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punicae Pritchard and Baker

Description

Tenuipalpus punicae Pritchard and Baker; 1958

Tenuipalpus punicae Pritchard and Baker, 1958: 240. Tenuipalpus punicae Khosrowshahi and Arbabi 1997: 38; Khanjani et al. 2013a: 119.

Distribution — Iran, India, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Spain, U.S. S.R.

Specimens examined and associations — Sari (Mahforooz Mahalleh village): 36°40’N, 53°05’E, - 5 m a.s.l., 19 Nov. 2010 – 6 ♀♀ on Punica granatum L. (Punicaceae); Sari (Darab kola forest): 36°32’N, 53°16’E, 216 m a.s.l., 9 Oct. 2010 – 17 ♀♀, 1♂ on Punica granatum.

Previous records from Iran — generally distributed (Kamali et al. 2001); Shalan, Banmazaran and Zhalakeh, Kermanshah Province; Dalfard, Jiroft, Kerman Province (Khanjani et al. 2013a).

Comments — This mite is a serious pest of Pomegranate in Iran.

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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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2010-10-09
Verbatim event date
2010-10-09/11-19
Scientific name authorship
Pritchard and Baker
Kingdom
Animalia
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Khanjani M., Farzan F., Asadi M., Khanjani M. 2013 a - Checklist of the flat mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) of Iran - Pers. J. Acarol., 2 (2): 235 - 251.
  • 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.