Mites Associated with Water Weeds in Egypt | ||
Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology | ||
Article 8, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-36 PDF (2.41 M) | ||
Document Type: Original research articles | ||
DOI: 10.21608/ajesa.2011.163605 | ||
Authors | ||
A. K. Nasr; Magda M. Abou-Elela; Kh. M. Saleh | ||
Pests & Plant Protection Dept., National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt | ||
Abstract | ||
A survey on mites associated with water weeds was conducted at different areas. Random samples were collected from different locations. Nineteen families belonging to three sub-orders were found. Sub-order Gamasida included eight families namely Parasitidae, Digamasellidae, Ologamasidae, Ascidae, Ameroseiidae, Phytoseiidae, Macrochelidae and Laelapidae, Sub-order Actinedida included five families namely Bdellidae, Cunaxidae, Stigmaetidae, Teternychidae and Eriophyidae and sub-order Oribatida comprised six families namely Hypochthoniidae, Lohman.nidae, Oppidae, Hydrozetidae, Oribatulidae and Galumnidae. | ||
Keywords | ||
Water weeds; Acari; Gamasida; Actinedida; Oribatida | ||
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