New records of water mite (Acari: Hydrachnidia) species for the Turkish fauna

Authors

YUNUS ESEN
VLADİMİR PESİC
CİHAN ÇİTİL
ORHAN ERMAN

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1103-3

Abstract

Four species of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) are presented for the fauna of Turkey. Oxus (s. str.)angustipositus Viets, 1908; O. (s. str.) hastatus (Lundblad, 1954); Frontipodopsis (s. str.) reticulatifrons Szalay, 1945; and Hungarohydracarus subterraneus Szalay, 1943 are new records for the Turkish fauna. The description of the male O. (s. str.) hastatus, a species known for a single female specimen from Portugal, is given for the first time. Frontipodopsidae and Hungarohydracaridae are reported for the first time for Turkey.

Keywords

Water mite, Acari, new records, running waters, hyporheic habitats, Turkey

First Page

375

Last Page

382

Recommended Citation

ESEN, YUNUS; PESİC, VLADİMİR; ÇİTİL, CİHAN; and ERMAN, ORHAN (2012) "New records of water mite (Acari: Hydrachnidia) species for the Turkish fauna," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 36: No. 3, Article 10. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1103-3
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol36/iss3/10