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Keywords
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Aceria cernuus, Dolicolepta micrura, Eriophyidae, gall, kleptoparasite,
Ziziphus
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Abstract
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The present research deals with a gall-forming eriophyoid mite, Aceria
cernuus (Acari: Eriophyidae), on lotus trees, Ziziphus nummularia and Z. spina-christi
(Rhamnaceae) which were collected in Larestan, Fars province, in the south of Iran.
These gall-forming mites were obtained from twigs, leaves and petiole of this spiny
trees. In the galls, these eriophyoid mites were associated with Dolicolepta micrura
(BAGNALL, 1914) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripdae), a potential kleptoparasite of this
mite.
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