First record of the genus Lucoppia (Acari: Oribatida) from Turkey

Abstract

Redescription and SEM images of Lucoppia burrowsi (Michael, 1890) are given. The genus Lucoppia is recorded for the first time in Turkey.

New record of Oribatula ( Zygoribatula ) nicora (Djaparidze, 1986) comb. nov. from Turkey with a redescription of species

“…Observation of fresh individuals of L. nicora allowed comparison with the type species of the genus, L. burrowsi from the Georgian collections, and observation of all key characters that do not fit within the diagnosis ( Figure 3): 1) Size of lamellae -length of lamellae of L. nicora is half the size of prodorsum (80 : 165). There is no size relationship provided in descriptions and redescriptions of other Lucoppia species (Berlese, 1916;Feider et al, 1970;Djaparidze, 1985;Mahunka, 1991;Bezci and Baran, 2016); however, all of them indicate that lamellae are short. 2) Distance between in, le, and ro setae -for all Lucoppia species the lamellar setae are closer to interlamellar than to rostral setae, while le setae of L. nicora are the same distance from in (50) and ro setae (45).…”

“…3) Width of lamellae -lamellae of all Lucoppia species are reported to be thin and the same width as translamellae, while lamellae of L. nicora are much wider than translamellae (10-15 × 2). 4) Number of genital setae -for L. burrowsi and L. feideri 5 pairs of genital setae are reported (Feider et al, 1970;Djaparidze, 1985;Weigmann, 2011;Bezci and Baran, 2016) and the number of genital setae of L. ornata is unknown (Berlese, 1916;Mahunka, 1991). L. nicora has five pairs of genital setae, like other Lucoppia species.…”

Karyotype analysis of two oribatid mite species (Acari: Oribatida)

“…Oribatid mites form one of the most dominant arthropod groups of the soil fauna, particularly abundant and diverse in moist forest floors. They feed on decaying plant remains and fungi (Heethoff et al, 2007;Bezci and Baran, 2016;Norton and Franklin, 2018).…”

Amanos Dağları’nın güneybatı bölgesinden oribatulid akarlar (Acari, Oribatida, Oribatulidae)

“…The Oribatulidae Thor, 1929 contain about 16 genera, 5 subgenera, 209 species and 7 subspecies; and have a worldwide distribution (Subías 2004(Subías , updated 2017. In Turkey, the family Oribatulidae Thor, 1929 is represented by three genera and one subgenus, namely Lucoppia Berlese, 1908, Oribatula Berlese, 1896, Phauloppia Berlese, 1908 Berlese, 1916 (Albayrak 2000, Ay and Ayyıldız 2014, Ayyıldız 1988a,b, Ayyıldız and Toluk 2016, Bezci and Baran 2016, Erman et al 2007, Grobler et al 2004, Grobler et al 2005, Özkan et al 1988, Özkan et al 1994, Per and Ayyıldız 2004, Taşdemir et al 2010. The genus Oribatula is the most species-rich among them, with 138 species and 7 subspecies (Subías 2004(Subías , updated 2017.…”