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Two new records of the genus Macrocheles (Acari: Macrochelidae) from Türkiye, with redescription of M. similis Krantz and Filipponi

Year 2024, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 44 - 51, 30.01.2024
https://doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.1385220

Abstract

The present work deals with two species of the genus Macrochles, namely Macrocheles similis and Macrocheles mammifer. These species were found as photretics on a beetle (Pentadon sp.) in Antalya and some specimens of M. similis were collected freely in Erzincan, Türkiye. M. similis was originally described and illustrated from Australian specimens and subsequently reported from several regions, including the USA, Japan and the Hawaiian Islands. Now, unexpectedly, the species has been recorded for the first time in the Western Palearctic. This species is morphologically very similar to Macrocheles muscaedomestiae, making it very difficult to distinguish them from each other based on morphological characteristics. Therefore, M. similis may have been misidentified as M. muscaedomesticae in this region. The make correct identification of M. similis is described again in detail here and compared with M. musacaedomesticae. In addition, both species investigated in this study are new additions to the Turkish mite fauna.

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Thanks

We thank Dr. Jorge M. Lobo (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain) and Dr. Mehmet Gülmez (Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Türkiye) for host identification and to Dr. Bruce Halliday (Australia) for suggestions on the species M. similis and for sharing many important papers on macrochelid mites. Also, we thank the anonymous reviewers for their careful reading of our manuscript and their many insightful comments and suggestions.

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  • Manning, M.J. and Halliday R.B. 1994. Biology and reproduction of some Australian species of Macrochelidae (Acarina). Australian Entomologist, 21 (3): 89-94.
  • Mašán, P. 2003. Macrochelid Mites of Slovakia (Acari, Mesostigmata, Macrochelidae). Instute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia, 149 pp.
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  • Rodriguez, J. and Ibarra, E.L. 1967. Ecological studies of mites found in sheep and cattle pastures. II. Distribution patterns of mesostigmatid mites. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 60: 808-812.
  • Saito, M. and Takaku, G. 2013. Predation of Tyrophagus similis Volgin (Acari: Acaridae) by indigenous predatory mites (Acari: Gamasina) found in spinach fields. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 22 (1): 37-43. doi: 10.2300/acari.22.37
  • Tenorio, J.M., Denmark, H.A. and Swift, S.F. 1985. Catalog of Acari in the Hawaiian Islands. 1. Mesostigmata (or Gamasida) (Acari). International Journal of Entomology, 27 (4): 297-309.
  • Walter, D.E. and Krantz, G.W. 2009. Collecting, rearing, and preparing specimens. In: A manual of acarology. Third edition. Krantz G.W. and Walter D.E. (Eds). Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, Texas, USA, 83-96.
Year 2024, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 44 - 51, 30.01.2024
https://doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.1385220

