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Pentamerismus oregonensis McGregor 1949

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Pentamerismus oregonensis McGregor, 1949

Oligomerismus oregonensis Gutierrez, Kreiter, Bolland and Cotton, 1989: 53-54.

Distribution — USA, Iran.

Specimens examined and associations — Sari (Badeleh, Faculty of Natural Resources Campus): 36°34’N, 53°11’E, 29 m a.s.l., 7 Dec. 2010 – 18♀♀, on Juniperus communis L. (Cupressaceae); Sari (Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Campus): 36°39’N, 53°04’E, - 10 m a.s.l., 23 Feb. 2011 – 6 ♀♀ on Juniperus horizontalis Moench; Sari (Baharestan Orchards): 36°35’N, 53°05’E, 28 m a.s.l., 2 June 2011 – 12 ♀♀ on Thuja orientalis L. (Cupressaceae); Tonekabon: 36°48’N, 50°52’E, - 18 m a.s.l., 21 July 2011 – 5 ♀♀ on Juniperus communis L., Savadkuh county (Shirgah): 36°19’N, 52°50’E, 236 m a.s.l., 9 Sept. 2011 – 14 ♀♀ on Thuja orientalis L. and 1 ♀ on Chrysanthemum coronarium; Fereydunkenar: 36°41’N, 52°31’E, - 26 m a.s.l., 18 Aug. 2011 – 6 ♀♀ on Thuja orientalis L.

Previous records from Iran — Mazandaran Province (Kamali et al., 2001).

Comments — The host plants C. coronarium, J. horizontalis and T. orientalis are new records for P. oregonensis.

Notes

Published as part of Raissi Ardali, M., Hadizadeh, A., Mohammadi Sharif, M. & Khanjani, M., 2014, Tenuipalpid Mites From Northern Iran And Description Of The Male Of Cenopalpus Rubusi Khanjani 2012, pp. 453-462 in Acarologia 54 (4) on page 460, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20142140, http://zenodo.org/record/4667290

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References

  • McGregor E. A. 1949 - Nearctic mites of the family Pseudoleptidae - Mem. Calif. Acad. Sci., 3 (2): 1 - 45.
  • Gutierrez J., Kreiter S., Bolland H. R., Cotton D. 1989 - Cinq espLces de Tenuipalpidae (Acari: Tetranychoidea) vivant en France sur conifLres et trois de leurs predateurs. Caryotype d' Oligomerismus oregonensis - Acarologia, 30 (1): 51 - 58.
  • Kamali K., Ostovan H., Atamehr A. 2001 - A catalog of Mites and Ticks (Acari) of Iran - Islamic Azad University Scientific Publication Center. Tehran: pp. 127.