Ontogenetic redescription of Bryobia rubrioculus (Scheuten, 1857) (Acari: Tetranychidae) from Iran

Document Type : Research articles

Authors

• Mohammad Khanjani
• Nazila Honarparvar
• Mohammad Ahmad-Hosseini

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

10.22067/ijab.v16i2.79465

Abstract

Bryobia rubrioculus (Scheuten, 1857), is one of the most important pests of spider mites in Hamedan province, western Iran. This species found on aerial part of deciduous and coniferous trees. All mobile stages (larvae, protonymph, deutonymph and adult female) of B. rubrioculus were reared on sweet cherry leaf in germinator under controlled condition and redescription in the present study. Furthermore, a key to Iranian species of the genus Bryobia is presented.

Keywords

• Tetranychidae
• brown mite
• re-describtion
• mobile stages
• Iran

Main Subjects

• Morphology
• Taxonomy

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