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Mites of the superfamily Eriophyoidea Nalepa (Acari: Acarifomes) are obligate plant parasites with high host specialization and are the second most important group of mites causing damage to agricultural crops after the superfamily Tetranychoidea Donnadieu (Lindquist et al. 1996; Krantz and Walter 2009). Mites of this superfamily, with a global distribution, are known as bud mites, blister mites, erinose mites, rust mites and four-legged mites, and are currently included in three families: Eriophyidae Nalepa, Diptilomiopidae Keifer and Phytoptidae Murray. These mites feed on all aerial parts of annual, biennial and perennial plants and some ferns except the roots. Members of this superfamily account for more than 60% of herbivorous mites (Li et al. 2023). In addition to the direct damage caused by eriophyoid mites to agricultural crops, their ability to transmit plant viruses and their potential as biological control agents for some weeds are of great importance (Oldfield 2005). Therefore, because of their hi