Tabriz; Iran. E-mail: khaddad@tabrizu.ac.ir, mbagheri20022002 @ yahoo.com
3Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran
4Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Hamadan, Hamadan, IranAbstract
A new genus and species of trombidiid mite with larvae which are ectoparasitic on Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy) (Aphidoidea: Aphididae) feeding on Prunus cerasifera L. (Rosaceae) are described from Oskoo, East Azarbaijan province, Iran. Oskootrombium prasadi Saboori, Bagheri & Haddad gen. nov., sp. nov. is placed in the subfamily Trombidiinae.
Key words: Trombidiidae, new genus, new species, Hyalopterus pruni, larva, Iran
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