Two genera, Neotegonotus Newkirk & Keifer and Boczekiana Petanovic (Eriophyidae: Phyllocoptinae) are recorded for the first time from Saudi Arabia with two new species; N. saudiensis sp. nov. collected from Ficus carica L. (Moraceae) and B. bahahensis sp. nov. collected from Anthemis rascheyana Boiss (Asteraceae) described and illustrated based on females. Both species are vagrants on abaxial leaf surface causing no apparent damage to their host plants.
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31 October 2024
First report of the genera Neotegonotus Newkirk & Keifer and Boczekiana Petanovic (Acari: Eriophyidae: Phyllocoptinae) from Saudi Arabia with the description of two new species
Eid Muhammad Khan,
Muhammad Kamran,
Fahad Jaber Alatawi
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Eriophyidae
genera records
morphology
new species
Prostigmata
saudiensis
taxonomy