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

Year 2023, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 34 - 41, 30.01.2023

Murat Özdilek Yunus Esen

https://doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.1223782

Abstract

In this study, torrenticolid water mite specimens collected from Kulp district (Diyarbakır, Türkiye) between 2020-2021 years were evaluated. Totaly, 15 species are determined belonging to the family Torrenticolidae. Torrenticola (s.str.) laskai Di Sabatino, 2009, Torrenticola (Megapalpis) persica Pesic, 2004 and Monatractides (s.str.) persicus Pesic, 2004 are new records for the fauna of Türkiye. The male of Torrenticola (Megapalpis) persica has been described for the first time.

Keywords

Monatractides Torrenticola new record Kulp district Diyarbakır Türkiye

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Yok

Project Number

Yok

Thanks

This study is part of the first author’s MSc thesis supervised by the second author.

References

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  • Boyacı, Y.Ö., Gülle, P. and Gülle, İ. 2012. Water mite (Hydrachnidia) fauna of Köprüçay River (Antalya) and its branches. Süleyman Demirel University Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences, 16 (1): 29-32. [In Turkish]
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  • Zhang, Z.Q., Fan, Q.H., Pesic, V., Smit, H., Bochkov, A.V., Khaustov, A. A., Baker, A., Wohltmann, A., Wen, T., Amrine, J.W., Beron, P., Lin, J., Gabrys, G. and Husband, R. 2011. Order Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.). Zootaxa, 3148: 129-134. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.24

Year 2023, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 34 - 41, 30.01.2023

Murat Özdilek Yunus Esen

https://doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.1223782

Abstract

Project Number

Yok

References

  • Boyacı, Y.Ö. 1995. A systematic study on water mites (Hydrachnellae, Acari) of Konya province and its surroundings. Unpublished PhD Dissertation, Atatürk University, Institute of Science, 235 pp. [In Turkish]
  • Boyacı, Y.Ö., Gülle, P. and Gülle, İ. 2012. Water mite (Hydrachnidia) fauna of Köprüçay River (Antalya) and its branches. Süleyman Demirel University Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences, 16 (1): 29-32. [In Turkish]
  • Di Sabatino, A., Gerecke, R., Gledhill, T. and Smit, H. 2009. On the taxonomy of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) described from the Palaearctic, part 2: Hydryphantoidea and Lebertioidea. Zootaxa, 2266: 1-34. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2266.1.1
  • Di Sabatino, A., Gerecke, R., Gledhill, T. and Smit, H. 2010. Chelicerata: Acari 2. In: Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa. Gerecke, R. (Ed.). Vol. 7: 2-2, Elsevier GmbN, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, München, Germany, 1-134.
  • Durucan, F. and Boyacı, Y.Ö. 2020. The water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of Isparta province, Turkey. Acta Aquatica Turcica, 16 (3): 366-369. doi: 10.22392/actaquatr.692323
  • Erman, O., Gülle, P., Özkan, M., Candoğan, H. and Boyaci, Y.Ö. 2019. Checklist of the water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of Turkey: First supplement. Zootaxa, 4686 (3): 376-396. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4686.3.4
  • Erman, O., Pešić, V., Esen, Y. and Özkan, M. 2010. A check-list of the water mites of Turkey (Acari: Hydrachnidia) with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 2624: 1-48. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2624.1.1
  • Fisher J.R., Fisher, D.M., Nelson, W.A., O’Neill, J.C., Skvarla, M.J., Radwell, A.J., Ochoa, R., Bauchan, G. and Dowling, A.P.G. 2015. An integrative description of Torrenticola trimaculata sp. n. (Parasitengona: Torrenticolidae), a three-spotted, riffle-dwelling mite from eastern North America: morphology, phylogenetics, and taxonomic history of the genus. Acarologia, 55: 71-116. doi: 10.1051/acarologia/20152155
  • Fisher, J.R., Fisher, D.M., Skvarla, M.J., Nelson, W.A. and Dowling, A.P.G. 2017. Revision of torrent mites (Parasitengona, Torrenticolidae, Torrenticola) of the United States and Canada: 90 descriptions, molecular phylogenetics, and a key to species. ZooKeys, 701: 1-496. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.701.13261
  • Gerecke, R., Weigmann, G., Wohltmann, A. and Wurst, E. 2007. Order Acari – General introduction and key to major groups. In: Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa. Gerecke, R. (Ed.). Vol. 7: 2-1, Elsevier GmbH, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, München, Germany, 14-57. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-55958-1_2
  • Gülle, P. 2010. Water mite (Hydracnidia: Acari) fauna of Antalya province. Unpublished PhD Dissertation, Süleyman Demirel Univesity, Department of Fisheries and Basic Sciences, 173 pp. [In Turkish]
  • Gülle, P., Gülle, İ. and Boyacı, Y.Ö. 2017. Water mites (Hydrachnidia: Acari) fauna of Burdur province, Turkey. The Journal of Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, 8 (Supp. 1): 218-220. [In Turkish] doi: 10.29048/makufebed.330538
  • Pešić, V. and Saboori, A. 2004. Water mite species of the genus Monatractides K. Viets (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) from Iran, with the description of two new species, Zootaxa, 673: 1-10. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.673.1.1
  • Pesic, V., Saboori, A. and Asadi, M. 2004. Water mites of the genus Torrenticola Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) from Iran. International Journal of Limnology, 40 (3): 231-236. doi: 10.1051/limn/2004023
  • Zhang, Z.Q., Fan, Q.H., Pesic, V., Smit, H., Bochkov, A.V., Khaustov, A. A., Baker, A., Wohltmann, A., Wen, T., Amrine, J.W., Beron, P., Lin, J., Gabrys, G. and Husband, R. 2011. Order Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.). Zootaxa, 3148: 129-134. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.24
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Primary Language English
Subjects Structural Biology
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Murat Özdilek This is me 0000-0002-2173-8536

