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The red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790), is the main pests on palm trees, adult of this pests were collected from infested field in Safwan city, Basrah province south of Iraq. During an investigation on phoretic mite associates of the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790), two genus of Uropodid mites deutonymph have been attached by anal pedicel to body parts of adult red palm weevils were collected and identified as Centrouropoda (Uropodidae), and Uroovbovella (Urodinychidae), according to accurate taxonomic keys. The differentiations between two genus of mites were studied. The deutonymphs were examined and photographed by AM Scop camera installed on light microscope, the insect were photographed by LEICA microscope. The infestation symptoms were illustrated with pictures.
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