مشخصات پژوهش

A new Anthocoptini mite, Tegolophus parietariae sp. nov. was discovered and described on Parietaria judaica L. (Urticaceae) in the Dor Badam village, Quchan County, Razavi Khorasan Province of Iran. No apparent symptoms were observed. This is the first eriophyoid mite reported from Parietaria plant species and the second species assigned to Tegolophus found on a plant of the family Urticaceae.