Study on predatory mites of Aceria tristriatus (Nalepa, 1890) from Hamedan and Lorestan provinces, Western Iran
Author
Ahmad-Hosseini, Mohammad
. Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran; E-mails: mahmad hoseini @ yahoo. com; mkhanjani @ gmail. com
Author
Khanjani, Mohammad
. Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran; E-mails: mahmad hoseini @ yahoo. com; mkhanjani @ gmail. com
Author
Karamian, Roya
. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran; E-mail: R _ karamian @ basu. ac. ir
basu.ac.ir
text
Persian Journal of Acarology
2019
2019-04-15
8
2
125
145
journal article
10.22073/pja.v8i2.45640
2251-8169
4644893
4C425003-76FC-45EE-918E-FA17FEA2FC10
Kuzinellus kuzini
Wainstein, 1962
Diagnosis (female)
Dorsal shield with 5 pairs of solenostomes (
gd2
,
gd4
,
gd6
,
gd8
,
gd9
); dorsal shield setae inserted on small tubercles seta
z6
presence in female,
JV2
and
JV3
present, with four pairs of preanal setae and one pair of pre-anal pores, seta
R1
on membrane; setae
J5
smooth and
Z4
serrate, calyx of spermatheca tubular shape, flaring distally near the vesicle; leg IV with a macroseta on basitarsus which is sharp-tipped in adult, movable and fixed digits of chelicera with 2 and 4 teeth, respectively.
In this study, this species had the highest association among other predatory mites found together with
Aceria tristriatus
in
Hamedan
and
Lorestan
provinces. Immature stages (larva, protonymph and deutonymph) and adults (female and male) of
K. kuzini
are described and redescribed, respectively, by
Ahmad-Hosseini
et al.
(2017b)
.
Material examined
In order to avoid repeating, geographical coordinates of sampling locations that previously presented not mentioned again.
Hamedan province
:
Heydareh village
–
7 Oct. 2014
(n = 15),
8 Oct. 2015
(n = 18),
23 Aug. 2016
(n = 11),
9 Oct. 2016
(n = 6),
29 Oct. 2016
(n = 4),
9 Sep. 2017
(n = 6),
13 Sep. 2017
(n = 7);
Shahrestaneh village
–
18 Sep. 2014
(n = 20),
23 Nov. 2015
(n = 7),
17 Oct. 2016
(n = 5),
14 Sep. 2016
(n = 14);
Ganjnameh
–
26 Aug. 2017
(n = 9),
1 Sep. 2017
(n = 8);
Asadabad
(
34° 37’ N
;
47° 51’ E
)
–
2 Aug. 2016
(n = 11),
30 Oct. 2015
(n = 10),
27 Aug. 2016
(n = 4),
9 Nov. 2016
(n = 5);
Hamedan
vicinity (
34° 46’ N
;
48° 31’ E
)
–
15 Aug. 2015
(n = 5),
5 Jul. 2017
(n = 15);
Faculty of Agriculture
of Bu-Ali Sina University (
34° 48’ N
,
48° 29’ E
)
–
16 Oct. 2015
(n = 3),
19 Sep. 2016
(n = 18),
30 Sep. 2016
(n = 14);
Divin village
(
34° 45’ N
;
48° 30’ E
)
–
4 Aug. 2016
(n = 5),
8 Sep. 2016
(n = 3);
Sarab Gamasiab
(
34° 02’ N
;
48° 22’ E
)
–
10 Aug. 2016
(n = 6);
Bahar
vicinity (
34° 55’ N
;
48° 19’ E
)
–
29 Oct. 2016
(n = 9),
2 Aug. 2017
(n = 6);
Maryanaj
vicinity (
34° 54’ N
;
48° 29’ E
)
–
18 Nov. 2016
(n = 6);
Abasabad village
(
34° 47’ N
;
48° 28’ E
)
–
20 Jul. 2015
(n = 6);
Darreh Morad Beyg village
(
34° 44’ N
;
48° 30’ E
)
–
23 Jul. 2017
(n = 4).
Lorestan Province
:
Kahman
canyon
–
30 Aug. 2015
(n = 8),
26 Sep. 2015
(n = 5),
13 Oct. 2015
(n = 13);
Aleshtar county
–
4 Sep. 2015
(n = 15);
Firouz Abad county
(
34° 58’ N
,
48° 24’ E
)
–
13 Nov. 2015
(n = 7),
10 Aug. 2016
(n = 8);
Robatnamaki village
(
33° 47’ N
,
48° 18’ E
) – 10
Augs.
2016 (n = 5)
.