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Some New Records And One New Species Of The Genus Lebertia Neuman (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Lebertiidae) From Turkey, Yunus Esen, Orhan Erman Jan 2015

Some New Records And One New Species Of The Genus Lebertia Neuman (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Lebertiidae) From Turkey, Yunus Esen, Orhan Erman

Turkish Journal of Zoology

In this study, water mites of the genus Lebertia Neuman, 1880 (Acari: Hydrachnidia) collected from Antalya, Artvin, Bingöl, Erzurum, Kahramanmaraş, and Siirt provinces of Turkey are presented. In total, 12 species were determined. Of these, Lebertia (s. Str.) marasensis sp. Nov. İs described as new to science, while L. (s. Str.) rufipes Koenike, 1902; L. (Pilolebertia) longiseta Bader, 1955; L. (Pilolebertia) pilosa Maglio, 1924; L. (Mixolebertia) separata Lundblad, 1930; and L. (Brentalebertia) minutipalpis K. Viets, 1920 are new records for the Turkish fauna.


New Torrenticola Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Torrenticolidae) Species For The Turkish Fauna, Vladimir Pesic, Orhan Erman, Yunus Esen Jan 2006

New Torrenticola Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Torrenticolidae) Species For The Turkish Fauna, Vladimir Pesic, Orhan Erman, Yunus Esen

Turkish Journal of Zoology

In this study, the morphological characteristics, measurements, habitats and distribution of Torrenticola nana Di Sabatino & Gerecke, 2003 and Torrenticola jasminae Bader, 1988, which are new records for the Turkish fauna, are presented.


New Records Of Water Mites Of The Genus Monatractides K.Viets (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Torrenticolidae) From Turkey, Vladimir Pesic, Orhan Erman, Yunus Esen Jan 2006

New Records Of Water Mites Of The Genus Monatractides K.Viets (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Torrenticolidae) From Turkey, Vladimir Pesic, Orhan Erman, Yunus Esen

Turkish Journal of Zoology

New records of water mites of the genus Monatractides K.Viets (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) for the fauna of Turkey are presented in this study. Three species, Monatractides lusitanicus (Lundblad, 1941), M. aberratus (Lundblad, 1941), and M. vafaei Pesic, 2004, are reported for the first time from Turkey.


New Records And Description Of A New Subspecies For The Water Mite Fauna (Acari, Hydrachnidia) Of Turkey From The Eastern Black Sea Coast, Vladimir Pesic, Davut Turan Jan 2006

New Records And Description Of A New Subspecies For The Water Mite Fauna (Acari, Hydrachnidia) Of Turkey From The Eastern Black Sea Coast, Vladimir Pesic, Davut Turan

Turkish Journal of Zoology

A new subspecies, Mixobates brachypalpis ozkani subsp. nov., is described from a stream in the Rize region (Eastern Black Sea coast, Turkey). The new subspecies can be easily distinguished from the type material of M. brachypalpis, a species reported only from the locus typicus in Russia, by the more elongated and slender I-L-5/6. In addition, 3 water mite species (Torrenticola oraviensis (Láska, 1953), Torrenticola thori (Halbert, 1944) and Mideopsis roztoczensis Biesiadka and Kovalik, 1979) are reported for the first time from Turkey.