کنه های اریوفیوئید شرق شهرستان بستان آباد در استان آذربایجان شرقی

Eriophyoid mites are obligate herbivores with a worldwide distribution. Many of them are crop pests, some of which can transmit viruses; while others are associated with weeds and have high potential as classical biological control agents. Despite the importance of these mites, their distribution in Bostanabad county remains unknown. In order to identify eriophyoid mites, sampling was done on dominant plants in East Bostanabad of East Azerbaijan province (Iran) during summer 2019. Eriophyoid mites were recovered from the plant material by means of a modified washing method and preserved in vials of Oudemans' fluid. Collected specimens were slide mounted according to Lotfollahi and Masoudi-Rad (2024). All morphological measurements were taken using a phase contrast microscope Olympus BX53 at 1,000 magnification, according to Amrine and Manson (1996) as modified by de Lillo et al. (2010). Generic classification follows Amrine et al. (2003) and comparisons were also made with new genera described since that publication. As result two families, three subfamilies, four tribes, nine genera and sixteen species were identified, among which two species including Aculus comatus (Nalepa, 1892) and Aculops hussongi Keifer, 1966 were new records for Iran, two species including Leipothrix mazandaranicus Ranjbar-Varandi, Haddad Irani-Nejad & Lotfollahi, 2020 and Aceria verbenacae de Lillo, Panzarino, Loverre & Valenzano, 2017 were new records for East Azerbaijan province, and all identified taxa were new for Bostanabad region. The most specimens obtained in this study belong to the species Aculus fockeui (Nalepa & Trouessart, 1891).