INCIDENCE OF MITES INHABITING STORED ONION BULBS IN EGYPT, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS Lasioseius berlese (ACARI: GAMASINA) | ||
| Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology | ||
| Article 6, Volume 2, Issue 10, October 2011, Pages 855-863 PDF (363.14 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2011.86616 | ||
| Author | ||
| E. M. Mostafa | ||
| Plant Protection Dept., Fac. Agric., Zagazig University, Zagazig , Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Survey conducted recently in Egypt indicated the presence of 12 mite species associated with stored onion bulbs, Allium cepa L.. The frequencies of these species occurrence were: Rhizoglyphus echinopus (70%), Lasioseius bispinosus (65%), Kleemannia plumosus (40%), Cheyletus malaccensis (35%), Macrocheles africanus (35%), Proctolaelaps aegyptica (30%) , Tyrophagus putrescentiae (25%), Dendrolaelaps aegypticus (20%), Cheletomorpha lepidopterorum (15%); Sancassania berlesei (15%), Lasioseius neocepa n.sp. (10%) and Parasitus sp. (5%). Dominance of the identified species was given . The new mite species L. neocepa n.sp. is described and illustrated. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Acarina; Morphology; bulb mites; Acaridae; Blattisociidae; Lasioseius neocepa | ||
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