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Abstract
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During a first faunistic survey on the eriophyoid mites of Meshginshahr rangelands in Ardabil province, Iran,
two new Aceria species of eriophyid mites were found, and they are described and illustrated. They are: Aceria
ayvatliorum Lotfollahi et Hemmatzadeh sp. nov. from Rhaponticum repens (L.) Hidalgo (Asteraceae), and
Aceria beygdiliorum Lotfollahi et Hemmatzadeh sp. nov. from Astragalus compactus Lam. (Fabaceae). The
first aforementioned new species is the third eriophyoid associated with R. repens. And the second new species
is the fourth Aceria species found on Astragalus species. Both new species were vagrants, and no plant
deformations were observed. Due to the presence of numerous endemic Astragalus species in Iran, an intensive
and cohesive survey of eriophyoid mites of Astragalus is strongly suggested.
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