Cenopalpus bakeri Düzgünes, 1967

Cenopalpus bakeri Düzgünes, 1967: 91 . Brevipalpus bakeri Meyer 1979: 84 . Brevipalpus bakeriana Ghai and Shenhmar, 1984: 127 . Cenopalpus bakeri Hatzinikolis and Emmanouel, 1987: 18 .

Distribution — Iran, Turkey.

Specimens examined and associations — Sari (Goharbaran): 36°49’N, 53°32’E, - 22 m a.s.l., 19 Oct. 2010 – 4 ♀♀ on Juglans regia L. ( Juglandaceae); Sari (Mahforooz Mahalle village): 36°40’N, 53°05’E, - 5 m a.s.l., 19 Nov. 2010 – 22 ♀♀ and 1 Deutonymph on Eriobotrya japonica; Sari (Badeleh): 36°34’N, 52°11’E, 27 m a.s.l., 7 Dec. 2010 – 30 ♀♀ on Crataegus microphylla C. Koch (Rosaceae), 7 ♀♀ on Cydonia oblonga Mill. (Rosaceae); Ghaemshahr: 36°28’N, 52°51’E, 49 m a.s.l., 26 October 2010 – 12 ♀♀ on Eriobotrya japonica Lindl. (Rosaceae), – 4 ♀♀ on Diospyros kaki L. ( Ebenaceae); Savadkuh county (Shirgah): 36°19’N, 52°50’E, 236 m a.s.l., 9 Sept. 2011 – 7 ♀♀ and 1 Deutonymph on Eriobotrya japonica, 9 ♀♀, 1 Deutonymph and 1 Larva on Malus domestica Borkh (Rosaceae); Behshahr county (Galugah): 36°42’N, 53°45’E, 62 m a.s.l., 30 June 2011 – 5 ♀♀ and 1 Deutonymph on Cydonia oblonga, 3 ♀♀ on Crataegus microphylla; Chalus county (Kushksara village): 36°37’N, 50°27’E, 66 m a.s.l., 28 July 2011 – 4 ♀♀ and 4 Deutonymphs on Crataegus microphylla . Ramsar: 36°32’N, 50°30’E, 20 m a.s.l., 27 May 2011 – 2 ♀♀ and 2 Deutonymph on Pyrus communis L.

Previous records from Iran — Shahriyar, Tehran Province (Khalil manesh 1351; Sepasgozariyan 1356), Tabriz, East Azarbaijan Province; Heyran, Ardabil Province; Hamedan, Hamedan Province (Khanjani et al. 2012b) Mazandaran and Tehran Provinces (Kamali et al., 2001).

Comments — The host plants: J. regia, E. japonica, Diospyros kaki, P. communis are new records for C. bakeri (Khanjani et al., 2013a) .