Eriophyoid Mite of the Genus &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Trisetacus&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; Reported on &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Juniperus excelsa&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; in Lebanon
Journal: American Journal of Plant Sciences
Year: 2013

We report for the first time the occurrence of Trisetacus acari Eriophyoid parasite infesting Juniperus excelsa seeds in Lebanon. The specimen studied belong most probably to the species T. kirghizorum (Shevchenko 1962) living on J. semiglobosa in the Kirghiz mountains. We suggest that Trisetacus spp. found in the seed cones of Kirghiz junipers as well as J. excelsa comprise a complex of cryptic species that might be distinguished using molecular markers. It is necessary to revise the group cupr