Description of immature stages and redescription of adults of Kuzinellus kuzini (Wainstein) from Western Iran

Abstract

This paper reports the description of immature stages (larva, protonymph and deutonymph) as well as redescription of the adults, female and male, of Kuzinellus kuzini (Wainstein, 1962), collected from a walnut infested by the leaf gall mite, Aceria tristriatus (Nalepa), in the Hamedan and Lorestan Provinces, Iran. Furthermore, a key and table to the characteristics of all mobile stages are provided.