A new genus and species of trombidiid mite with larvae which are ectoparasitic on Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy) (Aphidoidea: Aphididae) feeding on Prunus cerasifera L. (Rosaceae) are described from Oskoo, East Azarbaijan province, Iran. Oskootrombium prasadi Saboori, Bagheri & Haddad gen. nov., sp. nov. is placed in the subfamily Trombidiinae.
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1 October 2006
A new genus and species of Trombidiidae (Acari: Trombidioidea) described from larvae ectoparasitic on Hyalopterus pruni (Aphidoidea: Aphididae) from Iran
Alireza Saboori,
Mohammad Bagheri,
Karim Haddad Irani-Nejad,
Karim Kamali,
Mohammad Khanjani
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Hyalopterus pruni
Iran
larva
new genus
new species
Trombidiidae