مشخصات پژوهش

In order to survey eriophyoid mites of northwest of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran, samplings were done on spurges during summer 2021 and one new species, Eriophyes urmiae Lotfollahi & Mohammad-Doustaresharaf sp. nov. was found in Qaleh Sardar of Nazluchay Rural District as vagrant on Euphorbia sp. (Euphorbiaceae) leaves. This is the fourth eriophyoid mite described on spurges in Iran.