Abstract

References

  • Berlese, A. 1918. Centuria quarta di Acari nuovi. Redia, 13: 115-192.
  • Bregetova, N.G. 1977. Family Macrochelidae Vitzthum, 1930. In: Key to the soil-inhabiting mites. Mesostigmata. Ghilyarov M.S. and N.G. Bregetova, N.G. (Eds). Nauka, Leningrad, Russia, 346-411.
  • Çicek, H., Stanyukovich, M., Yağcı, S., Aktaş, M. and Karaer, Z. 2008. Gamasine mite (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata) infestations of small mammals (Mammalia: Rodentia, Insectivora) in Turkey. Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 32: 65-70.
  • Çobanoğlu, S. and Kırgız, T. 2001. Observations on the phoretic mites (Acari) associated with Scarabaeidae (Col.) in Turkey. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, 137: 85-90.
  • Emberson, R.M. 2010. A reappraisal of some basal lineages of the family Macrochelidae, with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa, 2501: 37-53. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2501.1.3
  • Evans, G.O. 1963. Observations on the chaetotaxy of the legs in the free-living Gamasina (Acari: Mesostigmata). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 10: 277-303.
  • Evans, G.O. and Browning, E. 1956. British mites of the subfamily Macrochelinae Trägårdh (Gamasina–Macrochelidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 4 (1): 1-55.
  • Göksu, M. and Güler, S. 1968. Yurdumuzda ilk defa müşahede edilen bir Macrocheles muscaedomesticae Scopoli, 1772 (Acarina: Mesostigmata) olayı. A. Ü. Veteriner Fakültesi Protozooloji, Tıbbi Artropodoloji ve Paraziter Hastalıklarla Savaş Kürsüsü, Ankara, Türkiye, 109-113. [In Turkish]. doi: 10.1501/Vetfak_0000001925
  • Halliday, R.B. 1986. On the systems of notation used for the dorsal setae in the family Macrochelidae (Acarina). International Journal of Acarology, 12: 27-35. doi: 10.1080/01647958608683435
  • Halliday, R.B. 1987. Further observations on the dorsal idiosomal chaetotaxy in the Macrochelidae (Acarina). International Journal of Acarology, 13: 51-53. doi: 10.1080/01647958708683479
  • Halliday, R.B. 1990. Mites of the Macrocheles muscaedomesticae group in Australia (Acarina: Macrochelidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 3: 407-430. doi: 10.1071/IT9890407
  • Halliday, R.B. 2000. The Australian species of Macrocheles (Acarina: Macrochelidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 14: 273-326. doi: 10.1071/IT99009
  • Hyatt, K.H. and Emberson, R.M. 1988. A review of the Macrochelidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of the British Isles. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 54 (2): 63-125.
  • Ji, S.J., Jung, C., Bang, H.W., Song, M.O., Jung, J., Yoon, S.M., Lee, S., Keum, S., Yang, H.M., Lee, D., Lee, G.H., Oh, J., Kim, K., Park, H., Moon, H., Joharchi, O., Kang, Y., Eom, K.S., Lee, K.J., Eun, Y., Kim, T., Karanovic, I., Lee, J., Choe, S. and Min, G.S. 2023. Unrecorded species of Korean invertebrates discovered through the project of “Discovery of Korean Indigenous Species” II. Journal of Species Research, 12 (1): 68-89. doi:10.12651/JSR.2023.12.1.068
  • Karg, W. 1971. Acari (Acarina), Milben. Unterordnung Anactinochaeta (Parasitiformes). Die freilebenden Gamasina (Gamasides), Raubmilben. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59: 1-475. [In German]
  • Krantz, G.W. 1967. Insects of Micronesia. Acarina: Mesostigmata Macrochelide. Insects of Micronesia, 3: 149-154.
  • Krantz, G.W. 2018. Allogynaspis flechtmanni, a new genus and species of the subfamily Macrochelinae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae) from southeastern Brazil, with comments on cheliceral dentition, reproductive strategies, and postepigynal platelets. Zootaxa, 4455 (1): 150-160. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.1.6
  • Krantz, G.W. and Filipponi, A. 1964. Acari della famiglia Macrochelidae (Mesostigmata) nella collezione del South Australian Museum. Rivista di Parassitologia, 25: 35-54. [In Italian]
  • Krauss, W. 1970. Die europäischen Arten der Gattungen Macrocheles Latreille 1829 und Geholaspis Berlese 1918. Acarologie, Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde, 14: 2-43. [In German]
  • Lindquist, E.E. and Evans, G.O. 1965. Taxonomic concepts in the Ascidae, with a modified setal nomenclature for the idiosoma of the Gamasina (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 47: 1-64.
  • Manning, M.J. and Halliday R.B. 1994. Biology and reproduction of some Australian species of Macrochelidae (Acarina). Australian Entomologist, 21 (3): 89-94.
  • Mašán, P. 2003. Macrochelid Mites of Slovakia (Acari, Mesostigmata, Macrochelidae). Instute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia, 149 pp.
  • Özbek, H.H. 2017. A review of the macrochelid mites of Turkey (Acari: Macrochelidae), with new records and descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa, 4317: 559-572. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.3.7
  • Özbek, H.H., Bal, D.A. and Doğan, S. 2015. The genus Macrocheles Latreille (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae) from Kelkit Valley (Turkey), with three newly recorded mite species. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 39: 768-780. doi: 10.3906/zoo-1409-14
  • Rodriguez, J. and Ibarra, E.L. 1967. Ecological studies of mites found in sheep and cattle pastures. II. Distribution patterns of mesostigmatid mites. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 60: 808-812.
  • Saito, M. and Takaku, G. 2013. Predation of Tyrophagus similis Volgin (Acari: Acaridae) by indigenous predatory mites (Acari: Gamasina) found in spinach fields. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 22 (1): 37-43. doi: 10.2300/acari.22.37
  • Tenorio, J.M., Denmark, H.A. and Swift, S.F. 1985. Catalog of Acari in the Hawaiian Islands. 1. Mesostigmata (or Gamasida) (Acari). International Journal of Entomology, 27 (4): 297-309.
  • Walter, D.E. and Krantz, G.W. 2009. Collecting, rearing, and preparing specimens. In: A manual of acarology. Third edition. Krantz G.W. and Walter D.E. (Eds). Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, Texas, USA, 83-96.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Acarology
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Hasan Hüseyin Özbek 0000-0001-9326-3835

