Calepitrimerus baileyi Keifer 1938 ...

• Main Authors: Lotfollahi, Parisa, Irani-Nejad, Karim Haddad, Lillo, Enrico De
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Prostigmata; Eriophyidae; Calepitrimerus; Calepitrimerus baileyi; Antarc*; Antarctic; Mite
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6139358; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6139358

Calepitrimerus baileyi Keifer, 1938 (Fig. 3 D) Type data. Malus domestica Borkh. (Rosaceae); Davis, California, USA. Relation to the host. This mite species inhabits the lower leaf surfaces, causing slight browning or rusting of leaf lamina (Keifer 1975). Geographic distribution. Antarctic, Nearctic, Palaearctic. New locality records for Iran. 13 females and 7 males, from Kandovan village, Osku (37°47'31''N, 46°14'57''E), about 2,243 m above sea level, 1 August 2011, and 3 females and 2 males, Azarshahr (37°46'24"N, 45°57'20"E), 1,353 m above sea level, 2 August 2011. All on M. domestica, coll. P. Lotfollahi. Previous provincial records from Iran. Hamadan, collected from Malus domestica, and Guilan, collected from Cydonia oblonga Mill. (Malek Mohammadi et al. 2002; Hajizadeh & Hosseini 2004). Remarks. The morphometry of the female matches the original description by Keifer (1938). However, the lengths of the opisthosomal setae c2 (19–23), d (45–55), e (15–20), f (24–28), h2 (56–60) and setae 3a (30–39) ... : Published as part of Lotfollahi, Parisa, Irani-Nejad, Karim Haddad & Lillo, Enrico De, 2014, Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) of Rosales trees in Iran: two new species and three new records in Zootaxa 3861 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3861.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/226834 ...