Two new species of family Acaridae infesting stored products from district Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
2015
Bashir, M.H. (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Agricultural Entomology) | Honey, S.F. (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Agricultural Entomology) | Ali, S. (South China Agricultural Univ. (China). Coll. of Natural Resource and Environment) | Kamran, M. (King Saud Univ. (Saudi Arabia). Dept. of Plant Protection) | Khan, B.S. (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Agricultural Entomology) | Afzal, M. (University of Sargodha (Pakistan). Faculty of Agricultural Sciences)
In the existing environment of this fast growing world, food scarcity is becoming major concern to be addressed due to considerable losses of food commodities not only during growth span but also post - harvest stage of any commodity is susceptible to number of losses. Mite pests are one of major concerning factors, which boost up such losses including both quantitative and qualitative. Family Acaridae is the major family of mites round the world, which not only possess great threat to stored commodities but also cause number of diseases in humans including asthma and skin allergies etc. During this study a comprehensive survey of different stored commodities from District Gujranwala was made to observe the influence of mite pests over these commodities, which resulted in discovery of two new species of family Acaridae belonging to genera Rhizoglyphus and Tyrophagus namely Rhizoglyphus iftikhari and Tyrophagus bisetosis infesting stored commodities. The types were deposited in the Acarology Research Laboratory, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.
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