Mites Inhabiting Some Fruit Trees in Ismailia Governorate

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1 Plant protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Egypt

2 Plant protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.

3 Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Egypt

Abstract

Field study was carried out on mite species inhabiting some fruit trees in Ismailia Governorate, during the period from October 2014 to September 2016. Survey of mites proved the occurrence of 44 mite species belonging to 36 genera and 21 families belong to 2 orders and 4 suborders. Order: Acariformes include three suborders; Prostigmata, Astigmata and Cryptostigmata. Suborder Prostigmata was represented by 14 families: Tetranychidae (7 species), Tenuipalpidae (8 species), Eriophyidae (one species), Stigmaeidae (2 species), Neophyllobiidae (2 species), Caligonellidae (one species), Raphignathidae (one species), Cheyletidae (3 species), Eupalopsellidae (one species), Bdellidae (one species), Cunaxidae (one species), Eupodidae (one species), Tydeidae (3 species) and Tarsonemidae (one species). Suborder: Astigmata was represented by two families: Acaridae (two species) and Glycyphagidae (one species). Suborder Cryptostigmata was represented by two families: Oppiidae (one species) and Oribatulidae (one species). On the other hand, order: Acariformes include one suborder: Mesostigmata, which represented by three families: Phytoseiidae (4 species), Ologamasidae (one species) and Ameroseiidae (one species).

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