NEW OCCURRENCES OF TWO RARE UROPODINA (ACARI: MESOSTIGMATA) SPECIES FROM IRANIAN FRUIT PLANTATIONS
Journal:
2024. 32 (2)About authors:
Somayeh Memarzadeh,Department of Entomology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran
Hadi Ostovan, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University,
Shiraz, Iran
Shahram Hesami,
Department of Entomology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran
Mehdi Gheibi, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University,
Shiraz, Iran
Sergey G. Ermilov, e-mail
X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia
Jenő Kontschán, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary
Acknowledgments:
We would like to express our gratitude to Dr. Hans Klompen of Ohio State University for the initial diagnosis of the specimens.Annotation:
Two rare Uropodina species are reported from Iran: Macrodinychus iranicus Babaeian and Khalili-Moghadam, 2021 from soil in an apricot plantation; Oplitis iranicus Kazemi and Kontschán, 2007 from soils in orange plantations.
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