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Issue: Vol. 4329 No. 2: 4 Oct. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-10-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.2.2
Page range: 150–158
Abstract views: 77
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Tenuipalpoides (Acari: Tetranychidae) from Astragalus (Leguminoseae) in Iran

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Iran
Acari Trombidiformes Prostigmata spider mite Tenuipalpoidini Iran

Abstract

A new species of the genus Tenuipalpoides (Tetranychidae: Tenuipalpoidini), Tenuipalpoides iraniensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on females and deutonymphs collected from Astragalus spp. (Leguminoseae) in Southern Iran (Hormozgan Province). This is the fifth report of this genus for the world and the first report of the tribe Tenuipalpoidini from Iran. The deutonymph of this genus is described for the first time and a key to the species of Tenuipalpoidini of the world is also provided.

 

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