Aceria acroptiloni Shevchenko & Kacalev, 1974 rec. n. Figure 1

Aceria acroptiloni Shevchenko & Kacalev, 1974; Kacalev et al. 1974: 25-34, figures 1-4.

Aceria acroptiloni; Amrine & Stasny 1994: 18.

Material examined.

2 females and 1 male (slide number IRAN210), from Rhaponticum repens (L.) Hidalgo ( Asteraceae), Ferdowsi University campus, Mashhad, Razavi Kh orasan Province, Iran, 36.3000°N, 59.5167°E, elevation 915m, 23-VIII-2010, coll. Samira Sinaie, deposited as slide mounted specimens in the Arthropod/Mite Collection of the Department of Entomology, NJAU, Jiangsu Province, China; 7females and 2 males (slide number 210), from Rhaponticum repens (L.) Hidalgo ( Asteraceae), Shirvan, North Khorasan Province, Iran, 37.4500°N, 57.9000°E, elevation 1093m, 4-VI-2010, coll. Hussein Sadeghi, deposited as slides in the Department of Plant Protection, FUM, Iran.

Host.

Rhaponticum repens (L.) Hidalgo ( Asteraceae).

Relation to host.

In flowers, flower buds, floral deformation.

Distribution.

Russia, Uzbekistan, Iran.