<p class="Body">A new species, a redescription of Aceria lamii (Liro, 1943) and two new records of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) on weeds in Golestan province, Iran

Abstract

During a faunistic survey on eriophyoid mites associated with weeds in Golestan province of Iran, four eriophyoid species were collected. A new species, Aculops hyperisaemum sp. nov., was found on Hypericum androsaemum L. (Hypericaceae) and herein described and illustrated. Paraphytoptus paradoxus Nalepa, 1896, Aceria lamii (Liro, 1943) and Aceria verbenacae de Lillo et al., 2017, were found respectively on Artemisia absinthium L. (Asteraceae), Lamium album L. and Salvia nemorosa L. (Lamiaceae) and are reported for the first time in Iran. Aculops hyperisaemum sp. nov. and A. lamii were vagrant on the underside of the leaves of their host plants and no symptoms were detected. Aceria lamii is redescribed using modern microscopy and terminology. Paraphytoptus paradoxus was vagrant on the leaf underside and caused discoloration of the leaves; this is the first record of Paraphytoptus from Iran. Aceria verbenacae induced erinea on leaves, petioles, stems and flowers on a new host plant species.

Description of a new vagrant Aceria species (Acari: Eriophyidae) on Artemisia scoparia Waldst. &amp; Kit (Asteraceae) in northwest Iran and a key to the world species associated with Artemisia spp.

“…We provide their type host plant species and relationship to hosts in Table 1. Among these species, only six were reported in Iran: Paraphytoptus paradoxus Nalepa, 1896, Aceria artemisiae (Canestrini, 1891), Aceria gallartae Honarmand, Sadeghi-Namaghi and de Lillo, 2020, Aceria alghoorii Honarmand, Sadeghi-Namaghi and de Lillo, 2020, and Aceria khaniensis Honarmand, Sadeghi-Namaghi and de Lillo, 2020, Aceria jolfae Lotfollahi, 2024 (Kamali 2011;Gol et al 2019;Honarmand et al 2020;Lotfollahi and Masoudi-Rad, 2024).…”

“…All paratypes and holotypes of the new species are deposited at the Acarology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University (Iran) except one paratype of each species which are deposited in the Acarological Collection, Jalal Afshar Zoological Museum (JAZM), Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. 8 (no range), simple, 8-rayed; basiventral femoral setae bv 11(10)(11)(12)(13), antaxial genual setae l′′ 28(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29), paraxial tibial setae l′ 8 (7-9), paraxial fastigial tarsal setae ft′ 16(15)(16)(17), antaxial fastigial tarsal setae ft′′ 20(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25), paraxial unguinal tarsal setae u' 3(3)(4).…”

“…nov.), in Aceria tamaricis and 76 (68-75) in Aceria artemipariasp. nov.), (30-40 in Aceria tamaricis and 39(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45) in Aceria artemipariasp.-Opisthosoma with 34-41(Gol et al, 2019) or 50-65(Vidović et al, 2008) dorsal semiannuli, median line complete …………………….….……………………….. P. paradoxus Nalepa, 1896 10. Prodorsal shield smooth, empodium 8-rayed …………………….….…”