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Issue: Vol. 4337 No. 4: 20 Oct. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-10-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.4.2
Page range: 493–508
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A new species of Neopronematus and a re-description of Pronematus rykei Meyer & Rodrigues (Acari: Iolinidae) from Iran

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu–Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu–Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Bu–Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.
Acari Pronematinae biological control leaf blister mite Iran

Abstract

Neopronematus iranensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated and the female and male of Pronematus rykei (Meyer & Rodrigues, 1966) are re-described and reported for the first time from Iran. These species were collected from walnut leaves infested by leaf blister mite, Aceria tristriatus, (Nalepa, 1890), in Hamedan and Lorestan provinces, Iran. Furthermore, a key to all known species of Neopronematus is provided.

 

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