TYROPHAGUS PUTRESCENTIAE (SCHRANK) (ACARI: ACARIDAE) FROM WESTERN IRAN WITH A KEY TO IRANIAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS

About authors:

Fayaz B.A., Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

Khanjani M., Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

Rahmani H. , Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran

Annotation:

This paper reports the redescription of all stages (egg, immatures and adult) of the mold mite, Tyrophagus putrecentiae (Schrank 1781), collected from bean leaves infested with opportunity fungus in the Department of plant protection laboratory, Hamedan, Iran.

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