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Keywords
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Abacarus, Aculodes, Aculops, Aculus, Leipothrix, Shevtchenkella, Tegonotini.
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Abstract
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During the survey on eriophyid mites fauna of Maku county in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran in summers
2020 and 2021, a total of three tribes, 10 genera and 20 species belonging to the subfamily Phyllocoptinae Nalepa
were identified. Among them, three species including Leipothrix coactus (Nalepa, 1896), Aculus tomentosi Meyer
et Ueckermann, 1990 and Aculus chamaespariti Carmona, 1974 were new reports for Asia and three species includ-
ing Epitrimerus inulae Farkas, 1963, Aculodes capillarisi Skoracka, 2003 and Abacarus cynodonis Abou-Awad et
Nasr, 1983 were new for Iran. The tribe Tegonotini Bagdasarian and seven species including Aculodes altamurgien-
sis de Lillo et Vidović, 2018, Aculus mogeri Farkas, 1960, Aculus thyrsoidi Lotfollahi et Tajaddod, 2018, Aculops
rhodensis Keifer, 1957, Aculops seguieranae Lotfollahi, Khanjani, Mogaddam et de Lillo, 2012, Aculops pachy-
phora Honarmand, Sadeghi & de Lillo, 2020, Shevtchenkella denticulata Lotfollahi, de Lillo et Haddad, 2014 were
new reports for West Azerbaijan Province. The most abundant mites belonged to Abacarus hystrix species complex.
The supplementary descriptions of L. coactus and A. cynodonis are provided in this study
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