In this study; the oppioid mites, collected from the southern part of the Amanos Mountains in 2012, 2016 and 2017 years, were evaluated taxonomically. Standard methods for the extracting, fixing, preserving of oribatid mites from the material collected were used. The identification of mites was made based on light and scanning electron microscope studies and literature. In conclusion; totally 7 taxa of oppioid mites representing three families,
Oribatid mites; body sizes are typically between 300-700 µm which can be in the range of 150-2000 µm and usually arthropods, that live in the organic layer of the soil. In this study, oppioid oribatid mites collected from Amanos Mountains in 2012, 2016 and 2017 were examined. Standard methods were used for extraction, detection, preservation and preparation of mites from the material collected from study area. The identification of oppioid oribatid mites was made based on stereo, light and scanning electron microscopy studies and literature. Albeit previously recorded from Turkey, seven taxa belonging to the families Oppiidae Selnick, 1937 and Epimerellidae Ayyıldız and Luxton, 1989 were identified for the first time from the research area. These were Oppia nitens Koch, 1836, Ramusella (Insculptoppia) insculpta (Paoli, 1908), Microppia minus longisetosa Subías and Rodríguez, 1988, Berniniella serratirostris hauseri (Mahunka, 1974), Lauroppia fallax (Paoli, 1908), Oppiella (O.) nova nova (Oudemans, 1902) and Epimerella marasensis Toluk and Ayyıldız, 2013. As a result; based on our samples, oppioid oribatid mites which were given their structural characteristics were evaluated taxonomically and faunistically.
Oribatulid mites inhabiting in a southwestern region of Amanos Mountains were evaluated based on samples collected in 2012. Seven taxa belonging to the family Oribatulidae Thor, 1929 were determined. Of these,
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