Balaustium ryszardi Šundić & Noei, 2021

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 : 366-368

Balaustium ryszardi Šundić & Noei, 2021 ( Figs. 11–12 )

Specimens collected – Slanfeh: six larvae on P. corallina , 20 April 2021.

Remarks – The Syrian specimens are very close to those of the original description (from Greece) and to those reported from Sicily ( Italy) ( Šundić and Noei 2021; Haitlinger 2022) except for having shorter MW and PW (MW = 24–27 vs. 48–61 and 33–44, and PW = 42–48 vs. 65–84 and 54–84, for Greece and Italian populations, respectively) ( Table 1).

Figures

Figures 11–12. Balaustium ryszardi (larva) – 11. Dorsal habitus; 12. Setae in scutal area. Scale bar = 50 μm.