Aceria alhagi, Vidović & Kamali & Petanović & Cristofaro & Weyl & Ghorbanali & Cvrković & Augé & Marini, 2018

Vidović, Biljana, Kamali, Hashem, Petanović, Radmila, Cristofaro, Massimo, Weyl, Philip, Ghorbanali, Asadi, Cvrković, Tatjana, Augé, Matthew & Marini, Francesca, 2018, A new Aceria species (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) from West Asia, a potential biological control agent for the invasive weed camelthorn, Alhagi maurorum Medik. (Leguminosae), Acarologia 58 (2), pp. 302-312 : 304

Aceria alhagi n.sp. Vidović et Kamali, 2016 ( Figures 1-2 )

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Figures

Figure 1 Aceria alhagi n.sp.: AD – Antero-dorsal mite; AL – Antero-lateral view of mite; CG – Coxigenital region of female; em – Empodium; GM – Genital region of male; IG – Internal female genitalia; L1 – Leg I of female; LO – Lateral opisthosoma; PM – Postero-lateral mite. Scale bar: 20μm for AD, AL,CG, GM, IG, LO, PM; 10μm for L1; 5μm for em.

Figure 2 SEM images ofAceria alhagi n. sp.: A – prodorsal shield; B – tarsal empodia on legs I and II; C – ventral view of coxigenital area of female; D – ventral view of coxigenital area of male.