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Two new records of spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) from Iran.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Khodayari, Samira Kamali, Karim |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | Mites of the family Tetranychidae (spider mites) include some of the important pests in agriculture and forestry, and can be found on many fruit trees, vines, berries, vegetables and ornamental plants (Zhang et al., 2002). They feed on most parts of plants, including the upper and lower surfaces of leaves, as well as on stems and sheaths of grasses (Jeppson et al., 1975). A study on Tetranychidae fauna of the World (Bolland et al., 1998) showed that 1189 species were recognized by the end of 1996. Despite their economic significance as pests of crops, only 67 spider mite species have been recorded from Iran (Kamali et al., 2001; Rahmani, 2008; Khodayari et al., 2008). In the current study, two species of the genus Eotetranychus Oudemans are newly reported from Iran. Specimens are deposited at Acari Collection, Department of Entomology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. Specimens were collected from lower leaf surfaces of the hosts. They were fixed in 70% ethyl alcohol, cleared in lactophenol solution and mounted in HoyerÂ’s medium on microscope slides (Evans, 1992; Krantz & Walter, 2009). Species were identified using pertinent references (Pritchard & Baker, 1955; Jeppson et al., 1975; Bolland et al., 1998; Zhang et al., 2002). The genus Eotetranychus can be recognized by the combination of following characters: two pairs of anal and two pairs of para-anal setae in females; striae on opisthosoma transverse; duplex setae on tarsus I distal and adjacent; tarsus I with 3 to 5 tactile setae proximal to duplex setae; true claws pad-like with tenent hairs; empodia (except for leg I and sometimes leg II in males) with 3 pairs of ventrally directed hairs (fig. 2, e); dorsal body setae at least as long as distances between bases of consecutive setae (Meyer, 1987). |
| Starting Page | 87 |
| Ending Page | 89 |
| Page Count | 3 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 33 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://journals.areo.ir/article_105515_7f21528e6a59a60e1d5fac0f0f79952c.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
