کنه‌های اریوفیوئید روستای دوگیجان در استان آذربایجان شرقی

Eriophyoid mites are economically rendering as the second most important mite species after tetranychid mites. They include more than 5000 species in the world which have been classified into three families Phytoptidae, Eriophyidae and Diptilomiopidae. In order to identify eriophyoid mites, sampling was done on dominant plants of Dogijan village in Marand region of East Azerbaijan province (Iran) during late spring 2023. 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 three genera and six species were identified: Aceria verbenacae de Lillo, Panzarino, Loverre & Valenzano, 2017 collected on Salvia officinalis L. (Lamiaceae); Aceria tristriata (Nalepa, 1890) and Aceria erinea (Nalepa, 1891) collected on Juglans regia L. (Juglandaceae); Aculus fockeui (Nalepa & Trouessart, 1891) collected on Malus domestica Borkh. (Rosaceae); Calepitrimerus baileyi Keifer, 1938 occasionally collected on Urtica dioica L. (Urticaceae); one new Aceria species collected on collected on Chardinia orientalis (L.) Kuntze and Centaurea sp. (Asteraceae); and one new Aculus species collected on Hypericum scabrum L. (Hypericaceae). The species A. erinea is new record for East Azerbaijan province.