A new pyemotes (acari: pyemotidae) reared from larvae of the almond seed wasp, eurytoma amygdali (hymenoptera: eurytomidae) from hatay, turkey

Çobanoğlu S., Doğanlar M.

Zoology in the Middle East, vol.39, no.1, pp.101-106, 2006 (Scopus) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 39 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/09397140.2006.10638189
  • Journal Name: Zoology in the Middle East
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.101-106
  • Keywords: Acari, Eurytoma amygdali, Hymenoptera, Parasite, Pyemotes amygdali n. sp, Pyemotidae, Turkey
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In almond orchards in Hatay, southern Turkey, during 2004–2005, a new species of parasitic mite was collected on larvae of the Almond Seed Wasp, Eurytoma amygdali, Enderlein 1907 (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae): Pyemotes amygdali n. sp. (Acari: Pyemotidae). Males and females of the new species are described and illustrated, and a key to the Turkish species of the genus is given. The species may be considered as an important agent for the biological control of Almond Seed Wasp. © 2006 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.