Mites associated with stored products

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This workwasconducted 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.

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