Furkan Durucan 0000-0002-6168-2135

Publication Date January 30, 2024
Submission Date November 2, 2023
Acceptance Date December 14, 2023
Published in Issue Year 2024 Volume: 6 Issue: 1

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APA Özbek, H. H., & Durucan, F. (2024). Two new records of the genus Macrocheles (Acari: Macrochelidae) from Türkiye, with redescription of M. similis Krantz and Filipponi. Acarological Studies, 6(1), 44-51. https://doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.1385220
AMA Özbek HH, Durucan F. Two new records of the genus Macrocheles (Acari: Macrochelidae) from Türkiye, with redescription of M. similis Krantz and Filipponi. Acarol. Stud. January 2024;6(1):44-51. doi:10.47121/acarolstud.1385220
Chicago Özbek, Hasan Hüseyin, and Furkan Durucan. “Two New Records of the Genus Macrocheles (Acari: Macrochelidae) from Türkiye, With Redescription of M. Similis Krantz and Filipponi”. Acarological Studies 6, no. 1 (January 2024): 44-51. https://doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.1385220.
EndNote Özbek HH, Durucan F (January 1, 2024) Two new records of the genus Macrocheles (Acari: Macrochelidae) from Türkiye, with redescription of M. similis Krantz and Filipponi. Acarological Studies 6 1 44–51.
IEEE H. H. Özbek and F. Durucan, “Two new records of the genus Macrocheles (Acari: Macrochelidae) from Türkiye, with redescription of M. similis Krantz and Filipponi”, Acarol. Stud., vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 44–51, 2024, doi: 10.47121/acarolstud.1385220.
ISNAD Özbek, Hasan Hüseyin - Durucan, Furkan. “Two New Records of the Genus Macrocheles (Acari: Macrochelidae) from Türkiye, With Redescription of M. Similis Krantz and Filipponi”. Acarological Studies 6/1 (January 2024), 44-51. https://doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.1385220.
JAMA Özbek HH, Durucan F. Two new records of the genus Macrocheles (Acari: Macrochelidae) from Türkiye, with redescription of M. similis Krantz and Filipponi. Acarol. Stud. 2024;6:44–51.
MLA Özbek, Hasan Hüseyin and Furkan Durucan. “Two New Records of the Genus Macrocheles (Acari: Macrochelidae) from Türkiye, With Redescription of M. Similis Krantz and Filipponi”. Acarological Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 2024, pp. 44-51, doi:10.47121/acarolstud.1385220.
Vancouver Özbek HH, Durucan F. Two new records of the genus Macrocheles (Acari: Macrochelidae) from Türkiye, with redescription of M. similis Krantz and Filipponi. Acarol. Stud. 2024;6(1):44-51.

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