مشخصات پژوهش

Two new species of mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) are described from Rubia tinctorum L. (Rubiaceae) in the south-west of East Azerbaijan Province, Iran: Leipothrix retidorsi sp. nov. and Aculops rubitinctus sp. nov. This is the first record of the genus Leipothrix from Rubiaceae and the first record of Aculops from the genus Rubia.