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Issue: Vol. 3433 No. 1: 22 Aug. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-08-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3433.1.1
Page range: 1–59
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The false spider mites of the genus Cenopalpus Pritchard & Baker (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) 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 Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Queensland Museum, P.O. Box 3300, South Brisbane, Qld, 4101, Australia
Acari Tenuipalpidae Cenopalpus false spider mite new species re-description Iran

Abstract

Four new species of the genus Cenopalpus Pritchard and Baker are described from Iran, namely: C. rubusi sp. nov.,collected from salmonberry bushes, Rubus persicae L. (Rosaceae), Sanandaj, Kurdistan province; C. prunusi sp. nov.from plum trees, Prunus domestica L. (Rosaceae), Hamedan, Hamedan province; C. khosrowshahii sp. nov. from Sophoraalopecuroides L. (Fabaceae), Hamedan, Hamedan province; and C. quercusi sp. nov. from oak trees, Quercuscastaneifolia C.A. Mey. (Fagaceae), Robat Namaki, Lorestan province. Six species are re-described: C. saryabiensisAkbar and Chaudhri, 1985, C. lanceolatisetae (Attiah, 1956), C. irani Dosse, 1971, C. abaii Khosrowshahi and Arbabi,1997, C. bakeri Düzgünes, 1967 and C. crataegi Dosse, 1971. Of these species, C. irani reaches high population density and is widespread. A key to all known Iranian species of the genus is provided.

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