Yunus Esen 0000-0002-6231-1467

Project Number Yok
Publication Date January 30, 2023
Published in Issue Year 2023 Volume: 5 Issue: 1

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APA Özdilek, M., & Esen, Y. (2023). New records of water mite (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) species for the Turkish fauna. Acarological Studies, 5(1), 34-41. https://doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.1223782
AMA Özdilek M, Esen Y. New records of water mite (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) species for the Turkish fauna. Acarol. Stud. January 2023;5(1):34-41. doi:10.47121/acarolstud.1223782
Chicago Özdilek, Murat, and Yunus Esen. “New Records of Water Mite (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) Species for the Turkish Fauna”. Acarological Studies 5, no. 1 (January 2023): 34-41. https://doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.1223782.
EndNote Özdilek M, Esen Y (January 1, 2023) New records of water mite (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) species for the Turkish fauna. Acarological Studies 5 1 34–41.
IEEE M. Özdilek and Y. Esen, “New records of water mite (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) species for the Turkish fauna”, Acarol. Stud., vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 34–41, 2023, doi: 10.47121/acarolstud.1223782.
ISNAD Özdilek, Murat - Esen, Yunus. “New Records of Water Mite (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) Species for the Turkish Fauna”. Acarological Studies 5/1 (January 2023), 34-41. https://doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.1223782.
JAMA Özdilek M, Esen Y. New records of water mite (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) species for the Turkish fauna. Acarol. Stud. 2023;5:34–41.
MLA Özdilek, Murat and Yunus Esen. “New Records of Water Mite (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) Species for the Turkish Fauna”. Acarological Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 2023, pp. 34-41, doi:10.47121/acarolstud.1223782.
Vancouver Özdilek M, Esen Y. New records of water mite (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) species for the Turkish fauna. Acarol. Stud. 2023;5(1):34-41.
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