TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Eriophyoid mites from ferns: description of a new Leipothrix Keifer species (Eriophyidae: Phyllocoptinae) from the Arasbaran forests (Iran) and a key to the world species
VL  - 57
IS  - 4
SP  - 731
EP  - 745
PY  - 2017
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Lotfollahi, Parisa
AU  - de Lillo, Enrico
UR  - https://doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20174179
DO  - 10.24349/acarologia/20174179
DA  - 2017-07-06
ET  - 2017-07-06
KW  - East Azerbaijan
KW  - Eriophyoidea
KW  - Cystopteridaceae
KW  - Phyllocoptini
KW  - Polypodiaceae
KW  - Middle East
AB  - A survey of eriophyoid mites on ferns was carried out in the Arasbaran forests, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. A new species of the genus Leipothrix  Keifer (Eriophyidae: Phyllocoptinae: Phyllocoptini) was collected on Polypodium vulgare L. (Polypodiaceae), named as L. pterisfolii, described and illustrated. It is the first record of a mite of the tribe Phyllocoptini on a Polypodiaceae plant. This mite species was found also on a plant of the family Cystopteridaceae, namely Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman, and this is the first record of an eriophyoid mite associated with a plant of this family, too. In addition, it is the first report of a fern-inhabiting eriophyoid mite in Iran. A key to the eriophyoid mite species collected on ferns worldwide and a table summarizing information on their type host, type locality and habitus are provided.
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