TY - JOUR ID - 30133 TI - Re- description of adult stages and description of immature stages of Aceria tristriatus (Nalepa, 1890), from western Iran JO - Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics JA - IJAB LA - en SN - 1735-434X AU - Ahmad-Hosseini, Mohammad AU - Khanjani, Mohammad AU - Nourian, Ali Reza AD - Bu-Ali Sina University Y1 - 2018 PY - 2018 VL - 14 IS - 2 SP - EP - KW - Complementary description KW - different stages KW - walnut leaf gall mite KW - Western Iran DO - 10.22067/ijab.v14i2.69165 N2 - Aceria tristriatus (Nalepa, 1890) is one of the major pests of walnut (Juglans regia L.: Juglandaceae) in Iran, especially in western of country. It causes galls on leaves that mainly concentrated along the main and lateral veins. The gall forms toward the upper surface of the leaf with the opening on the lower side. This paper reports the re–description of adult stages (protogyne, deutogyne and male) and description of immature stages of walnut leaf gall mite. Furthermore difference between all mobile stages in this species based on morphological characteristics is provided. Mites were collected from walnut trees infested with this pest in Hamedan and Lorestan provinces, western Iran UR - https://ijab.um.ac.ir/article_30133.html L1 - https://ijab.um.ac.ir/article_30133_25eb83bc33b73dfd9d563d28abe8774b.pdf ER -