DESCRIPTION OF DIFFERENT STAGES OF ERIOPHYES SHELDONI (EWING), A CITRUS BUD MITE ON "HAMLIN" CITRUS (ACARI: ERIOPHIDAE) WITH THE AID OF THE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (SEM).

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Abstract

The egg, protonymph, deutonymph, adult male and female of En­ophyes sheldoni (Ewing) and with their fine structures are descibed. Scanning electron micrographs revealed much greater details of the dorsal shield rostrum, the genital cover flap, articulations of the legs and microtubercles. The first record in this study is that the female has 6-and the male has 5-rayed feather claws.