کنه های اریوفیوئید محوطه دانشگاه شهید مدنی آذربایجان

The superfamily Eriophyoidea is one of the main taxa of highly specialized plant feeder mites found on different host plants globally with high economic importance. They may be plant pests, vectors of plant pathogens, weed biological control agents, and food sources for predators. In order to identify eriophyoid mites, sampling was done on dominant plants of Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University campus during June 2024. 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 genera and seven species were identified: Aceria chondrillae (Canestrini, 1890) collected from Chondrilla juncea L. (Asteraceae); Aceria alhagi Vidović & Kamali, 2016and Aculops allotrichus (Nalepa, 1894) collected from Alhagi maurorum Medik (Fabaceae); Aceria angustifoliae Denizhan, Monfreda, de Lillo & Cobanoglu, 2008 and Aceria lobolinguae Lotfollahi & de Lillo, 2014 collected from Elaeagnus angustifolia L. (Elaeagnaceae); Aceria zygofabae Lotfollahi, de Lillo & Haddad, 2017 collected from Zygophyllum fabago L. (Zygophyllaceae); Aceria dioicae (Keifer, 1979) collected from Tamarix sp. (Tamaricaceae). This is the first report of A. dioicae from East Azerbaijan province.