A new species of Dolichotetranychus (Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) damaging Dracaena trifasciata (Asparagaceae) in Iran

Sayed Mosayeb Mahdavi; Mahdieh Asadi; Saeid Paktinat-Saeij; Mohammad Ali Ghanbarzadeh; Hossein Ziaei-Rad

doi:10.11158/saa.27.10.12

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14 September 2022 A new species of Dolichotetranychus (Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) damaging Dracaena trifasciata (Asparagaceae) in Iran

Sayed Mosayeb Mahdavi, Mahdieh Asadi, Saeid Paktinat-Saeij, Mohammad Ali Ghanbarzadeh, Hossein Ziaei-Rad

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Systematic and Applied Acarology, 27(10):2012-2024 (2022). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.27.10.12

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A new species of the genus Dolichotetranychus Sayed, 1938 (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae), Dolichotetranychus babolicus sp. nov. is described from Dracaena trifasciata (Asparagaceae) grown in greenhouses in northern Iran (Mazandaran province). All active life stages are described and illustrated and anomalous features noted. Photographs of its colonies and damage symptoms are presented. This is the first report of the family Tenuipalpidae on this plant genus. Additionally, some data of D. iranicus Khadem & Asadi in Safdarkhani et al. 2016 is corrected.

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Sayed Mosayeb Mahdavi, Mahdieh Asadi, Saeid Paktinat-Saeij, Mohammad Ali Ghanbarzadeh, and Hossein Ziaei-Rad "A new species of Dolichotetranychus (Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) damaging Dracaena trifasciata (Asparagaceae) in Iran," Systematic and Applied Acarology 27(10), 2012-2024, (14 September 2022). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.27.10.12

Received: 24 April 2022; Accepted: 28 June 2022; Published: 14 September 2022

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