Some Mesostigmated Mites Associated with Food Stuff

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1 Department of Zoology and Entomology, Faculty of science (Cairo), Al–Azhar University

2 Department of Agricultural Zoology and Nematology, Faculty of Agriculture (Cairo), Al–Azhar University

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This work was conducted to study the incidence of the mites associated with stored foodstuff during the two successive years 2018 and 2019. Twenty-seven mite species from ten different stored products; wheat grain, wheat flour, wheat bran, rice grain, maize grain, pea, corn, bread bean, animal feed, and barley were collected from El-Sharqia governorate. The collected mites belonged to one order Parasitiformes, one suborder Gamasida (Mesostigmata), and 7 families, with 27 species distributed among 15 genera. The recognised families were Ascidae Vogits Oudemans, Ameroseiidae Evans, LealapidaeBerlese, Macrochelidae Vitzithum, UropodidaeKramer, Rhodacaridae Oudemans and Parasitidae Oudemans).

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