Eight new records for the eriophyid (Trombidiformes Eriophyoidea Eriophyidae) mite fauna of Iran.

Trees from Juglandaceae, Ulmaceae, Salicaceae, Leguminosae and Betulaceae were sampled during two \ngrowing seasons, 2010 and 2011, in the southwest region of East Azerbaijan province, Iran, in order to survey their \neriophyid mite fauna. Among identified taxa, eight species appeared to be new for the Iranian eriophyid fauna: \nCoptophylla lamimani (Keifer, 1939b), Stenacis palomaris Keifer, 1970, Shevtchenkella juglandis (Keifer, 1951), \nAnthocoptes striatus Ponomareva, 1978, Aculus mogeri (Farkas, 1960), Aculops unguiculatus (Nalepa, 1897), Aculops \nallotrichus (Nalepa, 1894) and Tegolophus califraxini (Keifer, 1938). Supplementary descriptions were given for Sh. \nulmi (Farkas, 1960), A. striatus, A. mogeri, A. unguiculatus and A. allotrichus. In this study, Alhagi maurorum Medik \n(Leguminosae) and Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl. subsp. angustifolia (Oleaceae) were reported as new host plants for A. \nallotrichus and T. califraxini, respectively. Remarks on the eriophyid distribution in East Azerbaijan were also given.