مشخصات پژوهش

Two new Aceria species of mites (Acari: Eriophyidae) including Aceria spanda sp. nov. and Aceria longisolenidia sp. nov. are described from Peganum harmala L. (Nitrariaceae) and Verbascum speciosum Schrad. (Scrophulariaceae), respectively, in Hilevar village of East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. This is the first record of an eriophyoid mite from the family Nitrariaceae and on Verbascum speciosum in the world and the first record of an eriophyoid mite on Scrophulariaceae in Iran. A key to the Aceria species collected on Scrophulariaceae is given.