Three new Aculops species (Acari: Eriophyidae) from Meshginshahr, Iran

ABSTRACT

During a survey of Aculops mites in Meshginshahr region, three new species were discovered and described: Aculops echilicum Lotfollahi et Hemmatzadeh sp. nov. on Echium italicum L. (Boraginaceae), the first record of an eriophyoid mite on this host plant and the first record of an Aculops on plants of the family Boraginaceae; Aculops centitrapae Lotfollahi et Hemmatzadeh sp. nov. on Centaurea calcitrapa L. (Compositae), the first eriophyoid species described on this host plant and the second Aculops found on Asteraceae in Iran; and Aculops astragapactus Lotfollahi et Hemmatzadeh sp. nov. on Astragalus compactus Lam. (Leguminosae), the first record of an Aculops on plants of the genus Astragalus. All three new species are vagrants on their host plants.

https://zoobank.org/References/539afa36-2cf4-4d0c-be6b-cf72d0dc9c8d

Aculops echilicum Lotfollahi et Hemmatzadeh sp. nov.https://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/0d0ed5e3-f777-4032-89d5-9973f0652917

Aculops centitrapae Lotfollahi et Hemmatzadeh sp. nov.https://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/067a38bf-85ce-442e-bab5-6d57727cad20

Aculops astragapactus Lotfollahi et Hemmatzadeh sp. nov.https://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/49767a8c-5e43-4c36-9a0c-7f0a3e5f2c88

KEYWORDS:

• Ardabil
• Asteraceae
• Boraginaceae
• Fabaceae
• Phyllocoptinae

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Funding

This research was funded by Iran National Science Foundation [4001458] and by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [32161143014].