In this paper, three new species of Nothopodinae mites from China are described and illustrated. They Disella miliusae sp. nov. collected on Miliusa sinensis Finet & Gagnep. (Annonaceae), dendrocalama Dendrocalamus yunnanicus Hsueh D.Z.Li (Poaceae), Colopodacus machili Machilus nanmu (Oliv.) Hemsl. (Lauraceae). All the vagrants lower leaf surface causing no apparent damage to their host pla...

Wheat is an important food grain worldwide, and it is the primary dryland crop in the western Great Plains. A complex of three viruses (Wheat streak mosaic, Wheat mosaic, and Triticum mosaic viruses) is a common cause of loss in winter wheat production in the Great Plains. All these viruses are transmitted by the wheat curl mite (Aceria tosichella Keifer). Once these viruses are established, th...

PARISA LOTFOLLAHI, KARIM HADDAD IRANI-NEJAD, MOHAMAD KHANJANI, MOHAMAD MOGHADAM & ENRICO DE LILLO Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran. E-mail: [email protected] Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bu-Ali Sina, Hamadan, Iran Department of Crop Production and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Univ...

Three new eriophyid species (Phyllocoptinae), Shevtchenkella denticulata sp. n., Notallus pestehae sp. n. and Echinacrus ruthenicus sp. n., were described from Eryngium thyrsoideum Boiss. (Apiaceae), Pistacia vera L. (Anacardiaceae) and Lycium ruthenicum Murray (Solanaceae), respectively. All the three new species were collected from southwest of the East Azerbaijan province, Iran in 2011. It i...

Zoysiagrass is an important ornamental and turfgrass cultivated in different countries. Recently, damage to this plant, characterized by a type of witch’s broom stunting were observed southern Brazil, suggesting possible attack mites. A detailed examination these plants showed the presence new mite species, Abacarus zoysiae Flechtmann & Tassi sp. nov., as responsible for damage. The objecti...

Nine eriophyoid mites, including two new species and five new records, from Iran are described and illustrated. They are Aceria acroptiloni Shevchenko & Kacalev, 1974, rec. n. on Rhaponticum repens (L.) Hidalgo (Asteraceae); Aceria anthocoptes (Nalepa, 1892), rec. n. on Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Asteraceae); Aceria lactucae (Canestrini, 1893), rec. n. on Lactuca virosa L. (Asteraceae); Aceria...