Stepanyan N.1, Zarikian N.2 2024. Exploring Tydeoidea mites in Armenia // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.23. No.4: 215–219 [in English].
1 Department of Biology, Kh. Abovyan Armenian State Pedagogical University (ASPU), Tigran Mets Ave. 17, Yerevan 0010 Armenia. E-mail: narine.stepanyan.94@mail.ru
2 Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, P. Sevaka Str. 7, Yerevan 0014 Armenia. E-mail: nzarikian@gmail.com ORCID: 0000-0001-8334-8413.
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.23.04.05
ABSTRACT. A survey of Iolinidae and Tydeidae mite species presence on fruit trees conducted in Armenia during 2019–2023 is presented. Nine species from four genera, Brachytydeus dumosus (Kuznetsov, 1973), B. mali (Oudemans, 1929), B. placita (Livshitz in Kuznetzov & Livshitz, 1973), B. subularis (Kuznetzov, 1972), Neopronematus rapidus (Kuznetzov, 1972), Tydeus californicus (Banks, 1904), T. goetzi Schruft, 1972, T. gloveri (Ashmead, 1879) and Proctotydaeus (Proctotydulus) oblongus (Kuznetzov,1973) are registered for Armenia for the first time. New host plant associations are registered for some Tydeoidea species.
KEY WORDS: Diversity, host plant, Iolinidae, Tydeidae, Armenia.