Zerconid mites (Acari, Zerconidae) in İstanbul,with four new records for the Turkish fauna

Authors

ELİF HİLAL DURAN
RAŞİT URHAN

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1601-27

Abstract

The zerconid mites collected from İstanbul Province between January 2012 and September 2013 are evaluated and the following species are recorded: Prozercon balıkesirensis, P. buraki, P. carpathofimbriatus, P. demirsoyi, P. fimbriatus, P. satapliae, P. sultani, P. traegardhi, P. yavuzi, Zercon colligans, Z. cretensis, Z. inonuensis, Z. istanbulensis, Z. laczii, Z. lepurus, Z. marinae, and Z. nemoralis. Of these, P. carpathofimbriatus, Z. cretensis, Z. laczii, and Z. marinae are recorded for the first time from Turkey. On the basis of collected specimens, short descriptions of newly recorded species are noted, the measurements of 17 species are given, and their geographic distributions are discussed. Additionally, altitude and habitat preferences of zerconid species are presented.

Keywords

Acari, Zerconidae, new records, İstanbul, Turkey

First Page

931

Last Page

939

Recommended Citation

DURAN, ELİF HİLAL and URHAN, RAŞİT (2017) "Zerconid mites (Acari, Zerconidae) in İstanbul,with four new records for the Turkish fauna," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 41: No. 5, Article 16. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1601-27
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol41/iss5/16