The first report of Acrotrichis montandonii (Col.: Ptiliidae) from Iran

Document Type : Short paper

Authors

1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Univercity of Guilan, Rasht. Iran

Abstract

In 2023, from samples of branches and leaves of yew tree, Taxus baccata L. (Taxaceae), a beetle belonging to the family Ptiliidae was collected and identified in Rahim Abad, Rudsar city, Guilan Province, Northern Iran. After correspondence with expert’s specialists of the family Ptiliidae, the species of the collected beetle was determined as Acrotrichis montandonii (Allibert, 1844) (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae). This is the first report of A. montandonii from Iran.

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