Three New Species of Mites (Acari: Acaridae and Histiostomatidae) Extracted from the Soil under Pomegranate Trees, Assiut, Upper Egypt

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut 71526 Egypt

2 Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural research center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Abstract

Three new species (Caloglyphus punicum n. sp., C. azzai n. sp. and Myianoetus granatum n. sp.) represented only by their hypopial nymphs (heteromorphic deutonymphs), extracted from the soil under pomegranate trees, Assiut, Upper Egypt. The holotype deutonymph and paratype deutonymphs of each species are deposited in the Acari collection of Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture. Assiut University, Assiut 71526 Egypt. The descriptions and illustrations of the three new species are given below

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