Mites associated with stored products

Abstract EN

This work was conducted to incidence the mites associated with stored products during the two successive years (2013 and 2014).

Fifty two mite species from fifteen different stored product; wheat, rice, bean, maize, garlic, hay, onion, corn, pea, bread bean, animal feed, seeds, flour, grain barley and faba bean were collected from two governorates Gharbia and Cairo.

The collected mites belonging to 2 orders, 4 suborders and 23 families.

Suborder Gamasida included 16 species of 7 families; suborder Actinedida included 16 species of 9 families ;suborder Acaridida included 19 species of 6 families; suborder Oribatida included 1 species of 1 family.