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Animal Sciences

2010

Acari

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Review Of The Family Damaeolidae Grandjean, 1965 (Acari, Oribatida) With Two New Records From Turkey, Şule Baran, Nusret Ayyildiz, Luis S. Subias Jan 2010

Review Of The Family Damaeolidae Grandjean, 1965 (Acari, Oribatida) With Two New Records From Turkey, Şule Baran, Nusret Ayyildiz, Luis S. Subias

Turkish Journal of Zoology

A short review of the family Damaeolidae Grandjean, 1965 is provided with the first records of Damaeolus asperatus (Berlese, 1904) and Damaeolus ornatissimus Csiszár, 1962 from Turkey. Identification key to 11 known species of the family is given. Scanning electron microscopy photographs of the newly recorded species are also provided.


Contributions To The Raphignathoid Fauna Of Turkey,With A Description Of A New Species Of Cryptognathus Kramer (Acari: Actinedida: Raphignathoidea), Mustafa Akyol, Kami̇l Koç Jan 2010

Contributions To The Raphignathoid Fauna Of Turkey,With A Description Of A New Species Of Cryptognathus Kramer (Acari: Actinedida: Raphignathoidea), Mustafa Akyol, Kami̇l Koç

Turkish Journal of Zoology

A new species, Cryptognathus ayyildizi sp. nov. is described and illustrated. Raphignathus bathursti Meyer and Ryke, 1960 (Raphignathidae), and Cheylostigmaeus californicus Summers and Ehara, 1965 (Stigmaeidae) are redescribed, and are new records for the Turkish fauna. Their worldwide distribution is also given.


Zercon Kallimcii Sp. N., A New Species Of Zerconid Mite (Acari, Zerconidae) From Turkey, Raşi̇t Urhan Jan 2010

Zercon Kallimcii Sp. N., A New Species Of Zerconid Mite (Acari, Zerconidae) From Turkey, Raşi̇t Urhan

Turkish Journal of Zoology

A new species of zerconid mite, Zercon kallimcii sp. n., is described and illustrated from Turkey on the basis of adult females.


Two New Records Of Suctobelba (Acari, Oribatida, Suctobelbidae) For The Turkish Fauna, Ayşe Toluk, Nusret Ayyildiz Jan 2010

Two New Records Of Suctobelba (Acari, Oribatida, Suctobelbidae) For The Turkish Fauna, Ayşe Toluk, Nusret Ayyildiz

Turkish Journal of Zoology

New records of 2 species of the genus Suctobelba, Suctobelba atomaria Moritz, 1970 and Suctobelba beringiana Krivolutsky, 1974, from Artvin province are reported. These are the first records of the genus Suctobelba in Turkey.