Phyllozetes tauricus (Oribatida : Cosmochthoniidae a new record for fauna of Iran

Subject Areas : Plant Protection

Zahra Esmaeili ¹ ()
Mehdi Gheibi ² ()
Hadi Ostovan ³ ()

Received: 2011-06-08 Accepted : 2011-09-26 Published : 2011-01-21

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A survey was conducted to identify the mites in relation with the fig trees in Estahban region from 2009 to 2010. The species, Phyllozetes tauricus Gordeeva (Oribatida: Cosmochthoniidae), was collected and identified. The species is newly recorded from Iran.

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