Updated checklist of harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) in Turkey

Abstract

In this work, faunistic studies on harvestmen from Turkey are reviewed. A total of 88 species and 7 subspecies from 35 genera belonging to 7 families were determined. The distribution in Turkey and the world of these taxa is given and their distribution in the geographical regions of Turkey are presented.

A new species of Zachaeus C.L. Koch from Turkey (Opiliones, Phalangiidae)

“…The new species is similar to Zachaeus anatolicus (Kulczyński 1903: 660; Šilhavý 1956: 34, figs 1–5; -1965: 382–384, figs 1–13, Staręga 1976: 376, figs 75–77; Chevrizov 1979: 22, figs 119–121) and Zachaeus redikorzevi (Staręga and Chevrizov 1978: 419–422, figs 1–2; Staręga 1978: 219; Chevrizov 1979: 22, figs 122–124; Kurt et al 2011: 146–147, figs 1–8). The differences between these species are given in Table 1.…”

“…This genus has five species ( Zachaeus anatolicus , Zachaeus crista , Zachaeus hebraicus , Zachaeus orchimonti , and Zachaeus redikorzevi ) in Turkey. Zachaeus anatolicus is distributed in Bulgaria, Caucasus, Crimea, Greece, former Yugoslavia, and Turkey (Adana, Ankara, Bayburt, Gümüşhane, Kayseri and Manisa Provinces) and Zachaeus redikorzevi is recorded from Russia and Turkey (Bayburt, Gümüşhane, and Osmaniye Provinces) (Kurt 2014). Zachaeus crista is distributed throughout South and Eastern Europe, Caucasus.…”

Rafalskia azizsancari sp. n., a new harvestman (Opiliones: Phalangiidae) from Turkey

“…Rafalskia cretica was described by Roewer (1923) from Crete (Greece) as Metaplatybunus creticus Roewer 1923. Later it was found in Bulgaria (Mitov 2004) and Turkey (Kahramanmaraº, Osmaniye and Gaziantep provinces) (Kurt et al 2011). Rafalskia petrophila was described by Martens (1965) from Karpathos (Greece) in the genus Metaplatybunus Roewer, 1911.…”

“…The species was transfered to the genus Rafalskia by Starêga (1981). Rafalskia petrophila is found in Greece and Turkey (Nevºehir and Van provinces) (Martens 1965, Kurt 2014. Platybunus strigosus olympicus was described by Kulczyñski (1903) from Asia Minor (Uludag; Olympus Bithynicus).…”

Mediostoma izmirica sp. nov.: a new harvestman species(Arachnida, Opiliones, Nemastomatidae) from Turkey

“…The genus includes 11 species (Schönhofer, 2013), of which 3 are from Turkey: M. ceratocephalum Gruber, 1976;M. haasi (Roewer, 1953);and M. stussineri (Simon, 1885) (Kurt, 2014(Kurt, , 2015.…”