MITE FAUNA OF SUBFAMILY PHYLLOCOPTINAE (ACARI ERIOPHYIDAE) IN MAKU COUNTY WITH THREE NEW RECORDS FOR ASIA AND THREE NEW RECORDS FOR IRAN

Abstract

During the survey on eriophyid mites fauna of Maku county in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran in summers 2020 and 2021, a total of three tribes, 10 genera and 20 species belonging to the subfamily Phyllocoptinae Nalepa were identified. Among them, three species including Leipothrix coactus (Nalepa, 1896), Aculus tomentosi Meyer et Ueckermann, 1990 and Aculus chamaespariti Carmona, 1974 were new reports for Asia and three species including Epitrimerus inulae Farkas, 1963, Aculodes capillarisi Skoracka, 2003 and Abacarus cynodonis Abou-Awad et Nasr, 1983 were new for Iran. The tribe Tegonotini Bagdasarian and seven species including Aculodes altamurgiensis de Lillo et Vidović, 2018, Aculus mogeri Farkas, 1960, Aculus thyrsoidi Lotfollahi et Tajaddod, 2018, Aculops rhodensis Keifer, 1957, Aculops seguieranae Lotfollahi, Khanjani, Mogaddam et de Lillo, 2012, Aculops pachyphora Honarmand, Sadeghi & de Lillo, 2020, Shevtchenkella denticulata Lotfollahi, de Lillo et Haddad, 2014 were new reports for West Azerbaijan Province. The most abundant mites belonged to Abacarus hystrix species complex. The supplementary descriptions of L. coactus and A. cynodonis are provided in this study. Key Words: Abacarus, Aculodes, Aculops, Aculus, Leipothrix, Shevtchenkella, Tegonotini