DESCRIPTION OF IMMATURE STAGES AND REDESCRIPTION OF ADULTS OF KUZINELLUS KUZINI (WAINSTEIN) FROM WESTERN IRAN

About authors:

Ahmad–Hosseini M., 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

Karamian R., Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Bu–Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

Annotation:

This paper reports the description of immature stages (larva, protonymph and deutonymph) as well as redescription of the adults, female and male, of Kuzinellus kuzini (Wainstein, 1962), collected from a walnut infested by the leaf gall mite, Aceria tristriatus (Nalepa), in the Hamedan and Lorestan Provinces, Iran. Furthermore, a key and table to the characteristics of all mobile stages are provided.  

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2017-25-1-75-86

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