Some Mesostigmated Mites Associated with Food Stuff | ||||
Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology | ||||
Article 14, Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2020, Page 189-194 PDF (366.23 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/eajbsa.2020.88643 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Mohammed El-Sayed Gad1; Abdel-Sattar Mohammed Metwally2; Ahmed Saber Bream2 | ||||
1Department of Zoology and Entomology, Faculty of science (Cairo), Al–Azhar University | ||||
2Department of Agricultural Zoology and Nematology, Faculty of Agriculture (Cairo), Al–Azhar University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
This work was conducted to study the incidence of the mites associated with stored foodstuff during the two successive years 2018 and 2019. Twenty-seven mite species from ten different stored products; wheat grain, wheat flour, wheat bran, rice grain, maize grain, pea, corn, bread bean, animal feed, and barley were collected from El-Sharqia governorate. The collected mites belonged to one order Parasitiformes, one suborder Gamasida (Mesostigmata), and 7 families, with 27 species distributed among 15 genera. The recognised families were Ascidae Vogits Oudemans, Ameroseiidae Evans, LealapidaeBerlese, Macrochelidae Vitzithum, UropodidaeKramer, Rhodacaridae Oudemans and Parasitidae Oudemans). | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Incidence; Mites; Foodstuff | ||||
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