Faunistic study of Eriophyes (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) in orchards of Neishaboor

Subject Areas : entomology and othea arthropods

M. Babaei ¹ , H. Kamali ² , R. Vafaei-Shoushtari ³

1 - Graduated student, Entomology Department, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran
2 - Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Centre, Khorasan-e-Razavi, Iran
3 - Entomology Department, Agricultural faculty, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran

Received: 2010-03-11 Accepted : 2010-08-26 Published : 2010-11-22

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Abstract :

One of the pests considered inNeishaboorُ s orchar is superfamily Eriophyoidea.These mites cause damage to leaves and branches and finally result in decrease in crops by creating gall, erineum and rust.However, The main damages of these mites around the world is more related to transmit of viruses from infected plants to healthy ones. It is considered necessary to recognize the mentioned superfamily and its species on fruit trees regarding to the fact that there is little information about these mites in Neishaboor. Therefore, samples are taken from different districts of Neishaboor during April 2008 till July 2009. The current study led to identify 5 mites species belonging to family Eriophyidae. Two species of them , marked with an asterisk (*) are reported for the first time from Iran and KhorasanRazaviProvince.   1- Eriophyes ilicifoliae (Keifer, 1941) 2- Eriophyes armeniaca (Bagdasarian, 1970) 3- Eriophyes pyri (Pagenstecher, 1857) 4- Eriophyes emarginata (Keifer, 1939) * 5- Eriophyes savagei Keifer, 1939 *