An Updated and Illustrated Review to the Identification of the Genera Aceria Keifer and Eriophyes Von Siebold (Acari : Eriophyidae) in Egypt

Abdallah, Halawa A.M.; A., Ebrahim A.; M., Abdallah A. A.; Mohamad, Azza A.; El-Gepaly, Hosam M.K.H.; M., El-Sebaay M.

doi:10.21608/eajbsa.2016.12843

An Updated and Illustrated Review to the Identification of the Genera Aceria Keifer and Eriophyes Von Siebold (Acari : Eriophyidae) in Egypt

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Fruit Acarology Department – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI)- Agricultural Research Center (ARC).

² Cotton and Field Crop Acarology Department, Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Agricultural Research Centre (ARC), Egypt.

³ Biological Control Department, Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), AgriculturalResearchCentre (ARC), Egypt

⁴ Fruit Acarology Department, Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Agricultural Research Centre (ARC), Egypt.

10.21608/eajbsa.2016.12843

Abstract

This paper provides a synopsis of two genera from eriophyoid mites in Egypt, with an identification key to two genera (Aceria and Eriophyes) and 33 species; 30 of them belong to genus Aceria and 3 from genus Eriophyes. Ten synonyms of mite species and host plant were recorded. A new species, Aceria rotundus sp. nov. found on Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae Juss.) from Sohag province, Egypt was described and illustrate.

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