Two new species and new records of oribatid mites from Turkey

Abstract

Allogalumna turkeyensis n. sp. and Zygoribatula lanceolata n. sp. are described from added to the Turkish fauna. Complementary data on some of the recorded species are provided.

A new species of Allogalumna (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae) from Iran, including a key to all species of the genus

“…(A.) turkeyensis described by Grobler et al (2004) resembles the new species in slightly dilated sensilli. However, the former species is distinguishable from the new species by the shorter sensilli with rounded tip; thicker interlamellar setae; longer lamellar setae; larger porose areas A 1 , A 2 and A 3 ; insertion of lyrifissures im laterad of porose areas A 1 , and smaller body size (369-421 × 220-242).…”

Harşit Vadisi’nin achipteriid akarları (Acari, Oribatida, Achipteriidae)

“…Achipteria (A.) nitens (Nicolet, 1855): Türkiye'de Erzurum ve Ankara illerinden daha önce kaydedilmiştir (Ayyıldız 1987, Grobler et al 2004. Bu tür Holarktik bölgede yayılış gösterir (Bernini et al 1987, Subías 2004.…”

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.…”