A New Species of the Family Quadroppiidae (Acari, Oribatida) from Turkey

Abstract

A new species of oribatid mite, Coronoquadroppia erzurumensis is described using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) from Turkey.

Contribution to The Knowledge of Carabodid Oribatid Mites (Acari, Oribatida, Carabodidae) of Turkey, With Ecological And Zoogeographical Remarks

“…Oribatid mites constitute one of the most important groups of organisms in taxonomic, ecological and zoogeographical aspects due to their presence in almost all kinds of habitats and biogeographic regions, high adaptability, slow movement, strong interaction with microenvironments and their roles in soil structure and decomposition process (Gergócs andHufnagel 2009, Schuppenhauer et al 2019). Since the 1980's, Ayyıldız and his collaborators have made a significant contributions to the knowledge of the oribatid mite fauna of Turkey (Ayyıldız 1989, Ayyıldız and Luxton 1989a, 1989b, 1990, Baran and Ayyıldız 2008, Toluk et al 2008, Toluk and Ayyıldız 2009a, 2009b, 2011Baran et al 2009, 2012, Ayyıldız et al 2016, Toluk 2016, Susyal et al 2018, Ay and Ayyıldız 2019a, 2019b. So far, the number of known species and subspecies of oribatid mites in Turkey is 245 (Baran et al 2018).…”

Quadroppia (Coronoquadroppia) sezeki sp. n. (Acari: Oribatida), a new soil mite from Turkey

“…(Coronoquadroppia) can be easily distinguished by the frontal appendage which appears in front of translamella (Ohkubo 1995). There are fourteen known species of this subgenus in the world (Subías 2004(Subías , 2007Baran & Ayyıldız 2007).…”

Mites of the GenusQuadroppiaJacot, 1939 (Acari: Oribatida; Quadroppiidae) from Turkey, with Zoogeographical Remarks

“…It is represented by two subgenera, Quadroppia (Quadroppia) and Quadroppia (Coronoquadroppia), and twenty-two species (Subias, 2004;Baran and Ayyıldız, 2007). The subgenus Quadroppia (Coronoquadroppia) is distinguished from Quadroppia (Quadroppia) by having the frontal process which appears in front of the translamella.…”

“…The genus Quadroppia is represented by two species in Turkey: Quadroppia (Q.) quadricarinata (Michael, 1885) and Quadroppia (C.) erzurumensis Baran andAyyıldız, 2007 (Gültekin andÖzkan, 1999; Baran and Ayyıldız, 2007). The purpose of this paper is to describe a new subspecies and two new records of Quadroppia from Turkey.…”