Abrolophus bochkovi Hakimitabar, Saboori & Fadaei, 2020

Barbar, Ziad, Parker, Bruce L. & Skinner, Margaret, 2023, New records of Erythraeidae mites (Acari: Trombidiformes) from Syria with additional morphological data on some species, Persian Journal of Acarology 12 (2), pp. 363-370 : 364

Abrolophus bochkovi Hakimitabar, Saboori & Fadaei, 2020 ( Figs. 3–4 )

Specimen collected – Attabiyyat: one larva on Salvia verbenaca Linnaeus , Lamiaceae , 23 April 2019.

Remarks – The Syrian specimen is very close to those of the original description ( Hakimitabar et al. 2020) except for having shorter AP = 17 (vs. 20–25), having more number of setae between Cx I–II, excluding sternal setae (1a) (6 vs. 4), and having less number of setae between Cx II–III (15 vs. 16) ( Table 1).

Figures

Figures 3–4. Abrolophus bochkovi (larva) – 3. Setae in scutal area; 4. Projection palpal femur. Scale bar = 50 μm.