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During a survey of Aculops mites in Meshginshahr region, three new species were discovered and described: Aculops echilicum Lotfollahi et Hemmatzadeh sp. nov. on Echium italicum L. (Boraginaceae), the first record of an eriophyoid mite on this host plant and the first record of an Aculops on plants of the family Boraginaceae; Aculops centitrapae Lotfollahi et Hemmatzadeh sp. nov. on Centaurea calcitrapa L. (Compositae), the first eriophyoid species described on this host plant and the second Aculops found on Asteraceae in Iran; and Aculops astragapactus Lotfollahi et Hemmatzadeh sp. nov. on Astragalus compactus Lam. (Leguminosae), the first record of an Aculops on plants of the genus Astragalus. All three new species are vagrants on their host plants. Aculops echilicum Lotfollahi et Hemmatzadeh sp. nov. Aculops centitrapae Lotfollahi et Hemmatzadeh sp. nov. Aculops astragapactus Lotfollahi et Hemmatzadeh sp. nov. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During field surveys of eriophyoid mites in northeast Iran (Razavi Khorasan, Iran, summer 2023), two new vagrant eriophyoid species (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae) on Lamiaceae plants were discovered, illustrated and described. They are Aceria borselaniensissp. nov. on Hymenocrater calycinus Benth. and Aculus khorasaniisp. nov. on Salvia yangii B.T.Drew. Furthermore, the checklists and morphological keys of Aceria and Aculus mite species associated with Lamiaceae plants around the world are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Three new species and one new record of the eriophyoid mites from Iran are described and illustrated. They are Aceria chenopodia n. sp. on Chenopodium album L. (Chenopodiaceae), Aceria mashhadiensis n. sp. on Polygonum arviculare L. (Polygonaceae), Tetra ferdowsiensis n. sp. on Ulmus minor Mill. (Ulmaceae), and Aceria fraxinivora (Nalepa, 1909) on Fraxinus excelsior (Oleaceae). All the new species described herein are vagrants on the host plant. A checklist of eriophyoid mites from Iran was provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]