Calepitrimerus baileyi Keifer, 1938

Bahirai, Fereshteh, Jafari, Shahriar, Lotfollahi, Parisa & Shakarami, Jahanshir, 2021, Eriophyoidea (Acari: Trombidiformes) of the Lorestan Province and first record of Aceria querci (Garnam, 1883) outside of the USA, Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (1), pp. 111-119 : 115

Calepitrimerus baileyi Keifer, 1938

Material examined – This species was collected as vagrant on leaves of apple trees, Malus domestica Borkh. (Rosaceae) . The activity of this species in high densities leads to light rust or browning of the leaves. Twenty-eight (28) females and 13 males, Chaghalvandi , Khorramabad, 11 August 2017 ; six females and five males, Goldash Borujerd, 28 July 2018; 17 females and three males, Aleshtar and Nourabad, 12 September 2018; Lorestan Province, Iran .

Remarks – Prior to our study, this species has been reported from Hamadan ( Malek-Mohammadi et al. 2002), West Azarbaijan ( Lotfollahi et al. 2014b; Mehri-Heyran et al. 2020), and Guilan ( Hajizadeh and Hosseini 2004a) Provinces of Iran. This species was previously reported from Lorestan Province ( Hayatolgheyb 2016).