Calepitrimerus baileyi Keifer, 1938

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, Zootaxa 3861 (1) : -

Calepitrimerus baileyi Keifer, 1938

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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) of the Iranian specimens are slightly longer than those in Keifer’s description, possibly resulting from differences in the quality of the microscope used.

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FIGURE 3. Schematic drawings (all originally drawn by Lotfollahi from specimens collected in Iran) of the prodorsal shield for: A. Aceria mori (Keifer, 1939); B. Eriophyes similis (Nalepa, 1890); C. Eriophyes pyri (Pagenstecher, 1857); D. Calepitrimerus baileyi Keifer, 1938; E. Phyllocoptes abaenus Keifer, 1940; F. Aculus fockeui (Nalepa & Trouessart, 1890). Scale bar: 10 Μm.