Rhyncaphytoptus ficifoliae Keifer, 1940

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 : 116

Rhyncaphytoptus ficifoliae Keifer, 1940

Material examined – This species was collected with high population density as vagrant on underside surface of leaves of fig trees, Ficus carica L. ( Moraceae ). Twenty-two (22) females and 11 males, Faculty of Agriculture, Lorestan University, 18 September 2017; 18 females and nine males, Jolge Khalaj, Poldokhtar County, 22 September 2017; 28 females and 10 males, Sepid Dasht, 21 September 2018; Lorestan Province, Iran.

Remarks – This species has been reported from Khuzestan ( Ramazani et al. 2006) and Fars ( Daneshnia and Akrami 2013) Provinces of Iran. This species was previously reported from Lorestan Province ( Delfan et al. 2014).