Identification of phoretic mite from red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugiuneus(Olivier,1790) from Basrah province south of Iraq | ||
| المجلة العربية لأخلاقيات المياه | ||
| Volume 7, Issue 7, 2024, Pages 113-120 PDF (940.54 K) | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajwe.2023.353155 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Shurooq Abdullah Najim1; Hussain Ali Jabbar2; Basil Yousuf Mahdi2 | ||
| 1Department of Ecology , College of Science, University of Basrah , Iraq | ||
| 2Department of plant protection, Basrah Agriculture Directorate, Iraq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier,1790), is the main pests on palm trees, adult of this pests were collected from infested field in Safwan city, Basrah province south of Iraq . During an investigation on phoretic mite associates of the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus(Olivier,1790), two genus of Uropodid mites deutonymph have been attached by anal pedicel to body parts of adult red palm weevils were collected and identified as Centrouropoda (Uropodidae), and Uroovbovella (Urodinychidae), according to accurate taxonomic keys.The differentiations between two genus of mites were studied. The deutonymphs were examined and photographed by AM Scop camera installed on light microscope , the insect were photographed by LEICA microscope .The infestation symptoms were illustrated with pictures. | ||
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